This is not Seattle's best coffee... But it's coffee so it will do.

I am out in the Bellevue area and while it's nice and Northwesterly- it's homogenized like every other suburban place in America. Red Robin, Ruth Chris, Thomasville Galleries and the every so charming Cheesecake Factory along with all the other trappings of blandness I can get at home. I love being out here but wish were we were downtown in the actual Seattle proper area. I stayed downtown a few years ago and had some of the best coffees ever, from local roasters with no advertising budget other than word of mouth. Today, I kicked off a week in Seattle with a long early morning walk and coffee in mild 54 degree weather. Just being outside without hat, gloves and heavy coat made the sting of staying in suburbia go away.