Results tagged “coffeeshops”

Seattlest works from home, as we've mentioned before, and these days home is a darkish (albeit big-ish) studio apartment on First Hill. Especially on days like today, it can get a little dark and quiet, the patter of rain against our window and our weird-ass cat can be a bit much. So we like to shake things up a bit by heading out into our neighborhood and spending some of our hard-earned cash at any food-and-drink-serving establishment with free wifi. And so it was that we found ourselves at Sugar Bakery & Cafe......

Those folks responsible for the "Ride the S.L.U.T." t-shirts--the fine, tiny coffee vendor next to Taco Del Mar in the SoLa neighborhood (or is it SoLu?)--are going to be charging you more from here on out. Kapow! Coffee is paying the price of gentrification, condos and slutty streetcars. According to the Times, the 200-square-feet of splendid coffee making real estate has been feeling the push-and-pull of larger nearby coffee vendors and the sudden boom of SoLa building. Says the Times:"The rent tripled, but there isn't triple the business,"......