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activities in her childhood. Smith hopes the vacant
baking, to open her own business and do it all in the
buildings that now line the boulevard will soon fill
neighborhood she was raised in.
with more minority businesses.
Smith approached the Portland Development Com
Since Hannah Bea’s opened on Smith’s mother’s
mission with her ideas and they referred her to Gary
birthday on April 9th business has been good. A steady
Brown in the Business Department at Portland State
stream of customers come in each day between 7 a.m.
University.
and 7 p.m. to try out coffee drinks, made-to-order
“Wally Zingwald at the PDC basically shoved me
in Gary ’ s face,” Smith said. “He was like, ‘Please help
sandwiches and old-fashioned reunion-style deserts.
The customer feedback has been astounding.
“Oh my God, the food is heav
this girl.’”
So with the help o f Brown, Smith
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spent two years getting together a
business plan, applying for loans and
filling out paperwork. Smith had her
heart set on two locations: the Rex-all
Drug building on N. Mississippi and
Shaver where the Fresh Pot is today,
and a shop on Alberta.
She had
Oh my God, the
food is heavenly.
And the dessert is
sinful.
— Larhonda Steele
opens at noon to serve a special
mystery dinner. Live jazz music
performances go on during Sun
day brunch and Smith bought a
building to the way she remembered it in her child
and sweet potato pie without taking a break from their
hood. The Alberta location was leased to someone
watching their sports game.
else the day before Smith would have signed the
“We don’t want anyone to miss the kick-off,”
Smith said. “And those of us who don’t watch foot
pretty resentful about the whole thing. It was just a
ball can come on down and hear some music.”
In addition to live music, Hannah Bea’s has an art
gallery featuring ethnic works of local Portland-based
nightmare.”
When Smith found the location on N.E. Martin
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Steele. “A nd the dessert is sinful.”
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hoped to restore the Rex-all Drug
paperwork.
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artists. Young artists can join in a pound-cake color
Luther King Jr. Blvd., she knew this was where she
ing contest.
wanted to be. She looked in the window and saw the
display the children’s work in the gallery and award
black and white checkered floors of what used to be
the winning entrant with a trophy, gift certificate and
a beauty salon. This could be a cute little place, she
t-shirt.
thought to herself at the time. The street was like a
fairway of African-American businesses and cultural
Sandwich King Saan Patterson will
“Good things are happening in here," Patterson
said. “We give out a lotta love.”
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