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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Another Day Older

posted by on March 6 at 17:14 PM

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I noticed a couple of bagels wrapped in cling film sitting on the table outside Cafe Casbah on 2nd Ave. when I walked in the other evening. Hm. Someone forgot their bagels. I had some tea, a banana, and a completely and totally awesome piece of zucchini bread. On my way out I told the barista that I thought their zucchini bread was totally and completely awesome. She said there was more—outside, on the table. She’d set the day-old pastries out, on the table where the bagels were sitting when I came in. They were day old too.

“It’s set ‘em out or throw ‘em out,” she said, “and I hate to see good, day-old pastries go to waste.”

Cafe Casbah closes at 7 PM.

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1

While in school in the Middle East (Arab speaking world) I noticed bread was left out on the sidewalk ledges. I inquired, I was told it was for the poor. The Casbah is SO MUSLIM minded and don't cha love um for it!

Posted by Sargon Bighorn | March 6, 2008 5:22 PM
2

Of course now it won't go the homeless. Because it's posted here it will go to members of Seattle's fixed-gear riding dumpster foraging subculture, especially since the ride up from there is envigorating on a fixie.

Posted by kinaidos | March 6, 2008 5:45 PM
3

Yeah, those Muslims are just SO humanitarian. Right up until they chop your arm off for stealing. Regardless, this is very cool.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty | March 6, 2008 5:47 PM
4

I'm not crazy about day-old pastries, but I support the idea of giving away food that's dumpster bound. Businesses like that should be supported, so I might just stop by for a latte.

Posted by KC | March 6, 2008 6:46 PM
5

Delightful post, Dan. Thanks for the smilemaker.

Posted by kerri harrop | March 6, 2008 6:48 PM
6

Giving alms to the poor is one of the absolute mandates of Islam, 5280. Bread counts.

Posted by Fnarf | March 6, 2008 7:18 PM
7

I used to eat a piece of that zucchini bread for breakfast every friday when I worked in belltown. If you got there early enough it would still be warm from the oven.

Posted by jewritto | March 6, 2008 9:10 PM
8

Hmm...thinking it would be a good idea to get other businesses to do this...maybe you could do it as a non-profit, go around collecting food that is good but will be thrown out. I used to work in a Mexican restaurant, and it pained me to see the HUGE buckets of rice we'd throw out at the end of the night.

Posted by Dianna | March 6, 2008 9:22 PM
9

2nd and WHAT????????

Posted by Christopher | March 6, 2008 9:25 PM
10

@2 Exactly my first thought!! And it's so true.

PS

2219 2nd Ave • Seattle, Washington 98121 • (206) 728-1771

Posted by Nay | March 6, 2008 10:12 PM
11

What do local supermarkets do with their day-old baked goods? I used to always find racks of day-old breads and pastries priced 50% off at a lot of supermarkets, but not any more.

Posted by Slip Mahoney | March 6, 2008 11:22 PM
12

say food bank

give to soup kitchens, shelters

just hope a street person has not nibbled on most and put them back

and those dirty hands and fingernails

Posted by John | March 7, 2008 3:33 AM
13

Damnit, now I want some zucchini bread.

Posted by SDizzle | March 7, 2008 7:32 AM
14

@ 11 Many of them can not sell it even at discounted rates (liability issues that large chain grocers do not want to deal with but smaller places do not have the issue with) and many give it to the local shelters etc.

Posted by Andrew | March 7, 2008 7:43 AM
15

if you start feeding them, they will breed exponentially.

Posted by max solomon | March 7, 2008 8:48 AM
16

Who, the hipsters?

Posted by cdc | March 7, 2008 9:04 AM
17

well, it probably won't go to hipsters: It's too far from capitol hill, and they can't ride their brakeless death machines back up the hill because it's too hard.

Posted by that one guy | March 7, 2008 12:28 PM

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