Seattle Coffee Shops
Seattle Coffee Shops questions and answers
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Q: Does anyone know any coffee shops open late in Seattle?
Sometimes my boyfriend and I will be out at night, and want to go to a coffee shop or something and hang out for a while before going home. I'm talking about late as in closes at 11:30pm or later, most places we've found close at 10 or earlier.
I know the obvious suggestion would be a bar or lounge type thing, but i'm only 20 so that wouldn't work. I know some clubs are 18+, but that wouldn't work because I'm not thinking of a noisy club scene.
A: Let's see... in/near the downtown area, there is:
The Hurricane Cafe on 7th Ave. near the Elephant Car Wash. It's a greasy spoon diner that's open 24 hours.
13 Coins on Denny halfway up to Capital Hill. 24 hours, more expensive than most all-nighters that are open.
IHOP just off of Broadway, right around Cherry (?) is 24 hours and it's your standard 24-hour IHOP. (There's another IHOP that's 24 hours in the U-Dist. on Brooklyn & 43rd [maybe 42nd]).
Denny's: Let's see, there's one in Ballard on Market/45th & 15th, one in the SODO area on 4th, heck, there's a lot of Denny's and they're pretty much all 24-hour.
Minnie's is on Denny right across the street from the costume shop near Queen Anne Ave. & 1st Ave. I believe they are still 24-hour.
Beth's Cafe is on Aurora just north of the Aurora Bridge (pull a U-turn at the first light north of the Aurora Bridge and it's on the right). They're a lot like the Hurricane.
Q: Why does coffee in coffee shops cost so high like seattle's best or starbucks?
A: Because consumers are willing to pay for it at whatever price they set! They get away with it because they can!
If people agreed that it was too high and stopped buying coffee there, guaranteed the price would go down considerably!
Note to Aunt Cookie.... every other business that sells coffee has rent, utilities, supplies and employees to pay but they manage to sell it for $1 - $1.50 Tim Hortons in Canada is a huge, major coffee chain and I can get a large coffee there for $1.27 which includes taxes
Q: Which Tully's Coffee shop in Downtown Seattle?
Which Tully's coffee shop in downtown seattle do you frequent?
A: The one on 4th
1401 4th ave- Seattle
Q: How much money does a small (600sqft) coffee shop in Seattlw WA make per day?
I'm thinking of starting a coffee shop in a Seattle neighborhood that is your basic espresso, pastries, and wifi sort of setup. I'm just in the exploratory phase and am trying to get some raw numbers to work out the scale of the enterprise. Primary amongst the numbers I need is either the gross take of an average coffee shop in Seattle WA or the net profit for any given period. Thanks.
A: No one will be able to tell you that. You need to benchmark the competition...
As of Oct 2, 2005, Starbucks operated 4,867 locations and employed 91,200 people in its U.S. stores, with total revenue from those stores amounting to $5.4 billion. If I am doing the math correctly, it means that the average store employs 19 people and has an annual revenue of $1.1 million, or, assuming being opened seven days a week, about $3,000 a day.
Whether you will be able to exceed or even approach that benchmark depends on a variety of factors including your location, pricing, perceived quality, and attitude toward customers...
Q: Coffee shops?
If you have 3 coffee brands to choose from, which one is the best? Seattle's Best Coffee, Starbucks Coffee or Dunkin Donuts Coffee?
I know you know bettrer places but let me know what you think!
A: Dunkin Donuts
Q: Starbuck's or Seattle's Best Coffee?
which coffee shop do you prefer? in terms of taste,quality and service?
A: Starbucks.
I can go anywhere and my coffee will taste the same. Consistency is the deal-breaker for me. I tried supporting local shops but find their coffee tastes different depending on the barrista.
Q: What areas are safe to move into seattle washington. My roomate and I are both feamales and we are moving from?
las vegas and we need to know where in seattle is safe and transporation is available at least 20 hours. and a very diverse area with coffee shops, shops, restaurants and movies.
A: It is as safe as you make it - lock your doors, get to know your neighbors etc...
The safest neighborhoods in the Seattle area are the following:
Magnolia - a bit of a pain commute but fairly residential and depending on where you live quaint little shops.
Queen Anne - if you can afford to live at the top of the hill or lower Queen Anne on the SPU college side - not the downtown side.
Fremont / Gasworks Park area: tons of great shopping and restaurants closer to Fremont.
By far the best area and priciest and most convenient bus routes is in Ballard. Amazing neighborhood - lots of personality, restaurants, bars, grocery stores, gym, movie theatre but still small town feel.
Q: What is there to do in Seattle or surronding area?
I like to go to coffee shops. I like art. I like to paint and draw. I love being outside. I like animals. I like people. I like anything unique. I love organic and health food. I like markets like farmer markets. I love the rain. There are some of my likes, if you think of anything in Seattle that sounds like I might enjoy it please do tell me about it.
I'm not really looking for "big attractions" like amusment parks etc. But if you do know any of those let me know I might enjoy those as well.
