Nestled in a charming Capitol Hill neighborhood, the newly revamped Volunteer Park Cafe & Pantry serves up comfort classics from flaky pastries to an unbeatable breakfast sandwich, all in a cozy, friendly setting.
"The reimagining of this northern Capitol Hill classic is a home run simply based on the pastries alone. We’re talking about things like savory tahini caramel bars, New York-style crumb cake muffins, and buckwheat chocolate chunk cookies with a salty, dulce de leche-like texture that softly crumbles like kinetic sand. But that would be ignoring their BEC, a majestic stack of paper-thin egg folds, bacon cooked just before it gets crispy, and yellow american cheese that oozes between the layers and stretches like taffy, all on a homemade toasted poppy roll." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"In the chocolate chip cookie universe, all-purpose flour is king. But Volunteer Park Cafe’s wheatless version proves that we don’t need it. Their gluten-free chocolate chunk cookie has a clean buckwheat-backed nuttiness, along with a salty dulce de leche-like texture that softly crumbles like kinetic sand. (Thank you, desiccated coconut.)" - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"The reimagining of this northern Capitol Hill classic is a home run simply based on the new pastries alone. And yeah, we’d eat sugar for breakfast on the daily if we lived in the neighborhood. We’re talking about things like savory tahini caramel bars, New York-style crumb cake muffins, and buckwheat chocolate chunk cookies with a salty, dulce de leche-like texture. But that would be ignoring their BEC, a majestic stack of paper-thin egg folds, bacon cooked just before it gets crispy, and oozing yellow american, all on a homemade toasted poppy roll." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"The reimagining of this northern Capitol Hill classic is a home run simply based on the new pastries alone. And yeah, we’d eat sugar for breakfast on the daily if we lived in the neighborhood. We’re talking about things like savory tahini caramel bars, New York-style crumb cake muffins, and buckwheat chocolate chunk cookies with a salty, dulce de leche-like texture that softly crumbles like kinetic sand. But that would be ignoring their BEC, a majestic stack of paper-thin egg folds, bacon cooked just before it gets crispy, and yellow american that oozes between the layers and stretches like taffy, all on a homemade toasted poppy roll." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
"This cafe from a pair of Canlis alums, Crystal Chiu and Melissa Johnson, has been impressing Capitol Hill diners with its pastries, many of which are gluten-free. In an elegant glass case in the cafe, creations like smoked black tea shortbread topped with a puffed kamut brittle line up next to classics like galletes filled with seasonal fruit. For something heavier, you can order the egg and cheese sandwich the Seattle Times christened the best in town." - Harry Cheadle
