The tourists will rejoice!
The journalists will parade!
Normal Portlanders everywhere will shrug!

Credit cards cost 3% of the sale price + .25 per tansaction for merchants. Come on now.

A doughnut costs what, a couple of bucks? Give them cash.

Small merchants whose typical product or purchase is under $5 often don't do cards, because it eats such a chunk of the margin. That 3% estimate, Dobber, is actually low for merchants who have to contract individually for their processing. I get mine through my trade association, so my rate is mercifully lower, but I still pay $150~ per month in processing fees.

My average sale in my shop is $12, and my average charge card sale is $17, so it's worth it for me to take cards. But if I were a doughnut shop and planning to take cards, I'd know that lots of people are only going to buy a couple of bacon maple bars, or a glazed and a cuppa drip. I'd have to set a $5 minimum for card sales because they are costly. If you care about a local merchant, you pay cash for small purchases.

Berbatis Pan is closed?! I've been out of town too long...