The space at 5427 Ballard Ave NW is now home to two cozy seating areas and a counter surfaced in wood from an old Oregon dairy farm.
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The space at 5427 Ballard Ave NW is now home to two cozy seating areas and a counter surfaced in wood from an old Oregon dairy farm.
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Hot Cakes is the first place in the city to brew Blue Star Coffee Roasters out of Twisp. Martin worked with owner Dan Donohue at Theo Chocolate.
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Hot Cakes is the first place in the city to brew Blue Star Coffee Roasters out of Twisp. Martin worked with owner Dan Donohue at Theo Chocolate.
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Martin’s father and brother built the large sliding door that separates the shop and kitchen. Her brother hand-carved the Hot Cakes newsboy logo on the lower corner, and her dad also built a custom smoker for cold smoking chocolate.
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Martin’s father and brother built the large sliding door that separates the shop and kitchen. Her brother hand-carved the Hot Cakes newsboy logo on the lower corner, and her dad also built a custom smoker for cold smoking chocolate.
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It’s helpful to have woodworkers in the family. Martin’s brother also carved the sign that hangs in front of the shop. Perched inside in the seating area is a smaller, simpler sign he made when she started her business back in 2008.
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It’s helpful to have woodworkers in the family. Martin’s brother also carved the sign that hangs in front of the shop. Perched inside in the seating area is a smaller, simpler sign he made when she started her business back in 2008.
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Martin says the inspector declared her two-seat cocktail space “the smallest lounge in Seattle.” This is not a place for vodka Red Bulls; Hot Cakes will serve boozy milkshakes, a selection of 25-odd bottles of whiskey and bourbon, and some simple, sweet concoctions.
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Martin says the inspector declared her two-seat cocktail space “the smallest lounge in Seattle.” This is not a place for vodka Red Bulls; Hot Cakes will serve boozy milkshakes, a selection of 25-odd bottles of whiskey and bourbon, and some simple, sweet concoctions.
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A little menu porn.
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A little menu porn.
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The retail section at the front of the store will house take-and-bake cakes, Martin’s caramel sauces, and bags of toffee.
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The retail section at the front of the store will house take-and-bake cakes, Martin’s caramel sauces, and bags of toffee.
Over on Ballard Ave, the nexus of all that is edible right now, Autumn Martin is readying her Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery for its opening. And even her construction detritus is adorable. Old-timey wooden clothes pins, a box of vintage photographs, and scads of diminutive glass jars and bottles are scattere…
