Nollie's Taco Joint

Nollie’s Cafe Closes After Ten Years in South Lake Union | Eater Seattle

"I saw Nollie’s, a homespun South Lake Union café, close at the end of last month after more than a decade in business; it was beloved by regulars and reportedly boasted an 80 percent customer retention rate. The owners posted the news to their social media accounts without offering a reason and the cafe didn’t respond to Eater’s inquiry before press time. Known for a homemade, from-scratch approach, the menu leaned on breakfast sandwiches, cinnamon roll French toast, BLTs, tomato bisque, and baked goods like scones, lemon bars, and chocolate chip cookies. With its handwritten signs and toy animal figurines, the cafe stood in stark contrast to the shiny Amazon buildings that sprouted around it, and it wouldn’t come as a huge surprise if the closure was in some way tied to the tech-related building boom that has so thoroughly changed the neighborhood." - Megan Hill