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Seattle Espresso: A 25-Year Retrospective, 1978-2003
By Kent BakkeEspresso Specialists, Inc. and La Marzocco
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The Ground Rules1. 1978-2003 = 25 years…not entire
history of Seattle espresso
2. “Seattle” really means Seattle
3. We’ve all killed a lot of brain cells since 1978
Me as “Dr. Espresso”
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1978: The Bad News
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1978: The Bad News
West Seattle Bridge hit by Freighter Chavez
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1978: The Bad News
Lutefisk, courtesy of Sons of Norway
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1978: The Good News
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1978: The Good News
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1978: The Good News
Microsoft, circa 1978
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Early Seattle Espresso Scene Ambrosia Espresso Avenue 52 B&O Espresso Back Stage Café Allegro Café Dilettante Café Optimum Café Sabica Café Society
Seattle’s first espresso cart at Edmunds Arts Festival (note clever John Deere umbrella)
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Early Seattle Espresso Scene Cause Celebre Continental Pastry Espresso Express European Connektion Famous Pacific
Dessert Company Henry’s Off Broadway Hibble & Hyde’s Jazz Alley Last Exit on Brooklyn
Hibble & Hyde’s in Pioneer Square, circa 1978
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Early Seattle Espresso Scene Madison Park Café Mangia Bevi Monorail Espresso Nordstrom Espresso
Bars Pony Espresso Raison d’Etre Red Robin Starbucks Coffee
A view from inside fabled Monorail Espresso
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Early Seattle Espresso SceneThe Good Coffee Co.The Grand IllusionThe Harbor ClubThe Wet WhiskerUptown EspressoVisions UnlimitedVitium Capital
Uptown Espresso on Lower Queen Anne
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Prime Time TV in 1978 All in the Family Barney Miller Battlestar Gallactica CHiPS Charlie’s Angels Dallas Donny & Marie Eight Is Enough Fantasy Island and Love
Boat Good Times Happy Days
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Prime Time TV in 1978 Hawaii Five-O Incredible Hulk Laverne & Shirley Lou Grant M*A*S*H Mork & Mindy New Adventures of
Wonder Woman One Day at a Time Quincy, M.E. Rhoda Rockford Files
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Prime Time TV in 1978 Soap Starsky & Hutch Taxi The Jeffersons The Waltons
Three’s Company WKRP in Cincinnati Welcome Back,
Kotter What’s Happening
“Starsky & Hutch” model 1976 Ford Gran Torino
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Seattle Espresso Pioneers Chuck and Susie Beek John Blackwell Asa Bron Jerilyn Brusseau Mauro Cipolla Dana Davenport Craig Donnarum Barbara Douma Jill Edwards Cathy Hillenbrand
Monorail Espresso
Nordstrom Espresso Bar
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Seattle Espresso Pioneers Solidity and Resolve Israel Nathaniel Jackson Jack Kelly Dawn and Pat Loraas Dow Lucurell Bob McAfee Susan Mitchell and
Suzie Taylor Denise and Joe Monaghan Michael Myers (happy 20th
to Michaelo Espresso!) Joe Monaghan in 1970s
The Allegro
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Seattle Espresso Pioneers Dave Olsen Bruce Pedrola Lois Pieris Howard Schultz Irv Sisky Dave Stewart Jim Stewart Eric Stone Dale Welch D.J. Zentner
B&O Espresso
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Songs from 1978 “Moving Out” – Billy Joel
(The Stranger) “Hot Blooded” – Foreigner
(Double Vision) “Feels So Good” – Chuck
Mangione (Feels So Good) “The One That I Want” –
Olivia Newton John and John Travolta (Grease)
“Renegade” – Styx (Pieces of Eight)
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Songs from 1978 “It’s So Easy” – Linda Ronstadt
(Simple Dreams) “Dust in the Wind” – Kansas
(Point of No Return) “Go Your Own Way” –
Fleetwood Mac (Rumors) “Running on Empty” – Jackson
Browne (Running on Empty) “Staying Alive” – The Bee Gees
(Saturday Night Fever Soundtrack)
“Lay Down Sally” – Eric Clapton (Slowhand)
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Songs from 1978 “Shadow Dancing” – Andy
Gibb (Shadow Dancing) “Shattered” – The Rolling
Stones (Some Girls) “Son of a Son of a Sailor” –
Jimmy Buffett (Son of a Son of a Sailor)
“Time Passages” – Al Stewart (Time Passages)
“Hotel California” – The Eagles (Hotel California)
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Seattle-Style Espresso Goes GlobalAcortoDa Vinci GourmetNordstrom Espresso BarsSeattle’s Best CoffeeStarbucks Coffee Co.Tully’s Coffee
Nordstrom Espresso Bar
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Tradition Continues: Leading National Providers Batdorf & Bronson Coffee Roasters Bridge Industries Burgess Enterprises Caffe D’arte Coffee Fest Trade Shows Creative Concepts Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Elegance
Café Dilettante in 1977
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Tradition Continues: Leading National Providers ESI – Espresso Specialists, Inc. Espresso Supply Fonte Coffee Roasters La Marzocco International La Spaziale USA Michaelo Espresso Stirling Syrups Visions Espresso Service
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1978 Flashback: Movies Animal House Annie Hall Grease Halloween Midnight Express Superman The Boys from Brazil The Deer Hunter The Wiz Up in Smoke
John Belushi in Animal House
Cheech & Chongin Up in Smoke
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Tradition Continues: Microroasters Caffe Appassionato Caffe Vita Diva Espresso Espresso Vivace Hines Public Market
Coffee Lighthouse Roasters True North Roasting House Zoka Coffee Roasters
Lighthouse Roasters, Fremont
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Tradition Continues: Microroaster-Retailers
Caffe Vita, Capitol Hill
Hines Public Market Coffee, Eastlake
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Tradition Continues: Microroaster-Retailers
Zoka Coffee Roasters, Green Lake
Espresso Vivace, Capitol Hill
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Tradition Continues: Small, Local Retail Chains B&O Espresso Caffe Ladro Caffe Vita Diva Espresso Espresso Splendido
Espresso Vivace First Choice Espresso Java Bean Joelle’s Espresso Café Uptown Espresso
Caffe Ladro, Lower Q.A. Uptown Espresso, Lower Q.A.
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Tradition Continues: Landmark Independents Bauhaus Books & Coffee Café Allegro Coffee Messiah El Diablo Coffee Fergy’s Espresso Café Lottie Motts Coffee Shop Monorail Espresso Bauhaus Books & Coffee
Coffee Messiah Monorail Espresso
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Tradition Continues: Baristi
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Don’t Mess with Our Espresso
1993: Boilergate
2003: Latte Tax
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The Future: A Vision for Seattle’s Espresso Industry
1. Educated consumers support proliferation of superior quality espresso in Seattle
2. Seattle + Espresso = Napa Valley + Wine
3. Our renewed commitment to exceptional quality spreads beyond the Northwest