Zuckercreme

Zuckercreme
The shop's exterior in 2022
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Restaurant information
Established2021 (2021)
Owner(s)Brittany Sigal
Street address414 Southeast 81st Avenue
CityPortland
CountyMultnomah
StateOregon
Postal/ZIP Code97215
CountryUnited States
Coordinates45°31′11″N 122°34′49″W / 45.5196°N 122.5804°W / 45.5196; -122.5804

Zuckercreme is a bakery, cafe, and market in Portland, Oregon's Montavilla neighborhood, in the United States.

Description

Brooke Jackson-Glidden of Eater Portland has described Zuckercreme ("sugar cream" in German) as "a bakery, market, and cafe with themed seasonal events" such as Pumpkin Spice Fest.[1] She has also described the shop as a "market-meets-cafe-meets-bakery-meets-pop-up-space with a rotating set of contributing bakers, a retail section featuring Oregon-made home goods, and a pastry cases full of seasonal treats like sugar cream pie".[2] Carina Hernandez of Willamette Week said the shop "looks like a knickknack shop from the outside, but it's full of useful—surprisingly practical—locally made goods". She also wrote, "Zuckercreme is almost the antithesis of the homogenized road-stop eatery."[3]

The business has served baked goods, pies, apple cider, and coffee. One of the interior walls features a mural by local artist Brianna Vizcaino, depicting flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Hernandez said the artwork "looks like something a child could wonder about for hours or a cool librarian might get tattooed all over their body".[3] Products made by local vendors have included vegan nail polish, handmade crocheted nylon scrubbers, bath bombs, scented soaps, and felt pies.[3]

History

Brittany Sigal started Zuckercreme, named after the sugar cream pie, as a pop-up market in 2021. In addition to collaborating with other local businesses, she organized the a strawberry festival called the Portland Strawberry Museum in the pop-up space Küchenhaus. The event featured strawberry desserts, fresh berries, art, and other strawberry-themed products.[1] Hernandez described the Strawberry Museum as a "hugely popular series of pop-ups".[3]

Sigal opened a brick and mortar shop on October 1, 2021.[4][5] The shop's debut event was Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice, a community market with "fall favorites" such as pumpkin spice.[6] November was pie month and December was "cozy AF" month.[3][7] In 2022, Zuckercreme collaborated with Caffe Olli to host a Valentine's Day dinner. The event, called Smushly Love, featured "a five-course dinner of enoki bloom and mole poblano dish, mushroom terrine with sunchokes and guava chutney, a scallop aguachile with chanterelles and crispy crab, wood-fired halibut with yucca puree and king trumpets, and black velvet cake with dulce de leche ice cream and hazelnut crumble for dessert".[8] Zuckercreme also hosted an Easter egg hunt,[9] a book launch event,[10] and a Halloween party in 2022.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (March 8, 2022). "A Guide to Portland's Bar, Restaurant, and Food Cart Openings". Eater Portland. Vox Media. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  2. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (2021-09-14). "The Most Anticipated Portland Restaurant Openings, Fall and Winter 2021". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  3. ^ a b c d e Hernandez, Carina (November 17, 2021). "Zuckercreme Is the Montavilla Market Cafe Successor to Brittany Sigal's Successful Strawberry Museum Pop-up". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on 2021-12-29. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  4. ^ Jackson-Glidden, Brooke (September 10, 2021). "A Collaborative Marketplace, Pop-Up Incubator, and Bakery Cafe Is Coming to Montavilla". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on March 5, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Zuckercreme Opens Friday". Montavilla News. 2021-09-30. Archived from the original on 2021-10-10. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  6. ^ Ogle, Wesleigh (October 1, 2021). "Things 2 Do: First weekend of October!". KATU. Archived from the original on October 2, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "Where to Eat in Portland This Week". Willamette Week. 2021-11-24. Archived from the original on 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  8. ^ Frane, Alex (2019-02-12). "Where to Celebrate Valentine's Day in Portland". Eater Portland. Archived from the original on 2022-03-08. Retrieved 2022-03-10.
  9. ^ "Portland Food News: Baked Goods and Soup Dumplings Are on the Horizon". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2023-01-03. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  10. ^ "Book Launch Event at Zuckercreme Wednesday". Montavilla News. 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2023-01-03.
  11. ^ "Portland's Great Pumpkin Dishes, Drinks & Desserts". Portland Monthly. Archived from the original on 2024-09-03. Retrieved 2023-01-03.