Bright, busy cafe with basic eats such as sandwiches & pastries & a relaxed vibe.

Café Solstice

Coffee & Tea

Long-running indie shop stocking more than 70,000 used & rare books covering a wide range of genres.

Magus Books

Books

40 Years of Coffee and Community

Established in Seattle’s University District in 1975, Cafe Allegro is home to Seattle’s oldest espresso bar and one of the country’s finest Seattle-style coffee roasters. 

Our beans are imported from family farms around the world and roasted in small batches onsite at our cafe. Whether you’re a one cup a day drinker or a true Seattlite, we guarantee you’ll enjoy every sip.

Café Allegro

Big Time Brewery opened its doors in December 8th, 1988 and we have been brewing and serving craft beer ever since. We are Seattle's original brew pub. A classic American Alehouse located in an brick building with high ceilings and lots of stained wood. The pub has an antique bar.

Big Time usually has at least 12 beers on tap, plus a featured cask-conditioned "real ale" on the hand pump. Our standard brews are: Scarlet Fire IPA, Atlas Amber Ale and Coal Creek Porter which are on tap at all times. The other three taps and the cask conditioned pump rotate from week to week with some of the many specialty beers we produce over the year.

Big Time Brewery

Brewery

Gargoyles Statuary has been offering a vast array of gargoyles and pagan, Celtic, metaphysical, and esoteric art and gifts in our unique location in the heart of the U-District since 1992. We feature classic gargoyles, Egyptian statues, gods and goddesses, hand-made creatures, monsters and winged guardians in plaster, concrete and resin for the home and garden. The designs can be contemplative, fierce, humorous, satirical or whimsical — but most of all intriguing to both gargoyle lover and curious bystander. Enjoy our online presence and please come by for a visit if you’re in Seattle!

Gargoyle's Statuary

Statuary

Bulldog News is dedicated to the creation of public space. Public Space is not a physical locale. It is the sense of place created when a community-based dialogue transforms ideas and experiences into shared meaning and common purpose.  

At the Bulldog, we champion the possibility of this dialogue without cynicism. Our stores create an open and welcoming environment where all points of view are engaged. Implicit in our approach is the assertion that an inclusive community has the right and power to define its destiny.