{"id":568,"date":"2007-03-09T17:37:51","date_gmt":"2007-03-10T00:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/?p=568"},"modified":"2014-04-05T10:05:41","modified_gmt":"2014-04-05T17:05:41","slug":"cp-coffee-west-seattle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nerdseyeview.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/09\/cp-coffee-west-seattle\/","title":{"rendered":"C&P Coffee, West Seattle"},"content":{"rendered":"

“What is this, Eugene? We’re in Eugene!” I insisted. We weren’t in Eugene, we were in C&P Coffee<\/a>, the place that is sure to be the new answer to that ever present Seattle question: Where do you want to go for coffee? It looks like Eugene in there, and I don’t mean in a bad way, I mean in a hippie kinda way. Not the shiftless hippie kinda way, I mean more like in the hippies that went grad school in Santa Cruz and then lived in Amsterdam and then came back and decided to open a really cool coffee house kinda way. Oh, never mind. You get it.<\/p>\n

C&P is in a swell old Craftsman style house with a stunning fireplace. Their treats are from Essential Bakery<\/a>, important because, hello, have I mentioned the cinnamon rolls? There’s a haphazard collection of furniture – a big dining table, some tattered armchairs, a flowered sofa… Dogs come and go. Outside, a woman in green work pants aggressively chops at a hedge. The main room is mostly empty mid-morning and people are – get this – visiting<\/em>. Even though there’s free wifi, there are only two people with laptops – a guy across the room intently working and another guy who’s got up from his post at the window to chat with his friends who are seated in front of the fireplace.<\/p>\n

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C&P feels like a Cap Hill old favorite now long gone, Four Angels. The lumpy living room furniture, the sense that you’re in a home, not a business, the absolutely not shiny not corporate decor. They’ve got a big front garden which must be a fine place to sit on a mild summer morning and an extensive entertainment line-up. They’ve applied for a liquor license which means maybe, just maybe, this will be the place we wander to from our new house when we think we’d like a beer with our bluegrass.<\/p>\n

It was nice to spend a little time in a place that felt so much like an old favorite. On the lists of things you need in your new ‘hood, a cool place to get coffee is very high up there. It’s a little bit of a hoof from the Palazzo del Mar (my beach house – that’s what I’m calling it, don’t try to stop me, and no, it’s not on the beach, wanna make something of it?) but I think that’s okay. A half hour stroll for a cup of joe in a cozy place? Sounds like a perfect afternoon to me.<\/p>\n

Note: Okay, admittedly, this could be on a premature rebound from our upcoming breakup with Victrola<\/a>. The stress of the move means we might just fall for a SNAG<\/a> during the transition. Honestly, we don’t know sh*t about bluegrass.
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“What is this, Eugene? We’re in Eugene!” I insisted. We weren’t in Eugene, we were in C&P Coffee, the place that is sure to be the new answer to that ever present Seattle question: Where do you want to go for coffee? It looks like Eugene in there, and I don’t mean in a bad … <\/p>\n


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