Hungrygrrl

Sheela and I met up for a light breakfast the other day at one of my favorite restaurants, Cafe’ Presse and I realized I’d never written about it.

Cafe’ Presse is a coffee shop/bistro/bar in capitol hill owned by Joanne Herron and Jim Drohman (who also run “Le Pichet”). Light filled and airy, it’s the perfect place to spend a Tuesday morning. They have croque monsieur, pain au chocolat, and selections of cheese and cured meats. And if you linger long past breakfast, they will make you poulet roti (a votre commande). They even serve food til 2am!

You almost don’t need any other restaurants.

On the wall next to the long bar is a chalkboard with the upcoming football matches (as in “futbol”). They have a multitude of wines by the glass and can make a mean espresso.

We were mostly there to talk, so I had pain au chocolat while she had pain au burre. Good bread and good quality melty chocolate. Really truthfully if you put a gun to my head, William Lehman’s bakery nouveau bread is better, but this holds up very well. The coffee wasn’t strong enough so I had them put a shot of espresso in it which picked it up perfectly.

The food is wonderful at cafe’ presse– french bistro style, very homey. But it’s the atmosphere that makes this place. I could have stayed there for hours.

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Cafe Presse
1117 12th Ave
Seattle, WA 98122
www.cafepresseseattle.com
(206) 709-7674

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