The Other Coast Cafe

The Other Coast Cafe, Seattle 721 E Pike St - Seattle

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91
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Last update on 03/01/2024
4,5
8 Reviews
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Last update on 02/01/2024
4,4
108 Reviews
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Last update on 01/09/2020
4,8
20 Reviews

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Last update on 08/05/2020
4,4
56 Reviews

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Michael Natkin
+4
Seattle used to be a crappy sandwich town, nothing like what you find on the east coast, but it has gotten much better and this place was one of the first to flip the script. Try the vegetarian chickpea salad sandwich, it is super satisfying. The vibe is Capitol Hill rock and roll, but clean and fast. Good place to order carryout from one of the delivery services too.
5
Ali Tayyebi
+5
I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve eaten here. The staff are super friendly and are always playing cool music. There’s a rotating set of paintings and photos on the wall from different local artists, and the food is fantastic. Definitely try the Rajun Cajun!
5
Mike Nemeth
+5
Just inside the Other Coast Cafe, the west wall is covered with event posters, the mood informal, people doing what they do on a drizzly day. Having memorized the menu and made our decisions on what we all wanted, my crew of six walked in and headed to the back. We piled into one of the booths, which had just been vacated and politely bused by the former occupants. My wife, Peggy, made the orders, including something special and bland for my picky first-grader grandson. We had parked just opposite Seattle University and went for a walking tour of Seattle's Capitol Hill to see how it had changed over the years. My son was the instigator. He had attended Seattle U. and loved the area. He kept pointing out the cranes and new construction. From my perspective, the entire district had undergone a pretty intensive transformation. The IHOP was there. My dad, sister and I went there for breakfast after church a number of times. I had attended St. James Cathedral's elementary school back in the 1960s. The church spires remain but not the school. Then I attended Seattle Central Community College. My wife attended, and graduated from the University of Washington, just a bus ride away. She had us take a picture of her in front of Neighbors. I remembered it. She had gone there to dance with friends during her college years. As we recounted these ancient memories, the boredom proved evident on the faces of our daughter and son. The grandkids thought we may have been speaking another language. Then the food arrived. It was marvelous. I got a soda, lemonade flavor, to accompany the Turkey Reuben. I'd never had one. I now forget what everybody had. But I do recall my string bean granddaughter, a third-grader, finishing all of her sandwich even though she said she was full. And the grandson voiced not a single complaint. My wife was happy. My son and daughter, too. I bit into the Reuben and felt like Guy Fieri on "Diner, Drive-Ins and Dives," which I occasionally watch on the Food Network and daydream of eating whatever massive meal he's got on the agenda. This was like that. So good. And I made a pig of myself eating the whole thing. A half would have been sufficient. My wife saved half of hers for the flight home to Fresno, Calif. We live in adjoining Clovis. We had spent five days hanging with family, hiking and wondering if the girl my son Calvin is pursuing will wind up a daughter in law. I snapped some photos with my Canon and asked the guy behind the counter about the name, Other Coast. He said something about it being opened in the tradition of an East Coast deli. I had very little experience with such things but did go to a Jewish deli in New York and treasure the memory. For more detail, I emailed the company and got connected to Emily Mabus, who owns the three Other Coast restaurants with husband, Dean Frazier. Their operation is truly worthy of its own story, full of comments from them and their customers and better pictures than the one I took. It has character. And original art on the walls. The works I saw looked to be inspired by the late Arturo Vega, Ramones artist and tour set builder and designer. Mabus said the original owner opened the original Ballard location in about 1999. She said Ballard "was not nearly as well healed as it appears now, and his approach to blue-collar type sandwiches fit in nicely." That original owner sold his business to another person who sold it to Mabus and Frazier in 2007. "Yes, right when the recession hit, but that's another story," Mabus wrote in an email. "We opened our Capitol Hill location on Nov. 4, 2010 -- just one days after National Sandwich Day. We took a former art gallery space and turned it into the restaurant you visited in just three months. Several of the employees that you may have seen this past weekend have been with us since we opened, and I do consider myself extremely fortunate to have such loyal employees."
4
Nick
+4
The Good: The Rajin Cajun sandwich was about as good a hot sandwich as I can remember eating. Soft, warm, spicy, flavorful and filling. I'm already looking forward to having another one. The Not So Good: First, the music was brutal. I don't expect to like the music at every business I walk into but this noisy hip hoppish stuff made me want to leave immediately. Secondly, we ordered, payed and sat down to wait for our food. At that time, we noticed the Happy Hour sign and realized that despite the fact that the sandwich and beer I ordered were both on the Happy Hour menu, neither was rung up at the discounted price. After mentioning this, the bill was corrected but it would not have been if I hadn't noticed the mistake myself. Overall: excellent sandwich but the music and service both need to be addressed.
5
Crystal Jones
+5
This place is delicious. A little pricey but completely worth it🤤🤤🤤. Best BLT I've ever had, ever!
4
James Rogers
+4
Excellent grinders made with quality meats and cheeses! We were gonna eat there but it was 40 degrees outside and they had the front door propped wide open. In the couple of minutes it took to get the food we had to leave.
5
Sarah Makin
+5
Great food that's also quick. I've only had their salads and absolutely love their house dressing. I've had a bite or two of the sandwiches and they're delicious. Unique recipes with fresh flavors.
4
Naomi Ishikawa
+4
Average sandwich prices with giant sandwich portions. They can't quite get the bread right (really dry bread with dry fillings, makes for a hard to eat sandwich--soft bread with wet fillings makes for an equally hard to eat sandwich). They have really good quality ingredients though. And they deliver!
5
Shane Coineandubh
+5
Great Reuben. It was massive but with just the right amount of sauce and kraut. It was huge, but it stayed together while I ate it with my hands. I will definitely go back for another Reuben when I'm in the area.
5
Jason Dempsey
+5
This is an East Coast style sandwich shop. They have one of the best BLTs on the hill, with thick cut bacon that makes the shop smell like heaven.

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Monday:
10:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Tuesday:
10:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday:
10:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Thursday:
10:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Friday:
10:30 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday:
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Sunday:
11:00 AM - 10:00 PM

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