Seattle Bakeries / Coffee Shops
Pike Place Market
The Pike Place market is a hidden treasure of interesting shops and eateries. Some bakeries/coffee shops that have character and make for great conversation:
1625 2nd Ave
(between Pine St & Stewart St)
Five espresso roasts and their excellent decaffeinated blend are as different from every other espresso option in Seattle as a full-color movie is from a black-and-white newspaper photograph. The shop is handsome and unassuming; the focus is on the coffee rather than on any sort of youth-culture image. Taste the coffee; you won't need the image.
1600 Pike Pl
(between Post Aly & Pine St)
While in the gallery you can enjoy an ever changing eclectic mix of local artists whose work encompasses a wide variety of mediums to include oil, acrylic, encaustic, water color, contemporary pottery, photography and much more. Cafe serves award winning local coffee, sandwiches, and a variety of gourmet pastries.
The Crumpet Shop
1503 1st Ave
(between Pike St & Pine St)
The Crumpet Shop is a charming little bakery in the upper Pike Place Market, right on First Avenue. The shop has few tables, making for a cozy atmosphere, and a long counter with the entire menu neatly displayed on the opposite wall. There are a number of specialty items for sale here, both British and Continental, but the stars of the show are the homemade crumpets, hot and toasted.
Capitol Hill
Remedy Teas 345 15th Ave EIt's tea: 150 kinds, loose-leaf, all organic, for sale by the ounce. Remedy's neither mismatched-pottery-with-hippie-politics style nor of the stodgy-British-service-with-desiccated-scones ilk; it's like a low-ceilinged, cozy laboratory, with glossy white tiles, cucumber-colored walls, white patent-leather ottomans, and wireless internet. Your tea comes on a pristine white tray with a small digital timer that blinks a silent red alert when steeping is complete. If your idea of a remedy involves more than herbs and hot water, never fear: Beer, wine, and sake (mostly organic selections) are available, as well as tea cocktails.
Green Lake/Ravenna
Vios Café at Third PlaceRavenna6504 20th Ave NE
A little neighborhood jewel. Books, good coffee and really tasty food. Nice atmosphere whether on your own or with a group.
Ballard
Caffè Fiorè 5405 Leary Ave NW
One of the city’s first organic coffee houses. The Ballard location is a dark, brick structure with glowing orange menus. This charming café sits on the backside of the weekend see-and-be-seen scene known as the Ballard Farmers’ Market—in fact, from the Adirondack chairs on the back deck you can observe the live music, farmers and social interaction at a safe, comfortable distance. The motif here is stunning wrought ironwork and rich, warm reclaimed woods. The local coffee chain uses the foam rosetta as its logo—a gutsy move, since the design takes skill and was popularized locally elsewhere (ciao, Vivace!), but its baristas live up to the challenge with smooth, balanced and nicely decorated espresso drinks, incorporating organic beans, to boot. The shops are also notable for being equaling welcoming to hipsters, families and fleece-sters.
Lake Union
Wheelhouse Café 2113 Westlake Ave
Beacon Hill
The Station 16th Ave S
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