A: Well if you like coffee, welcome to the Pacific Northwest. Seattle is home to Starbucks, and you can take a tour of the facility, and to Tully's, where you can also tour the facility. It is also home to Pike's Place Market, which is quite the attraction, known world-wide for it's "flying fish" which are fish (generally salmon) that are thrown from vendor to vendor to the customer. There is a great aquarium in Seattle, and a very nice Art Museum, though it is closed for renovation. Seattle is also the home to the Experience Music Project, and there is a wonderful tour called Seattle Underground which basically is a tour of the early portions of Seattle that has had the rest of the city built on top of it. Seattle also sports the largest ferry system in the world, so you can take a ferry ride to a number of other places, including Victoria, BC, where you can visit Butchart Gardens. Or, if you have a car, take the ferry across to Bainbridge Island, check out Old Man House (Chief Sealth's (Seattle) home), then cruise the Kitsap Peninsula, drive over the Hood Canal Bridge and work your way in to the Hoh Rain Forest (the only temperate rain forest in North America) amid the Olympic Mountains (about 60 miles from Bainbridge Island). As far as art, here in the Northwest, you will find a lot of nature inspired art, with a lot of emphasis on bears and salmon, and a lot of Northwest Native American art.
Q: Does anyone know the address for the first Starbucks coffee shop?
I am going to Seattle in a few days, and I'd love to see the world's first Starbucks coffee shop. Does anyone know the address, because there are several in Seattle...
A: Neighborhood: Downtown
1912 Pike Pl
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 448-8762
www.starbucks.com
The world's very first Starbucks store opened here in 1971 as a coffee bean roasting house. It began selling retail coffee in 1983, after marketing genius Howard Shulz joined the company and traveled to Italy, where he fell in love with delicious espresso and cappuccino. He envisioned a new era of coffee culture and soon brought (and quickly expanded) the tradition of the neighborhood coffee house. Today, you can still get your favorite Starbucks drink at the Pike Place Market location.
Q: Where are the fun, and safe, places to live in Seattle?
Where there are restaurants, coffee shops that are within walking distance, but still still close enough to the freeway to get to the Eastside/Redmond area?
If not in Seattle, what other area can you recommend?
A: Wallingford/Greenlake are two great neighborhoods that have lots of shopping, restaurants, and coffee shops, but they are still close to I-5. If you are looking to commute to the Eastside for work good luck. That commute is awful. My advise would be to move to the eastside or use public transportation. I have a friend who catches the bus to Microsoft from Greenlake every day.
Q: why do some call white coffee "dirty beans"?
I was home for the holidays in Spokane WA and they have white coffee in several espresso shops. You can also buy it by the pound, always already ground. My aunt loves the stuff and several people can not believe she does saying the beans are dirty and the stuff is nasty...why? I live in Seattle coffee capital of the world and we don't have it over here at all which makes me think someone might be right.
A: White coffee beans are just under-roasted coffee beans. Raw beans are greenish. To get the normal coffee beans, the raw beans are roasted for about 13-18 minutes. White coffee is roasted considerably less. Coffee connoiseurs believe roasting the beans longer brings out the full flavour of the coffee, which is why coffee lovers look down on white beans.
Q: Fun things to do in Seattle and Vancouver, Canada?
I'm going to Seattle and Vancouver in the beginning of August and was wondering what fun things there are to do there. I've been looking at some things online, and besides Pike place market, some hiking, and some coffee shops in vancouver im having trouble finding activites. Keep in mind that I am in college right now.
Specific hiking trails? Is it safe to stay in a hostel in Vancouver? Specific neighborhoods I should go to?
A: well in Vancouver, Granville Island is nice, Stanley Park (you can bring a picnic basket, a good book and just enjoy the sun and the sights), English Bay, Capilano Suspension, Queen Elizabeth Park. Stroll along Robson St. if you're into shopping. PNE have great rides and August they've got tons of activities (just remember to buy the tickets from 7-11 since it's a lot cheaper than buying it at the gates. Most hostels in Vancouver are pretty decent, stay away from East Hastings (tons of addicts and low-lifes). You can try the Grouse Grind (a trail in North Vancouver). Use the transit if you can coz it's a lot cheaper, buy the daily bus pass which is 8 CAD which you can use all day and will save you tons of money. Nightlife? Robson street got the best bars.
Q: What shops has the best coffee?
Starbucks, McDonald's, Seattle Best, Burger King, Cariboul, etc...?
A: Starbucks.
Q: I am not a coffee drinker, but I live in the Seattle area.?
Where Starbucks is headquartered, and where there are more coffee shops than any other city in the country, (so I have been told!) What do you think about the previous assertion by Starbucks that they wanted 10,000 stores world wide! And today, they annonunced that they were closing 800 stores in the USA! What do you think happened to their grand plan?
I understand they are ruthless in their business dealings. I heard about a coffee shop that lost their lease because Starbucks went to the owner of the building and undercut the other coffee store. I would say that if they are losing money, then maybe their business practices are to blame! What do you think?
A: I think Starbucks expanded too quickly and now they have to close some stores. Its not about their business dealings (i dont think its ruthless either)
They might have overestimated the demand.
Q: Which do you think is the best coffee shop yet in Manila?
Starbuck's? Seattle's? Figaro? Name it!
A: when i was in manila, Seatle's Best was very good.. I didin't try Starbucks.