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Your Favorite Bike Delivery Service


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s of this week, Jed Lazar and Shauna Lambert of SoupCycle have successfully delivered 37,000


soups, all on two wheels. When the pair launched the soup-by-bike delivery service in the summer of 2008, the business plan initially seemed a little wobbly: Really? People living in “Souplandistan” (inner Portland) will pay $10 a quart to have soup delivered to their doorstep or desk every week? Okay, you crazy kids, have fun. But the venture took off, growing to over 400 “soup-


scribers” and eight employees. Their all-organic soups beat out pizza, coffee, and weed-by-bike companies to win the “best service delivered by bike” in town. Sure, there are challenges to delivering soup by


bike (the delivery trailers weigh 215 pounds when loaded with 40 soups, 20 salads, and 100 breads) but Lazar says it helps them meet new customers and keep down costs. “We looked at delivering by car, van, even by Zipcar,” says Lazar. “But soup delivered by car is just not very memorable.”


The most popular soup right now? Lazar says, “pizza soup,” a blend of Italian chicken sausage, ol- ives, mushrooms, and baked gnocchi. That’s worth pedaling miles for—but it’s even tastier when some- one else does all the work. ★ SoupCycle, 320-9610, soupcycle.com


MARIO’S Various Locations marios.com


LIZARD LOUNGE 1323 NW Irving - 416-7476 lizardloungepdx.com


BLAKE 26 NW 23rd Pl. - 222-4848 loveblake.com


BLACKBIRD 1306 W Burnside - 227-1825 blackbirdballard.com


DUCHESS 2505 SE 11th - 281-6648 duchessclothier.com


ADAM ARNOLD 338 SE MLK - 234-1376 adam-arnold.com


SHOP ADORN 4759 NE Fremont - 505-7424 shopadorn.com


MY FAVORITE MUSIC


INSTRUMENT STORE ★ TRADE UP MUSIC 4701 SE Division - 236-8800 1834 NE ALberta - 335-8800 tradeupmusic.com


ARTICHOKE MUSIC 3130 SE Hawthorne - 232-8845 artichokemusic.org


APPLE MUSIC ROW 225 SW 1st - 226-0036 applemusicrow.com


OLD TOWN MUSIC 55 SE 11th - 295-6808 oldtownmusicportland.com


PORTLAND MUSIC COMPANY Various Locations portlandmusiccompany.com


CENTAUR GUITAR 2833 NE Sandy - 236-8711 centaurguitar.com


MDP BASSWORKS 438 SE Ash - 235-8954 mdpbassworks.com


PRO GUITAR SHOP 1100 NW Glisan - 670-4949 proguitarshop.com


MY FAVORITE


RECORD STORE ★ MUSIC MILLENIUM 3158 E Burnside - 231-8926 musicmillennium.com


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JACKPOT RECORDS 3574 SE Hawthorne - 239-7561 203 SW 9th - 222-0990 jackpotrecords.com


EVERYDAY MUSIC 1931 NE Sandy - 234-7373 everydaymusic.com


MISSISSIPPI RECORDS 4007 N Mississippi - 282-2990


GREEN NOISE 2615 SE Clinton - 736-0909 greennoiserecords.com


2ND AVENUE RECORDS 400 SW 2nd - 222-3783 2ndavenuerecords.com


RECORD ROOM 8 NE Killingsworth - 971-544-7685 recordroompdx.com


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