A plain hours and address guide to coffee in The Dalles: two posted schedules on downtown 2nd Street, a drive thru on East 3rd and one chain stand on West 6th, laid out by time of day and day of the week.

A geography guide for drivers: which Interstate 84 exits in The Dalles lead to the West 6th corridor, to downtown 2nd Street and East 3rd, and toward US 197, with the coffee addresses that sit near each one.

A walking guide to downtown The Dalles coffee: park once, walk 2nd Street from the Rayland Hotel at 112 W 2nd to 116 E 2nd, step a block south to East 3rd, and time it around posted hours and First Friday.

The Dalles has three specialty coffee shops, The Coffee Shop, Caesura Coffeehouse, and Grinders Coffee, plus a farm stand cafe, a franchise, and a drive thru chain rounding out the map.

Dutch Bros operates a single stand in The Dalles, at 1342 W 6th St, separate from the downtown 2nd Street corridor where the city's independent coffee shops sit.

The Dalles has its own coffee geography: 2nd Street downtown, and E 3rd a few blocks over. It is not a smaller version of Hood River's Oak Street, and it is not Portland.

A search for coffee shop The Dalles OR surfaces local cafe pages, Yelp, Tripadvisor, a Facebook community thread and the Dutch Bros locator. Local pages hold half of the first results, a strong sign for a small city coffee scene.