"Kind Of Like Being The Best Lobster In Maine"
That's what my friend Hillary Johnson said, upon hearing the news that Portland's Ristretto Roasters, the baby of my friend Nancy Rommelmann's (coffee psycho) husband Din, was named The Northwest's Best Cup Of Coffee by important foodies and foodie authors Jane and Michael Stern, in their new book, 500 Things To Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places To Eat Them.

My own review of Din's coffee? "It's like drinking velvet."

Oh, and I mean the "coffee psycho" thing in the nicest of ways. Of course.