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DRINKING & NIGHTLIFE
Explore the Ave and surrounding streets for some of the city's most mel-
low coffee shops, a literary landmark and some lively watering holes.
CAFÉ RACER
BAR
( 206-523-5282; 5828 Roosevelt Way NE; 9am-1am Thu-Tue; 66)
Conspicuously
friendly to two-wheeled transport, this tiny bar-cafe has a rec room upstairs where you
can lounge on couches and watch movies from the bar library on the bar TV. Down-
stairs there's a counter, a few tables and a microscopic open kitchen, and decor includes
the occasional taxidermied gazelle poised above a MotoGuzzi gas tank. And, um,
there's a hair salon inside.
Live music most nights.
CAFÉ ALLEGRO
CAFE
( 206-633-3030; 4214 University Way NE; drinks from $2; 6:30am-10:30pm; 72)
You
can dispel a few urban myths in Café Allegro. It is this place, not Starbucks, that is the
oldest functioning coffee bar in Seattle. Founded in 1975, it was a bona fide espresso
bar when Starbucks was still just a store that sold coffee beans and machinery.
Stuffed into a back alley between NE 42nd and NE 43rd Sts, the cafe hasn't changed
much since its pioneer days. Bevies of industrious students still drop by to scribble over
papers or moon over professors, although nowadays they're frequently distracted by
their iPhones.
BIG TIME MICROBREW & MUSIC
BREWPUB
( 206-545-4509; 4133 University Way NE; 11:30am-2am; 72)
A fun hangout, this ex-
pansive brewpub is quiet and casual in the daytime but gets hopping at night. During
the school year, it can be crowded with students still testing out their alcohol limits.
ZOKA COFFEE
CAFE
