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Friday, February 10, 2012

Two-Block Radius / Chow Now Open on Capitol Hill: Regent Cafe & Bakery

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 4:30 PM

Fancy cakes! Thats one of the owners on the right.

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Fancy cakes! That's one of the owners on the right.

Regent Cafe & Bakery opened yesterday kitty-corner from Artusi (that's the corner bar for Spinasse), where an Online Coffee Company used to be.

The original Redmond location of Regent is such a favorite of software developers that it got mentioned in Valve Software's Portal. The new Capitol Hill branch has brightly lit cases of cakes (green tea mousse!), pastries (chocolate croissant, fruit tarts), and other baked goods, as well as coffee, bubble tea, a full Chinese menu with a sit-down dining area, and a slick bar.

The people there are extremely nice, and I ate a criminally buttery, caramelized-topped sticky-bun-thing that is now going to be calling to me all day, every day. If their chow fun is good, that'll be lunch 19 times a week. And they say they're going to stay open late on the weekends, so yay for that.

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Thanks for the link, but would it have killed you to include the actual address, including cross street, in the actual post?

Posted by seatackled on February 10, 2012 at 4:50 PM

Had lunch there today. Very good. I was mostly curious before they opened, but after one trip I'm really excited about this addition to the neighborhood's options.

Posted by Donte Parks on February 10, 2012 at 4:58 PM

Okay, 14th and Pine. I passed by it Sunday and saw help wanted signs. I noticed the place had empty shelves and wondered about it. I'll have to check it out.

Posted by seatackled on February 10, 2012 at 5:01 PM

I find their lack of pork buns disturbing.

Posted by chimsquared on February 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM

@4 they are just getting going give them time... Hands down the best Chinese food on the hill

Posted by Chef Thunder on February 10, 2012 at 6:13 PM

Thank God! I've been traveling to the Eastside for the last 4-5 years to purchase their sweets. Finally, they made it!!
A severely welcome addition!!!

Posted by Fairhaven on February 10, 2012 at 7:11 PM

@1: If you had bothered to check out the links in the article you'd see that it's at 1404 E Pine St. It even says in the article "at a former Online Coffee" location.

Posted by Weekilter on February 10, 2012 at 8:00 PM

Honestly, once people experience this place, there will be a line out the door. Their cakes and breads are wonderful.

Posted by Fairhaven on February 10, 2012 at 8:21 PM