Slog - Comments on The Weekly: Like a Breaking-News Time Machine http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach At the Weekly: OMG! "Save the B&O [Espresso]!"!!! In the Stranger, two and a half years ago: "B&O Espresso may be forced to close." On Broadway: B&O Espresso, scheduled to open soon in the former home of Dilettante Chocolates near Broadway and East Republican. Next week: Monorail appears headed for defeat at polls!... Copyright 2008 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:14:15 -0800 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:07:44 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by PC hmmm tunrs out this system of letting people own and market and lease and develop private property is sorta flexible after all......

]]> PC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184335 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:18:44 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Last time people were whining about this B&O was like "OMG WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO FIND ANOTHER LEASE". Fuck them and their overpriced bullshit food and shitty service, and fuck that building, too.

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184354 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184354 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:38:25 -0800 Comment by Dougsf That is a nice building housing B&O, but from all my experiences wit the cafe, it's hard to imagine anyone being up in arms over its loss.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184364 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184364 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:48:18 -0800 Comment by jseattle Sure, ECB, but did you know about the B&O2 strategy?

No? Well, read about it here:
http://capitolhillseattle.com/2008/10/25/save-the-bo-espresso-building-and-their-chorizo-with-ranchero-scramble#comment-8

]]> jseattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184389 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184389 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:16:47 -0800 Comment by MichaelPgh In the Weekly two years from now: "Washington Mutual's Future Uncertain".

]]> MichaelPgh http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184397 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184397 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:30:34 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
It used to be fun to go out to the B&0 at 11:30 pm or later and get late night cakes and crazy lattes and coffees. To sit at the tables...each different and the tapestries.

But that was 1991.

The Last Good Year in Seattle.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184433 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184433 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:32:42 -0800 Comment by kid icarus The B&O has been kicking ass and taking names long since you moved to the suburbs, so check your math you fucking troll.

]]> kid icarus http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184459 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184459 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:51:34 -0800 Comment by John Bailo
As I said, it used to be good before kid icarus started "taking names".

Ever since 1991, just angry suburban kids pretending to be homeless.

]]> John Bailo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184472 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184472 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:17:22 -0800 Comment by Sean Is there a reason why you wrote this bitchy post, Erica? Perhaps you are setting the stage for a topless mud wrestling bout with Suzie?

]]> Sean http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184482 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184482 Media Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:35:38 -0800 Comment by w7ngman Things just aren't the same since the wall fell, eh, Bailo?

(For what it's worth, you're a fool. The B&O clientèle is nothing like what you described, as no one in their right mind would come all the way from the suburbs to go to B&O. It seems to be mid-to-upper class white people that either drove from Montlake/Madrona or walked there from their condo. Where homelessness comes in, I don't know)

]]> w7ngman http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184509 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184509 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:08:51 -0800 Comment by laterite It was still a fun cool place until around 2005, then it just started going downhill. I was last there on a Saturday night in June, which should be prime business time, but it was practically empty *and* had shitty service to boot.

]]> laterite http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184510 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184510 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:14:08 -0800 Comment by Nick YEAH B&O WAS PRETTY SWEET RIGHT AROUND 1985. Reagan brought us all together over sweet sweet coffee.

God damn, will all the irrelevant old people who think their nostalgia matters get the fuck out?

]]> Nick http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184533 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 06:39:24 -0800 Comment by --MC You used to be able to get coffee and a slice of cake for under ten bucks there. Yeah, it was around 1985.

]]> --MC http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184538 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184538 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:25:43 -0800 Comment by Cato the Younger Younger I got food poisoning from B & O two years ago. They were probably still serving the cake from 1985.

]]> Cato the Younger Younger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184539 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184539 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:42:32 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave W7ngman, their cheescake and eclaires are the best things ever.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184540 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184540 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:54:15 -0800 Comment by Why? Are you guys talking about the Weakly?

]]> Why? http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184544 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184544 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:11:59 -0800 Comment by JuJU The Weekly only keeps up with what's happening in West Seattle because half their staff lives there, so you can excuse their ignorance about the rest of the city. It's become the West Seattle Weekly.

]]> JuJU http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184548 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184548 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:31:25 -0800 Comment by J.R. I miss 1991 too.

]]> J.R. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184555 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184555 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 08:46:50 -0800 Comment by Mikki I love the B&O. I've loved it since I was little, when it really was great. However, the savory food and the service are usually pretty crappy. The desserts are great though, and I love getting warm croissants in the morning on my way to work. It also happens to be about two and a half seconds from where I live.

]]> Mikki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184562 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184562 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:02:09 -0800 Comment by ryan sooo...the weekly staff reads the stranger about as often as the stranger staff reads slog...got it.

]]> ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184570 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184570 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:16:07 -0800 Comment by Greg DILLETANTE CHOCOLATES IS GONE?!!

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184605 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184605 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:43:27 -0800 Comment by Mikki Greg, yes. They are closing lots of their shops. I think the one in Westlake center is still there.

]]> Mikki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184614 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184614 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:49:55 -0800 Comment by Greg That was supposed to be a joke, but thanks for the tip. I didn't know the Westlake one was still hanging on.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184646 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184646 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:16:19 -0800 Comment by Mikki I thought you might really, truly love their hot chocolate, and you might need a fix!

]]> Mikki http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184682 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184682 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:42:34 -0800 Comment by chops prediction: a capitol hill eatery/bar/coffee shop is destined to close within the next 2.5 years.

you heard it here first. all other news outlets are shit.

]]> chops http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/10/the_weekly_like_a_breakingnews_time_mach#c1184739 Media Tue, 28 Oct 2008 11:07:44 -0800