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The Newest and Oldest Coffee Shops in Seattle

23 June 2010

The Coffee Drop Cafe opened on June 8, 2010. According to their website, Cafe Allegro opened in May 1975. Sources: Coffee Drop Cafe -Facebook page. 5001 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA, 98105 Cafe Allegro – 4214 University Way Northeast, Seattle, WA 98105-5807

Vashon Island Coffee Museum Photos

16 October 2009

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Last weekend I stopped into the Vashon Island Coffee Roasterie for a coffee and found a bunch of cool coffee artifacts. Vashon Island is a ferry ride southwest of Seattle. It was a good thing I had my camera on me. Below are some of the photos I took. At the end of this post [...]

Is Starbucks Fooling Seattle Tourists?

21 June 2009

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Besides seeing the Space Needle, one of the stops most tourists make when visiting Seattle is visiting Pike Place Market. Every coffee drinker knows this where the first Starbucks opened back in 1971. I visit the Pike Place Market frequently and I began noticing an issue in recent months. In July of 2008, Starbucks announced [...]

The First Fuel Station

16 June 2009

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I was walking through Seattle on Saturday when I looked down to my right. In the overgrown weeds I saw a plaque. The plaque stated that this was the site of the very first service station in the world. According to the Wikipedia page on Filling Stations, it was actually the second. The world’s first [...]