Vivace location closing
In case you haven’t heard, this Sunday will be your last chance to get a cup of coffee at Vivace’s indoor Capitol Hill location. That building will be torn down to make way for light rail, and the cafe will move down into the Brix building on the other end of Broadway in September, hopefully, although construction looked a little stalled last time I went past.
When I first moved to Seattle I dated a boy who lived right near there, so I spent a whole lot of hours sitting by the window, writing letters and watching the construction turn the reservoir into Cal Anderson Park. If you still want to sit inside and drink your coffee the newer location by REI is there, and nice and airy. Otherwise, I predict that the line at the sidewalk stand is going to get even longer. Or, I suppose, you could go to one of the dozen other coffee options in the near vicinity, but I’ve always liked Vivace best.
Vivace is great, but have you tried Stumptown on Pine?
Yeah, Stumptown’s fine, but I still like Vivace better.
You know what Vivace needs, though? A 16 oz. size option. Sometimes a 12 just isn’t enough :)
do they plan on opening any other locations? queen anne or ballard would be nice. i too lived just a block away (and was affected by the tear down) so i have fond memories of playing scrabble with my boyfriend on friday nights…
I talked to them this morning; it sounds like Brix is far behind schedule due to something related to the original glass contractor backing out. Vivace will be running only two stores for several weeks because their new space can’t be inspected until the whole complex is ready; meaning at all of the barsistas will be losing shifts for the duration.
Oh, poop. This is the only Vivace location I’ve visited. I think I’m cursed with getting to visit places once before they disappear into the ether. Suck :(
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