Volunteer Park Cafe & Pantry
Cafe · Capitol Hill ·
Pastries, egg & cheese sandwich, coffee, natural wine
Pastries, egg & cheese sandwich, coffee, natural wine
"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, located at the bottom of a house among the northern Capitol Hill elite, is a home run 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 that hold their own among the city's best. 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. Pop in for an early coffee date or takeout sandwich, and note that the dining room is a laptop-free zone during the weekends. Food Rundown Egg & Cheese Sandwich The grand champion of bodega-style BECs in Seattle. Order with confidence, and add bacon always. photo credit: Brooke Fitts Crumb Cake Like Entenmann's, only fancified and in the shape of a muffin. Buckwheat Chocolate Chunk Cookie 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.) photo credit: Nate Watters" - Aimee Rizzo
"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 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
"Volunteer Park Cafe & Pantry might sound obvious, but it’s as close to the park as you can get, and the food here happens to be great. Make your park outing a morning one and order the BEC. It’s 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