East Coast Poet's Last Chance Latte Log

October 1995 through October 1996 I went to 200 places in Seattle, and drank a latte at each one. Then I drafted at poem while I drank the latte. At this time in Seattle, there were enough independent coffee houses, carts, and laundrymats so that I only had to include 2 Starbucks, 2 Seattle Best Coffees, and 2 of any chain. It was an adventure, and was the absolute best way for me to get to know Seattle. I still think of it as a kind of pilgrimage. At the end I had my life in poetry complete with latte spills, and a decreased need of a Seattle map. My 10 years in Seattle were not the best, but that one year project no matter what else was going on good or bad was one of the highlights of my life. I didn't publish The East Coast Poet's Last Chance Latte Log, and I couldn't do it now as most of the places have closed. However, I edited those pages extensively, and I'm still very proud of the final product. The following were the places on my latte pilgrimage.

A La Francaise – U Village
A La Francaise – Pioneer Square
Alki Bakery
Alki Café
Baker’s Beach Café
Beans Café Coffee Company
Bahuaus Bookstore
Be-Bop a Latte
B&O Espresso Restaurant Capital Hill
Border’s Bookstore Café Espresso – 4th Avenue
Barnes & Noble – U Village
B&O Espresso – Pioneer Square
Bacco Café & Juice Bar
Bizarro Italian Café
Boulangerie
Boehms
Ballard Baking Company
Beyond the Edge Café
Boulevard Espresso
Bagel Oasis
Brie & Bordeux
Bus Stop Espresso
Ben & Jerry’s – Capital Hill
Bravo Espresso Cart
Book & Bean
Blake’s Bakery
Blimpie
Bulldog News
Baithouse Coffee Shop ***(One of my Favorite Seattle Places)
Bean & Bagel
Caffe Appassionate – Magnolia
Café Paradiso
Continental Café
Creative Café
Caffe ladro – Upper Queen Anne
Café Septieme
Cinema Espresso
Crazy for You
Café Sophie
Caffe Darte
Capriccio
Café Allegro
Chez Dominique
CT Café
Cats Eye Café
Casablanca Coffee
Café News
Coffee Crew
Cadiz Espresso
Cyclops
Café Flora
Craig’s 19th Avenue Café
Counter Culture
Celesto Espresso
Diva – Greenwood
Dutch Treat
Dillettante Chocolates
Dahlia Lounge
DeLaurenti
Daily Grind
Diva Espresso – West
Dempsey’s Deli
Espresso Roma Café – U District
Espresso to Go
Elliott Bay Book company
El Caprico Espresso Cart
Esther’s
ESP Resso Cart
Espresso DiMucci Cart
Espresso Europa
Espresso A GoGo
Espresso Roma Café – Broadway
European Restaurant
Famous Pacific Dessert Company – Queen Anne
Fromagerie
Famous Pacific Dessert Company – Capital Hill
5 Spot
Festivities
15th Avenue Café
Globe Café
Green Cat Café
Cloria Jeans Coffee Bean
Green Room Café
Greenwood Bakery/Café
Grand Illusion Espresso
Grinder
Grand Central Baking company
Gee Whiz Great Coffee
Great Harvest Bread Company
Gravity Bar
Honey Bear Bakery
High Tea/Kowloon House
Hi-Spot Café
Harvard Espresso
Happy Go Latte
Hydrohouse Café
Home Espresso Repair
Just Say Espresso
Jet City Coffee House
Joyce’s Bakery
Jackrabbit
Jack’s Bistro
Jo-to-Go
Jackpot
Java Club
Kismet
Kitchen & Company
Last Exit on Brooklyn
Lux coffee Bar
Long Shoreman’s Daughter
La Pesce Café
Lighthouse Roasters & Fine Coffees – Fremont
Lighthouse Roasters (Sand Point Way)
Little Diva Espresso
Living Room
La Pesce Cart
Louisa’s Bakery Café
Lighthouse Espresso
Lead (pb) Gallery
Larry’s
Macrina Bakery Café – Belltown
Mae’s Phinney Ridge Café
Magnolia Espresso
McGraw Street Bakery
M Coy Books
My Friend’s Coffee House
Mondeo
Madison Espresso
Muddy Waters Espresso & Co.
Mocha Tree
Morning Star Bakery
New York Style Deli
Now Hear This CD’s & Tapes
Nice Day Coffee Co.
NW Coffee Co.
Old Seattle Coffee Co.
110 Espresso – Panini Bar
Original Bakery
OK Hotel
Original Grounds
145th Street Market
Penny University
Puss Puss Café
Peace Café
Plenty
Pert’s Deli’
Parkside News Café
Painted Table
Place Pigalle
Pontevecchio
Petite Maison
PCC – Ravenna
PCC – Seward Park
Pioneer Square Juice & Java
Pegasus Coffee
Pike Place Bagels
Procopio Gelateria
Planet Java
Queen Anne Café
Queen Anne Coffee House
RoadRunner Coffeehouse & Coyote Comics
Rosebud Espresso & Bistro
Rosebrier
Remo Borracchini
Roasteria Vivace Caffe
Sit & Spin
Still Life in Fremont
Speakeasy Café
Seattle Art Museum Café
Surrogate Hostess
Simply Desserts
Spezia Italian Café
Salute! In Citta
Starbuck’s Queen Anne
Starbuck’s First Hill
Seattle’s Best Coffee – Post Alley
Seattle Ferry to Bremerton
Seattle’s Best Coffee – 2nd & Union
Simply Seattle
Scandies
Snubby’s
Slices II
Sunlight Café
Seacrest Boathouse
Tully’s Madison Park
Torrefazione Italia – 6th & Olive
Torrefazione Italia – Occidental Park
Tully’s Coffee – Pike & 4th
Three Girls Bakery
13 Coins
Uptown Espresso
Un Deux Trois
Unique Café
Uncommon Grounds Coffee Café
University of Washington Medical Center
Virginia Inn
World Class Coffee
Wolf House
Zio Ricco