STL's Guide to INTA Seattle - Part 1: Breakfasts and Coffees
For those who are traveling to Seattle for INTA, there’s still a little time to plan. Have coffee booked with a foreign associate but don’t know where to meet? Leave it to STL. Here’s my biased and incomplete mini-guide to the best INTA breakfasts and coffees; lunches and dinners; and bars and hotel lobbies. Today’s installation: Part 1: Breakfasts and Coffees.
INTA gatherings start early, and that means breakfast! Fortunately, you’ll be on forgiving West Coast time — I won’t soon forget those brutal 8 a.m. meetings in Toronto. Nothing like getting up at 4 a.m. Seattle time after whooping it up past midnight at the CN Tower the night before!
For an eclectic but good eatin’ business breakfast, I like the Library Bistro & Bookstore Bar (Pacific Northwest cuisine; 92 Madison Street; (206) 624-3646); Sazerac (Pacific Northwest meets New Orleans; 1101 Fourth Avenue in the Hotel Monaco; (206) 624-7755); Tom Douglas’ Lola (Mediterranean influences; 2000 4th Avenue in the Hotel Andra; (206) 441-1430); and Le Pichet (French; 1933 1st Avenue; (206) 256-1499). I haven’t tried it yet but I’m looking forward to my breakfast meeting at the ART Restaurant (Pacific Northwest with “global” influences; 99 Union Street in the brand new Four Seasons; (206) 749-7070).
For quicker, cheaper, and more casual bites, a great coffee and roll can be had at Le Panier Very French Bakery (1902 Pike Place; (206) 441-3669) and Macrina Bakery (2408 1st Avenue; (206) 448-4032). A great coffee and donut is waiting for you at Top Pot Doughnuts (2124 5th Avenue; (206) 728-1966). Or check out the original Starbucks (1912 Pike Place; (206) 448-8762).
If I’ve missed your favorite downtown breakfast or coffee place, share the benefit of your wisdom!
Michael Atkins
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I used to go to Macrina for breakfast all the time - they now have one in Sodo as well.
For coffee I'm jazzed about Stumptown. The vibe is pretentious (or fees like it) but the coffee is off the charts good. (Not sure if there's one downtown :) .)