Just a seven-minute downhill (eight-minute uphill?) walk from his neighborhood favorite Joe Bar, Wylie Bush has opened the new Barjot cafe on Bellevue Ave E.
The cafe replacing the shuttered Chico Madrid in the Belroy Apartments development made a quiet debut Tuesday.
Bush told CHS when we first reported on Barjot in May not to expect a major overhaul of the Chico space. “I have such a small budget and the space is so beautifully built out, I won’t make many changes,” he said at the time. “The meat slicer went away — the large juicer is in.”
Images: Barjot
Instead, you’ll find excellent coffee, a new robust offering of in-house baked goods and pastries from baker Maegan Rasmussen — and, eventually, fresh-squeezed juice. Bush said beer and wine will also be on offer and — possibly — liquor could be part of the longterm plan. The planned juice bar elements are planned to be added as the cafe’s hours expand later this summer. For the first couple of weeks, expect 6 AM to 2 PM hours of service.
Check out barjotseattle.com for more details as things settle in at 711 Bellevue Ave E.
Capitol Hill’s cafe lovers are doubly blessed this summer — Cafe Solstice Capitol Hill is also open for business just off Broadway.
Wylie is a neighborhood treasure.
Bellevue Ave is so lucky to have an excellent coffee shop at each end! If only the 47 were sticking around (and not a rare occurrence).