Category Archives: capitol hill

Come learn about 12th Avenue Arts

| September 26, 2011

Tomorrow at Sole Repair there will be a neighborhood get together for people to learn more about 12th Avenue Arts. This project of Capitol Hill Housing will transform an East District police parking lot (pictured below) into a mixed-use development with affordable housing, community meeting space, retail, arts space, and underground parking for police vehicles. For years, Capitol Hill Housing has been working to make this project real, and back in June it was officially announced. We’re excited to hear the latest updates.

We hope to see you at Sole Repair tomorrow. And, it will be a chance to have a drink with Tim Keck and Jerry Everard!
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 4-6 pm
Sole Repair, 1001 East Pike, Seattle, WA 98122
R.S.V.P., Leigh at lsmith@capitolhillhousing.org
Future home of 12th Avenue Arts.

On Wednesday, Eat Out on Capitol Hill

| September 10, 2011

Caffe Vita is proud to be a participating business in the First Annual Eat Out on Capitol Hill to benefit Country Doctor Community Health Centers. We’re one of several neighborhood cafes and restaurants who have pledged to donate a percentage of proceeds from this Wednesday, September 14. Here’s the link to the Facebook event page.

Country Doctor Community Health Centers improves the health of our community by providing high-quality, caring, culturally appropriate primary health care that addresses the needs of all people regardless of their ability to pay.

Check out the poster below and make your plans for this Wednesday. Round up your friends and hit up your favorite places on the hill. You can make an impact!

Eat Out on Capitol Hill, Sept 14, 2011

12th Ave Neighborhood Fest – Sunday, 8/14

| August 5, 2011

Save the afternoon of Sunday, August 14, 12pm-6pm, and your appetite, for the 12th Avenue Neighborhood Festival on Seattle’s Capitol Hill between E. Madison and E. Pike Streets. Now in its second year, the festival features affordable plates (priced at $5 or less) from more than 30 neighborhood vendors.

Taste your way down restaurant row and discover favorite dishes from 12th Avenue and nearby eateries such as Café Presse, Osteria La Spiga, Barrio, Zobel Ethiopian Restaurant, High 5 Pie, Bluebird Microcreamery, Poquitos, Ambassel Ethiopian Restaurant, Via Tribunali, and many more. There will be music, activities for kiddos, and so much ice cream. Caffe Vita will be there with cold brew!

For festival updates and neighborhood news, see the 12th Avenue Neighborhood page on Facebook.

Block Party Kick-Off: Morning Teleportation in the Bean Room

| July 11, 2011
An unofficial kick-off to the 2011 Capitol Hill Block Party will happen in the Caffe Vita Bean Room on Thursday, July 21, at 8pm. We’re excited to bring you the Portland-based Psych rockers, Morning Teleportation. They are currently on tour, performing from their debut album, Expanding Anyway. Here’s a video — check them out:

Invite your friends via the Facebook event page.

Tickets are FREE and available at these three locations only:

Caffe Vita Capitol Hill 1005 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122
July 15-20, 10am-2pm.

Verizon Store / Downtown 1633 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101
July 15-16, 11am-2pm / July 20, 4-7pm

Verizon Store / University 5001 25th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105
July 17, 11am-2pm / July 19, 4-7pm

Click here for all the details and how to win VIP passes by donating old cell phones and accessories to the HopeLine program. Check the Coffee Shop Series website for more info and future shows by Verizon and Caffe Vita.

Caffe Vita Espresso: Flavor of the Day at Old School Frozen Custard this Sunday

| August 3, 2010
Like this, but darker…

“Hold the phone! They’re doing what??!!”

Like peanut butter and jelly, strawberries and cream, and whiskey and ginger ale before it; combining Caffe Vita espresso with frozen custard had to have been an idea placed by some sort of divine intervention.

On Sunday, August 8th, Old School Frozen Custard will feature Caffe Vita Espresso as their flavor-of-the-day. If you’ve never had frozen custard, well, it’s kind of bizarre it never really took off on the West Coast. Do we not, out here, enjoy the finer things in life? Frozen custard is like the best ice-cream you’ve ever had, only creamier. Think ice-cream crossed with gelato. Frozen custard is huge in the Midwest. Custard joints are like McDonald’s in Wisconsin (a land known for appreciation of fine beer and cheese), if that tells you anything. 

Caffe Vita Espresso flavor Old School Frozen custard will be available at their Capitol Hill and Bonney Lake locations Sunday from noon until late night (so, you know, enough time for a couple visits. Hey, it’s Sunday. Indulge a bit.).

Kopi Luwak coffee

| June 16, 2008

Vita’s having a cupping tonight of the rare Kopi Luwak, the infamous by-product of the large Indonesian weasel, called a luwak. It likes to eat coffee beans when they’re ripe and juicy. After the beans are digested, they are harvested and roasted. Tonight at 6pm we’re having an invite-only cupping (complete with a Theo Chocolate tasting) at the Capitol Hill roasteria for our customers and friends.

Vita roaster Mason Sager and Bob Prince stopped by the KOMO News Radio studio this morning at 7:15 to cup the coffee, which is from East Java.