Victrola Coffee Roasters 15th Ave

Victrola began here on 15th Avenue East in 2000, a neighborhood that had few great places to meet friends and no great coffee. The cafe was so popular that within a year it took over the storefront next door, and in 2003 the company started roasting its own coffee in the cramped back room, experimenting with roast profiles and blends for its espresso. The name comes from the home phonograph of the 1920s, and the jazz era shapes the cafe's character.

Within its first months the room hosted art openings and a rockabilly show, and one regular called it the living room of Capitol Hill. It is still a community cafe first, with a community room that locals can use, and it pours Victrola's roasted coffees from morning until evening, opening daily at six and closing at seven.