Armistice Coffee
Description on Armistice Coffee’s website :We are looking to give back to the city of Seattle, the best way we know how- coffee!
Neighborhood: Eastlake
Address: 2201 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
Music Playing: In My Feelings by Drake
What we ate/drank: Cortado
Comments: The coffee shop choices have been pretty slim pickings in the Eastlake neighborhood for a while. Before the Link Light Rail at UW opened, I used to take a bus to work that would go through Eastlake, so I’d also know when a new business popped up. Now that I don’t take the bus anymore, I only go through the Eastlake area maybe once every month at most. The last time going through we noticed a new building and on the bottom floor of that building was Armistice Coffee, so we’d thought we’d check it out.
First thing we noticed upon heading toward the front door is that in the store front window you can see a small roasting machine and found out that Armistice Coffee roasts their own beans on the premises, so you know you’re getting fresh coffee. Because it’s in a new building, it has a new modern feel to it. The seating options are rather limited on the inside. You have a “living room” configuration with a leather sofa and four leather chairs surrounding a coffee table.
There are some chairs off to the side, a community table that fits 6 and way in the back are two secluded tables with a bench and some finished log stools. The real highlight are the seating options outside where they have a patio with tables surrounded by trees. They also have doors that open to the east and south, that would make it nice a breezy. We came in the winter, so although it’s sunny, when it’s 39 degrees at noon, you can’t really enjoy the patio or have the doors open. I’m sure we’d enjoy the space more if we came back in the summer.
We went there to enjoy a coffee, but if you are coming here to work on a lap top, there aren’t many seating option except for the community table of 6 and the two tables in the back, which is an area that is really dark.
There are limited pastry options. The Cortado was exceptional.
Ratings(1-5)
Favorite Thing: Having a sorely needed new coffee shop option in the Eastlake neighborhood.
Atmosphere: 4.00
Service: 4.00
Food Options: 3.50
Overall: 3.75
Eavesdropping Convo: None
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