A little cup of kindness at the edge of the Cascades  |  Est. 1958

Good coffee. Tall tales. A light left on for you.

Cafe of Angels

Signal Ridge, Oregon

♥ TODAY: Marionberry pie is warm at the counter!   •   Saturday: Signal Ridge Grange swap meet   •   Bring your own mug and save 25¢   •   Welcome, neighbors! ♥

Welcome, neighbor!

Pull up a chair. We're the little cafe on the bend in Main Street, where the coffee is strong, the pie is homemade, and somebody usually knows your auntie.

Signal Ridge is a small place with a long memory. Whether you're coming off the mountain road, waiting for the school bus, or just passing through, there's room for one more at our counter.

“Best slice of pie between here and the coast.” - Mrs. Bell, probably talking about the marionberry

Counter note: The back booth is reserved on Thursday evenings for the Ridge Historical Society. All are welcome to listen, especially if you bring a photograph or a story.

A little history

In 1958, Ada Bell opened the Cafe of Angels in a former rail office with six mismatched stools, a secondhand coffee urn, and her sister's recipe for cloud biscuits. The name came from the hand-painted angel above the door, rescued from the old St. Matthew's Sunday school.

When the timber mill slowed and the passenger train stopped coming through, the cafe stayed open. Ada's daughter Dot took over in 1982, and the counter became the unofficial town notice board: lost mittens, choir practice, rides to the county clinic, and one very disputed fishing report.

Dot still runs the morning shift. The angel sign is a little crooked now, but the door is open just the same.

Good folks around town

Signal Ridge is more than one cafe. Tell them we sent you.

Angels Motel

Eight tidy rooms, a porch swing, and a little vending machine that flickers when it rains. Ask for the orchard-side room.

Shooting Comets Gas Bar

Fuel, tire air, cold pop and slush, fishing licenses, and the best map of the old logging roads. Open early for the mill shift.

St. Matthew's Church

A white clapboard church with a blue bell and a community supper every second Wednesday. All are welcome.

Ridge Radio KSRR 83.8

Local weather, school closings, fiddle hour, and birthday wishes from the tiny studio above the feed store. Personally hosted by local DJ Aubrey!

Come on in

Address: 14 Angel Street, Signal Ridge, OR 97000

Phone: (503) 555-CAFE(2233)

Find us: Across from the old post office, beside the big cedar. If you reach the creek bridge, you've gone a block too far.

Parking: Along Angel Street or behind the cafe. Please leave the spot by the hydrant for the fire crew.