Irwin's Neighborhood Bakery and Cafe in Wallingford
2123 N 40th St
Seattle, WA 98103
206-675-1484
Hours: Weekdays 6am-8pm | Weekends 7am-8pm
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Slogan: "Seattle's favorite little neighborhood cafe spot"
Rating: ★★★★★
Coffee Shop and Bakery.
Location:
Wallingford - N 40th St and Bagley Ave N.
Ease of Location:
Wallingford is easy to access from I-5 or Aurora Ave (Hwy 99). Location is easy to access too. You gotta know how to find it. It's in a residential neighborhood.
Local:
Yes.
Multiple Locations:
Yes - 2. Other location is on 1201 B Eastlake Ave E.
Transit:
The bus stop is literally about 100 feet away. KC Metro Buses 26, 31 and 32.
Parking:
On-street, residential only. Pretty quiet neighborhood, you should be fine.
Price:
$$ - The smallest drink I could get was $3.69 plus tip. But worth it.
Coffee Brand:
Stumptown Coffee.
What I Had:
Decaf Americano with steamed cream.
How Was It?: Amazing!
Staff:
Very friendly; very mellow. Nice experience - it was a pleasure.
Crowd:
Not sure; I don't think my visit was typical. I was there at 6:45 on a Saturday night. Seems like local neighborhood folk, with a hippie kind of clientele.
Food:
Baked goods. I didn't have any, but good lord they smelled delicious. Some Odwalla juices, that's it.
Seats & Tables:
Indoors:
4 wicker chairs and a 2 person wicker couch, giant coffee table in the middle.
4 tables with 2 chairs.
3 bar-stool seats, up against a counter in the back of the shop.
1 oval shaped table that can fit 6.
Most of the chairs are wood, most without seat padding.
Wicker chairs have padding, but padding is worn out.
Outdoors:
4 metal tables with 2-person chairs.
6 wooden Adirondack chairs.
2 metal benches.
A few plastic green lawn chairs thrown in here or there.
Recycling:
Yes. They ask that you put your stuff in the garbage, and they will sort the recyclables later. Weird, but it's recycling, so it's a win in my book.
WiFi:
Yes. Free.
Power:
Enough to get you by. I saw four different outlets. You may want to bring an extension cord, but it's not bad.
Music:
Employees' choice. Alt/Folk/Rock band Timber Timbre on the overhead. The volume was perfect!
Decor:
The place has a definite 1970s, back-to-nature, hippie kind of vibe to it. Which was pretty awesome. Rustic furnishings. I really like the decor a lot; it took me back to my teenage years.
Temperature:
Perfect. But It was a really nice and sunny day in the 70s.
Heat-A/C:
No A/C. Baseboard heating. The windows are not insulated - nice looking, but not practical. Bring an extra sweater and scarf in winter.
Lighting:
Lots of natural light; two of four walls are large glass windows. The remaining light is provided by incandescent lights that are mounted in orange colored glass fixtures hanging from the ceiling.
Who Is It For?:
Wallingford neighborhood residents, people looking for a really nice, quiet and out of the way place to go to for a conversation or to relax.
Special/Extra:
Outdoor seating is comfortable and absolutely fantastic.
Lots of plants trees shrubs and green foliage outside of the place, a nice touch.
The outdoor seating faces N 40th St, which is a fairly busy through-way; noise from the street is quite much. I'm sure Sundays and weeknights are better.
Smoking is apparently not discouraged. There's a couple of cigarette pails out front, and a couple guys walked up and started smoking. Perhaps not too ironically, this is a 1970s thing too, as I remember the 70s.
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