Openings
The new Boren Ave shop has been designed in the style of the Kirkland Zoka, according to an employee.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Mar 03, 2011 at 02:28PM
Zoka’s fourth location opens April 11.
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As if consumable treat-wealthy South Lake Union needed something else to be psyched about, now it gets a Zoka?
I just spoke with an employee at Zoka HQ about the company’s new location at 351 Boren Avenue North in South Lake Union. “It’s in one of the buildings of one of the new companies down there. You can probably guess which one,” he told me.
Mysterious. And by mysterious I mean Amazon.
The new store will resemble the Kirkland location, said the employee. Of the three existent local Zokas, Kirkland’s is decidedly the fanciest, with sleek modern lighting and a big communal table carved from a tree trunk. (For maximum Northwestiness, please add communal table carved from a tree trunk).
The South Lake Union Zoka will open on April 11.
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Happy Hour
The downtown coffee joint intros beer and wine specials, Thursday through Saturday.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on May 28, 2010 at 10:34AM
I already love Seattle Coffee Works for its cold-brew nerdom, but my affection grows stronger by the day: the Pike Street coffee joint recently intro’d a generous beer and wine happy hour.
It runs Thursday through Saturday, and here are the current deals: Deschutes’ Greenlake Organic and Twilight Ales, as well as Fat Tire and Sunshine Wheat from New Belgium, are $2.50 a bottle, and a local wine will run you between $3 and $3.50.
If you’re into conversations with strangers and you’re stuck downtown waiting for someone to finish working or shopping or whatever he/she is doing (cough, Showgirls), this one’s for you. Because the staff of Seattle Coffee Works tends to be caffed up and friendly to the max. They will almost certainly be talking to you.
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Twenty-five percent of all coffee drinks at the Pike Place Market gelateria.
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on May 17, 2010 at 12:50PM
Bottega Italiana, the gelateria and Illy coffee vendor on 1st Avenue, has introduced a happy hour. Monday through Friday between 10am and 1pm, all coffee drinks are 25 percent off. I trust this will be welcome news to all the civilized folk who enjoy a postprandial shot of caffeine following the midday repast. I’m pretty certain that last sentence contains a gross redundancy, but I’m too happy about the glorious double tall Americano I scored (for $1.25) to care.
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Where once were lamb sliders, now are dried meats and pizzas
Posted by: Jessica Voelker on May 07, 2010 at 11:53AM
The lamb sliders weren’t on the menu, which made me sad. But there are pizzas now and they are tasty. On the HH menu: a pizza of the day for $10. This pizza is little, about the size of a microwave pizza designed for a single person, but far happier in every other way.
Fonte bought a big shiny meat slicer, and you can get all manner of charcuterie. There are also some really fantastic cheeses. Just like every other restaurant, Fonte doesn’t give you enough bread with the cheese plate, so if you’re sharing with others you have to worry about not taking too much because really there is not enough to go around. What are you going to do? Restaurants just don’t like giving up the bread. It’s not as bad as the situation with hummus plates, which usually feature a cup or more of hummus and maybe two sliced pita rounds. Cheese you can eat without bread, at least, but what are you supposed to do with all that hummus? I don’t get it.
There are also specialty cocktails now, and wines by the glass and tap beers are still $5 and $3 respectively during happy hour—it is my opinion that the Jezebel Blanc (Jezebel is the second label of Daedalus Cellars), tastes good with everything. Happy hour at Fonte is 5 to 6:30pm and 8 to 9pm Sunday through Thursday, and from 5:30 to 6:30 and again from 9 to 10pm on Saturday and Sunday.
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