New coffeehouse, restaurant and music venue for NE 

By Carolyn Neuhausen

Just try to say “Rumpspankers” without a self-conscious giggle. It’s more than just a silly word, however; it’s the name of an local eclectic café-restaurant-music venue-coffeehouse hybrid. 

The cafe was open for a year and a half on Northeast 42nd Avenue and has been open at North Dekum Street and Northeast 7th Avenue since the end of July.

   Relatively new to Woodlawn, the resturant is often a easy place to find a table on Sunday mornings when lines at resturants on nearby Alberta Street are out the door.

The restaurant’s décor is shabby-chic (more shabby than chic), with vibrant colors and a variety of decorative styles. A pillow-strewn bench lines one of the walls in the long and narrow dining area. Tables accommodate more seating inside and outside tables allow for front porch dining. The walls are adorned with paintings and street-scene murals and various folk art. 

The space’s style isn’t the only eclectic thing, however. “We have over 26 different countries and five continents represented in the menu,” says co-owner Eric Solomon. 

The menu is about 60 percent vegan or vegetarian and 100 percent local.  Solomon tries to buy organic as much as possible and has an extensive menu that features sweets, breakfast items like quiche, and panini. 

Italian sodas, organic coffees and teas, and milkshakes are some of the beverages offered at Rumpspankers. The café offers different beer and wine options; the upstairs “Lily Pad Lounge” includes a full bar. 

Rumpspankers offers nightly musical acts in the café and the Lily Pad Lounge hosts music in the 200-seat Village Ballroom.
 

Rumpspankers, 700-704 NE Dekum St., (503) 283-1100