More Artisan Coffee on Capitol Hill and in the Central District
Honor Society Coffee, an artisan roaster thatâs been in the wholesale game for a year, just opened a brick and mortar location in Melrose Market. The company is partly owned by Brandin Myett, who brought us Juicebox. His partner, Liz Pachaud, has a background in coffee, as well as fine dining.
In addition to dope single-origin espresso and juice, they have âa hearty food menu of flavorful, chef-driven dishes for breakfast and lunch.â
Over in the Central District, Union Coffee, with a coffee bar so spartan and stark-white that it would put the most avant-garde Portland coffee emporium to shame, opened last Tuesday. Itâs helmed by Zach Reinig, who is married to the Molly of Molly Moonâs.
Though itâs aggressively hipâLinda Derschang had a hand in its designâit managed to avoid getting an anti-gentrification âkarmic infraction notice.â Reinig told CHS he hopes to host âsessionsâ with local musicians in the spaceâs upstairs, ideally with old-timers from the area. So he may be okay on the karma front.
More Food Offerings in South Lake Union
Josh Henderson, who just opened Vestal in South Lake Union, opened two more Huxley Wallace ventures nearby: Poulet Galore and Cantine Bar & Bottle Shop. Apparently, when it comes to demand for fine casual in SLU, the skyâs the limit.
Poulet Galore will be (as anyone who knows a little French can guess) a chicken joint. Specifically a lunch-only, walk-up window, offering a quarter-, half-, or whole-roasted free-range fowl; sandwiches; and sides like chicken-fat-roasted potatoes, kale with chilies and lemon, or rice nâ beans.
Cantine will provide a physical space for takeaway customers to dine, and a lot of great local beer. Taps will include offerings from Holy Mountain, Seapine, and the little-known but damnably good Burdick Brewing, reports Eater.
No Anchor Drops Anchor in Belltown
Speaking of good beer, Anu and Chris Elford, the owners of Rob Roy, just opened their new beer bar, No Anchor, at Second Avenue and Wall Street. Their beer selection includes some local favoritesâHoly Mountain, obviouslyâas well as interesting brews from further afield.
Perhaps most importantly, their entire cocktail menu will be a beertail menu. They all âinclude either actual beer or âa traditional beer ingredient,ââ as Eater put it. Given that Rob Roy is home to my all-time favorite beer cocktail the âFrench Prince of Bel Air,â I am stupid-excited to see what beer tail magic the Elfords will concoct at No Anchor.
A La Mode Pies Goes West
To West Seattle, that is. The successful Phinney Ridge pie-monger is opening a second location in the Alaska Junction area on October 3, right across from the insanely popular, stroller-filled Sunday farmerâs market. The new location will feature nitro cold brew, boozy milkshakes, a 3:14 happy hour (âpie timeâ), free wifi, and, of course, pie.
According to owner Chris Porter, they're working âagainst the notion that pie is just for dessert with a wide selection of main dish savories.â The savory pies all sound really goodâflaky, braised-beef-filled cocoons of warmth that our city will need in order to see us through the dreary months to come.
They've also got PieFriesâąââshreds of buttery pie dough sprinkled with parmesan and herbs or cinnamon and sugarââwhich sound like the type of ridiculous food that Instagram loves.
Oh Yeah Don't ForgetâItâs Officially Oktoberfest!
There are so, so many places to get yourself fershnickered for Oktoberfest this year. From the classic Fremont Oktoberfest to the yearly party inside Pike Placeâs tiny Bavarian Meats, youâll get your MĂ€rzen fix, and our calendar can help.
A personal recommendation: the Steckerlfisch at Altstadt, a whole grilled mackerel stuffed with herbs and lemons. The one I had came wrapped in The Stranger. I wasnât sure whether I should be proud or insulted, but the fish was so goddamn delicious I couldnât be bothered to figure it out.