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dean raises his own beef. to paraphrase hemingway:
“These hamburgers and fried asparagus are too good for toast-drinking, my dear. You don’t want to mix emotions up with food like that. You lose the taste.”

is this in capitol hill, as 43places claims, or the CD? Ofcourse it’s the CD, but with the addition of tougo one can imagine it eventually, maybe, gentrifying into a blurry border between the two. this week-old cafe features a simple, well executed interior space with a cool ceiling, retro ‘40’s lights, wifi, and plenty of vertical proof that ‘wasabi green’ is still working as the color of our times. once inside you will not believe you are in the same building that one views from the street. the proprietor is a great guy. along with recently opened victrola on pike, and the new fuel in montlake, there is a surge of great independents. but this is the only one sharing names with a town in burkina faso and a japanese kanji. only a few blocks away from katy’s cafe on 20th and union, hopefully they will both prosper.

a well organized small half marathon here every april, good warmup for the marathons to come. this little town is off the beaten track, and there’s not much there, but the ferry ride alone is beautiful enough to make an occasional trip here worth the effort. if you’re just visiting the town the local bus service is sufficient, ie don’t bother bringing car onto ferry.