“When I was 7 years old, I tried a taste of my parents’ coffee,” said Ithmah Coffee owner Donovan Talbott. “And I said, ‘this is it!’ Which is the weirdest thing ever. I’m a big dreamer, and it’s always been my dream to have a coffee shop.”
Author: Elijah Humble
elijah.humble@portlandanchor.com
Shippingport Brewing Celebrates Three Years Serving Beer and Food
Owner Amelia Pillow knew she wanted to start her own brewery after moving back home to Louisville, where she started meeting “interesting people doing interesting things.” She wanted to live close to her operation, and Portland’s relative affordability made it easier to find a new home not far from the brewery, on 12th Street and Main.
Kyros Brewing Co. Up for Sale After Passing One Year Anniversary
In 2017, Kyros owners Taylor Diaz and Nooch Saeedi sat in the old Engine 6 fire station at 2425 Portland Avenue, then the full-service home of Farm to Fork catering, after attending the Portland Art & Heritage Fair. They both fell in love with the building, and in 2022, with the encouragement of a close circle of friends, family and beer lovers, started making moves to turn their hoppy dreams into reality.
Portland Artist Earns Coveted KDF Poster Commission
With Derby season already upon us, whenever you see this year’s Kentucky Derby Festival poster around town know that the artwork originated from a studio on Bank Street in Portland. The artist, Richard Sullivan, had been renting space at the Dolfinger building on Montgomery Street since 2016, but bought his new studio in 2020 and has lived and worked there ever since.