#1,645 - 'People feel unsafe': Portland coffee shop closes downtown location due to extreme crime

Another downtown Portland business is calling it quits. 

Coava Coffee on the corner of Southwest 12th Avenue and Jefferson Street announced Monday that its last day in that location would be Thursday. The business cited extreme violence and criminal activity that has gotten increasingly worse. Coava’s remaining two locations on Southeast Hawthorne and Southeast Grand will remain open.

"All of us at the café feel a little distraught," said barista Chance McCloud.

Despite the emotional toil of the closure, McCloud noted that staying open was not a safe option.

"We had a window that was shattered during business hours and we also had a chair thrown last Wednesday at this window," McCloud said. "People feel unsafe and it's very traumatizing."

McCloud said he and other employees wanted to work at Coava to make good coffee in a safe in an inviting space for people to enjoy. For his part, he never thought that would include hazard pay and de-escalation training, two possible solutions managers used to help keep employees safe.

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