Comments on Liberty: Freedom of Espresso

-- great service, cool atmosphere, nice people... they have some great vegan and vegetarian options too.

I never feel pretty enough to go into Liberty. Perhaps I'll brave it now.

And this commercial interruption was brought to you by: LIBERTY!!!

and i used to respect bethany jean clement...my heart is crushed...

That's ok, she can eat vegan crackers in my bed any day of the week, MS.

Awesome. Someone independant to battle the snotty juggernaut that is Victrola.

how is liberty any more independent than victrola? they are both locally owned and operated businesses...and both equally snotty... at least victrola has better lighting.

who has better coffee? i really dont like super friendly and smily baristas anyway. give me my cup of regular, black, strong coffee and let me go about my existence.

michael, i might be mistaken, but as a food critic for this fine rag, i beleive it is bethany's job to inform us of not only good places to try to grubb, get drunk on fine wine and melancholy when we get the bill, but also where one can find a freebie in this here yuppie, middle class wasteland which we call our city.

oops! that should read as "The food critic for this fine rag" certainly, i am not this fine rags' food critic.

oh well, el ingles is my second language. =)

that's not a review, it's a plug and a blatant one at that...and normally i wouldn't mind, but i'm not a fan of that place..

Come on Mikey S -- Yay for a successful marketing effort by an indie business. I'm glad we're not arguing over yet another SBUX campaign, etc. Anyhow, Liberty offered espresso before but it didn't really take off so good luck on the big push. The j/v operation with North Hill is natural synergy. World domination is next. Maybe Liberty can be North Hill's Sunday solution?

And golob@2, I've seen plenty of ugly people in Liberty

i'm objecting to the advertorial slant of her piece...i also don't like the bar...

Michael, you should try some of that free coffee; might dislodge that huge stick up your ass.

If you hate the place, fine. Don't shoot the messenger for delivering *good* news.

Stumptown is the best coffee I've ever had. In Portland at least. I'd probably be hard pressed (yuk yuk!) to definitavely make that claim against Lighthouse of Vivace though.

Sounds pretty petty to say, but my life improved significantly when a coffee shop in my neighborhood opened serving Stumptown (now serving their own). Not too many places in SF really gave a shit about coffee when I moved here 7 years ago (Cafe Trieste is the only place that comes to mind).

That "of" should say "or", btw.

There is an espresso stand in Bothell where the girls are in chaps and shimmy while they get your java whipped into a lather.

About offsetting the carbon emmissions for them trucking the coffee beans from Portland, until June, when I assume they will be picking coffee beans from shrubs growing on a hillside at 12th and Pike ... oh, nevermind.

To clarify, I didn't mean to imply that Victrola is not independant. They are. I meant that their competiton to date has been SBux and Ladro.... While Ladro is locally owned, it's a bigger and more company-oriented chain than I like to frequent.... Sbux is not even worht mentioning..... so I am happy to see a smaller business I can go to instead of Victrola. I don't need super cheery fake baristas, but someone, anyone besides the snobbery I get from that place.

And their coffee isn't that good.