"WE COME IN PEACE," shouts the Storyville Coffee Company website. "Love everybody," say the T-shirts worn by the exceptionally cheerful, helpful staff. "CAN WE BE OPEN WITH YOU?" the website asks.

Storyville started as a specialty coffee roaster in 2006 on Bainbridge Island, eventually also selling grinders ("BUY HAPPINESS" reads the website copy for one) and coffeemakers (one's called FREEDOM) and other equipment. And now Storyville has just opened its first cafe—"COFFEE HAS A NEW TOMORROW," as they say—in the former Shea Chez space, upstairs in Pike Place Market...

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