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Coffee By Design Diamond Street is a cafe in East Bayside, Portland.
Editorially verified June 5, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Daily 07:00-18:00. The Diamond Street site is the working roastery; tours by appointment.
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Address: 1 Diamond Street, Portland, ME 04101
Forage Market on Washington Avenue in East Bayside, a wood-fired bagel cafe with all-day Speckled Ax-roasted coffee, schmears and brunch sandwiches daily.
Signature drink: Wood-fired bagel and a flat white
Tip: Mon-Fri 07:00-13:00; Sat-Sun 08:00-13:00. Bagels sell out by early lunch; arrive before 11:00 on weekends.
Moonday Coffee at the Black Box on Washington Ave in East Bayside, a shipping-container roastery cafe pulling Speckled Ax and pouring scratch-made masala.
Signature drink: House masala chai with Speckled Ax espresso
Tip: Thursday to Sunday 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00. Counter and standing only, no laptops.
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is the working East Bayside roastery and cafe with espresso and filter.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted single origins
Tip: Monday to Saturday 07:00-13:00. The Congress Street cafe handles weekends and full-day brunch.
Arabica Coffee House on Free Street has run since 2001 as Portland's bohemian third-wave room, with house-roasted espresso, lattes and a summer patio.
Signature drink: Caffe latte with Arabica's own roast
Tip: Daily 07:00-18:00. The room is small but the patio opens in summer.
Forage Market on Washington Avenue in East Bayside, a wood-fired bagel cafe with all-day Speckled Ax-roasted coffee, schmears and brunch sandwiches daily.
Signature drink: Wood-fired bagel and a flat white
Tip: Mon-Fri 07:00-13:00; Sat-Sun 08:00-13:00. Bagels sell out by early lunch; arrive before 11:00 on weekends.
Moonday Coffee at the Black Box on Washington Ave in East Bayside, a shipping-container roastery cafe pulling Speckled Ax and pouring scratch-made masala.
Signature drink: House masala chai with Speckled Ax espresso
Tip: Thursday to Sunday 09:00-12:00 and 13:00-16:00. Counter and standing only, no laptops.
Tandem Coffee Roasters on Anderson Street, since 2012 from Will and Kathleen Pratt, is the working East Bayside roastery and cafe with espresso and filter.
Signature drink: Filter coffee from house-roasted single origins
Tip: Monday to Saturday 07:00-13:00. The Congress Street cafe handles weekends and full-day brunch.
Tandem Coffee + Bakery on Congress Street in the West End is the brunch sibling to the Anderson Street roastery, with buttermilk biscuits and pour-overs.
Signature drink: Buttermilk biscuit and pour-over coffee
Tip: Open daily 08:00-13:00. Online ordering for collection 07:45-10:15.
Bard Coffee on Middle Street, since 2009, was Portland's first dedicated third-wave cafe, pouring espresso flights and pour-overs from rotating roasters.
Signature drink: Espresso flight, pour-over filter
Tip: Mon-Sat 07:00-17:00; Sun 08:00-17:00. Pours coffee from rotating roasters, not just one house program.