Slog - Comments on Café Presse: YES! http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes Or OUI!, as the case may be. The website for Café Presse—the new place from the people of Le Pichet that will open on 12th just south of Madison in June (which means July or August or maybe even September)—is up, including the insanely reasonably priced menu. Can something be insanely reasonable? In a world gone mad... Bibb lettuce salad with hazelnut vinaigrette, $4; croque monsieur, $5.50; steak tartare with pommes frites and watercress salad, $16; Pichet's famous roasted chicken for two, $26; et cetera. HOUSE-MADE PASTRIES. With a NEWSSTAND. And A BAR. In which they're going to show SOCCER... Copyright 2008 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:44:34 -0800 Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:13:13 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by COMTE Wow, right up the street from Lark and Licorous - another great place for drinks & snacks before going to see a show at the Empty Spa -

- oh, fuck.

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685720 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685720 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:51:01 -0800 Comment by Kiru Banzai Yeah, but will they make custom t-shirts?

]]> Kiru Banzai http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685747 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685747 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:16:44 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV I remember the good old days, when 12 and Madison was a bunch of gay bars and the Stranger was an alternative newspaper.

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685752 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685752 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:21:26 -0800 Comment by MvB Word, Comte. Word.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685758 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685758 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:32:57 -0800 Comment by legal beagle can't wait for them to get sued by cafe press [http://www.cafepress.com/].

]]> legal beagle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685761 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685761 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:35:23 -0800 Comment by JudithBjini so pretentious and annoying. the only place restaurants should be calling fries "pommes" is in europe... unless presse wants to write the entire menu in french. cherry picking certain foods to translate 'for emphasis' or whatever is just fakey and sounds stupid.

]]> JudithBjini http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685775 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685775 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:46:52 -0800 Comment by DOUG. @6: The whole menu's in French. And it sounds great!

]]> DOUG. http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685782 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685782 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:58:47 -0800 Comment by genevieve Do you have the address of their location? I live a block from there, walk on 12th all the time, and can't picture what space they'll be in just south of Madison.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685784 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685784 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:59:19 -0800 Comment by lovely Can I live in this place? It sounds perfect.

(BTW, isn't Le Pichet run by actual French people?)

]]> lovely http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685804 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:24:34 -0800 Comment by JudithBjini it would sound great if it were all in french! but you know what i mean -- if you're gonna say "fries" in french, why not also say "bibb lettuce salad" in french. it just seems forced. that's all.

]]> JudithBjini http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685813 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685813 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:33:05 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways It's south of Madison?

I thought it was going to be in that huge new redevelopment on 12th between Madison and Pike across from Stellina and the plumbing place...

oh, I guess that wouldn't work for it to open this summer...that new complex is a year away from being done...

12th is getting to be a very funky street...maybe it'll make up for the destruction of Pine....

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685922 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c685922 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:44:43 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Yeah, yeah, ok. I bet it'll be about as pretensious as Le Pichet, which clocks in at zero pretense.

The easy money is that it'll be busy because the food and the service will be quite good.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686244 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 18:06:48 -0800 Comment by genevieve I really can only think that it's going into the sewing factory building (Trace lofts) when it's done. There's nothing else "just" south of Madison on 12th - you'd have to go farther down.

I would be psyched if it were in Trace, since it would be practically in my backyard.

]]> genevieve http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686271 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686271 Chow Thu, 29 Mar 2007 19:17:15 -0800 Comment by Bethany Jean Clement It will be at 1117 12th Avenue, on the west side of the street just south of that giant storage building on the corner of 12th and Madison. Right now it's a smallish white garage with a construction trailer in front of it. Photo/info here:
http://cafepresseseattle.com/pages/home.html

REJOICE!

]]> Bethany Jean Clement http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686513 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/cafe_presse_yes#c686513 Chow Fri, 30 Mar 2007 10:13:13 -0800