Though we are all growed up and have big, corporate careers, K & I don’t always have our shit together. In fact, there are times we are too dumb to feed ourselves — times we would starve if it weren’t for good people like Thomas Soukakos.
Fortunately, Thomas and his Vios Cafe are right around the corner from us. And, not only is it likely we will never starve thanks to this coincidence of geography but we will not starve in delicous, perfect, Greek-god-like satisfaction.
For lunch, we recommend the lamb burger sandwich and to always make room for the soup. For dinner, go with the pasticcio if one of the specials doesn’t grab your fancy. If you’re looking for something sweet and are too infantile to even provide yourself with dessert at home, the joint also features a gelato selection so you can swing through and indulge your inner, sugar and round-molecule-loving child.
Being childlike is the right way to go at Vios. In addition to being one of those good people who feeds the world, this Thomas fellow must be keenly aware of the demographics of the neighborhood. He has made his Vios like a giant family kitchen, complete with a play area where parents can safely perch nearby and sip a coffee. Add areas of long, open tables and it starts to make sense when you see packs of little kids marching into a Greek cafe to celebrate a birthday party. It’s the Chuck E. Feta Cheese of 19th and Aloha.
For several lovely pictures of Vios, check out this flickr photo stream — including pictures taken by local foodie extaordinaire, Seattle Bon Vivant. You can also read her Vios praise here.
Seattlest called Vios a “a triple threat, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, so it’s got yummy food for 12 hours a day.”
Meanwhile, this positive Stranger account of the place is getting a little dusty. Though it did inspire us to leave the ‘sh’ word in our first sentence.
–j/k
