Finn's Bakery & Café - Magnolia

Finn's Bakery & Café

3204 W McGraw St

Seattle, WA  98199

206-406-7271

Hours:

M-F 6am - 6pm | Sa-Su 7am - 3pm

Rating: ★★★★☆ 

Website: 
FinnsBakery.com

Facebook Page: 
https://www.facebook.com/FinnsBakery

Type: 
Bakery & Coffee Shop

Neighborhood: 
Magnolia

Ease of Location:
Coffee shop easy to find.  Magnolia is not easy to get to, period. Even if you live there.

Local:
Yes.

Multiple Locations: 
Nope. The one and only.

Transit: 
KC Metro 24, 31. 
Bus route 31 does not run on weekends. I was dropped off at Finn's on a Sunday, and I waited quite some time before figuring this out. Awesome.

Parking: 
On-street. No worries; Magnolia is the Mayberry, R.F.D. of Seattle.

Price: 
$$ 
Muffin was $3.49 plus tax. A bit pricey for a man of my means. But holy cow was it good!!

Coffee Brand: 
Stumptown

What I Had: 
12 oz Americano, steamed 1/2 & 1/2, 2 Splendas.

How Was It?: 
Incredible. "Woah!! Holy crap!!!" were the first two words out of my mouth after the first sip.

Staff: 
Ok; not unfriendly. To be fair, it was 5 minutes before closing time on Sunday afternoon. They seemed like they wanted to get out of there, and I don't blame them.

Crowd: 
Locals only.

Food: 
Baked goods. Really great ones.

Seats & Tables: 
3 4-person wooden tables

1 regular-height counter with 4 chairs, facing the front window.

All chairs have padding!

Outdoors: 

2 round, 2 person tables, with metal padded chairs.

2 city sidewalk benches

Recycling:  
Yes - including composting!

WiFi: 
Yes. Free.

Power: 
Pretty decent. Nothing you couldn't reach with your laptop cord.

Music: 
Barista's choice. Pandora's "Wanda Jackson" channel was playing. It was some great stuff.

Decor: 
Quite nice. Like so many of the places I've visited, wood floors, wood counters, partial wood walls with drywall painted in pastel color. Original artwork on the walls.

Temperature: 
Perfect. But again, same as outside temperature. Warm, sunny day.

Heat-A/C:
No apparent form of a/c or heating that I could tell. I think the heat from the bakery probably does the trick.

Lighting: 
Incandescent, frosted globes hanging overhead.

Who Is It For?:  
Locals, people who want to make the trip and find some amazing baked goods, great coffee and some padded chairs. Early morning and mid-day crowd - the place closes really early for us night folk.

Special/Extra: Finn's is truly independent, no other locations in town or anywhere else.

Other Notes: It's like a trip into the past - small, friendly, slow-paced bakery with coffee to sit and relax. The shop that time forgot.