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Patisserie Crumble & Flake to settle into E Olive Way

Neil Robertson’s bakery Crumble & Flake has found its Capitol Hill home. In a search he announced via CHS in October, the pastry chef says he has settled on a space for his croissants and macarons:

The truth can now be told – the lease on the future home of Crumble & Flake Patisserie is final! 

Address: 1500 E Olive Way, Seattle WA 98122

Currently the space is a hair salon (for the past 20+ years). Right next door to the in-progress Rachel’s Ginger Beer and Montana. Just around the corner from La Bête.


As predicted, the shop is tiny – just shy of 500 square feet. I’ll be working with Henry H. Lo, architect at Stillwell Hanson Architects –http://www.stillwellhansonarchitects.com/ – on designs for the build-out, and I hope to be open sometime in April (though we all know how these things go). 

Plans are to offer a selection of breakfast pastries both sweet and savory such as croissants, kouign amann, and scones, alongside dessert pastries like filled-to-order cream puffs, macarons, cookies and brownies. Expect a few surprising flavors and seasonal ingredients was well as classic favorites. Coffee will be provided by True North Coffee Roasters – http://www.drinktruenorth.com/

 

Thanks to everyone for helping me get to this milestone – for the location tips, business advice, tasting feedback, and encouragement. As my pastry school instructor, Jacquy Pfeiffer would say before a big test: “Let the games begin!” (cue Eye of the Tiger).

E Olive Way is working its way to becoming another Hill food and drink hot spot as upper Pike/Pine runs out of space to grow. We noted earlier that fellow newbie Montana is slated to open on Sunday.

Crumble replaces Salon 1500 in the space. We’ll check in to find out more about the decision for the salon to move on.

“It’s a pastry shop, not bread,” Robertson told us about his project in October. “It will be mostly breakfast style, with some dessert-y [treats] and some cookies. We’ll start small and be seasonal.” Good to know the first season for Crumble & Flake will be spring.