Electrica Coffee, tucked inside Schoolhouse Electric in Portland, is shutting down

Electrica Coffee, tucked inside Schoolhouse Electric in Portland, is shutting down

Published 1:00 am Tuesday, January 13, 2026

In the approaching weeks, a Portland cafe specializing in Mexican espresso and Japanese tea will shut its doorways.

Electrica Coffee, a restaurant housed contained in the Schoolhouse Electric constructing in Northwest Portland, 2181 N.W. Nicolai St., is closing on Sunday, Jan. 25.

The announcement got here lower than two weeks earlier than the projected closing day of service.

“I have really bad news,” co-founder Seiji Nanbu mentioned in an Instagram video. “Unfortunately, Electrica will be closing at the end of the month.”

Nanbu and Angel Medina, a neighborhood restaurateur, opened Electrica in 2022, providing a easy however elevated menu. Here, friends may sip on basic drip espresso, flash brew or pour-over, or select from chilly brew, free leaf and matcha teas. The high quality is top-tier, with taste combos like miso caramel and black sesame taking drinks to the following stage.

Beyond drinks, the menu balances Mexican and Japanese flavors, together with corn cotija muffins, mochi brownies and ube mochi donuts.

Schoolhouse Electric, a longstanding house items retailer, announce in May that’s deliberate to promote its century-old constructing. Despite the unique plans to stay open throughout the promoting course of, final month the enterprise was pressured to chop employees and bills sooner than deliberate.

Nanbu cited the sale and closure of Schoolhouse Electric as the rationale why Electric is shutting down.

“I’m really grateful for the last three years that I’ve been able to be here and have this dream of a cafe,” Nanbu mentioned within the social media video. “It’s been amazing and I’m super, super appreciate of everyone, especially our regulars who come every day, every other day, sometimes twice a day. You guys really made Electrica special.”

Where: Electrica Coffee, 2181 N.W. Nicolai St., Portland

Hours: Tuesday by means of Sunday 8 a.m. to three p.m. and closed Monday

Last day: Sunday, Jan. 25