The brand new Olympia Espresso location on Fifth Avenue in downtown Seattle. All pictures courtesy of Olympia Espresso Roasting Co.

Washington State-based Olympia Espresso Roasting Co. is continuous to develop past its nominal metropolis with the opening of its first store in downtown Seattle.

Providing two service areas within the Cedar Corridor retail heart on the revitalized US Financial institution Middle (USBC) off Pike Road between Fifth and Sixth Avenue, the store is Olympia’s seventh total.

After firmly establishing its presence as a purveyor of high-quality specialty coffees in downtown Olympia, then making its approach as much as Tacoma, the corporate has now opened three Seattle outlets, together with a West Seattle spot that opened in 2018 and a Columbia Metropolis neighborhood store that got here a 12 months later. The corporate additionally bought into the bakery sport with the opening of sibling model Moonrise Bakery within the Queen Anne neighborhood in 2021.

“We don’t have any extra cafes within the works in the intervening time,” Olympia Espresso Co-Proprietor, President and Inexperienced Purchaser Oliver Stormshak instructed DCN. “That is our first Olympia Espresso to open since 2019, and we’ve at all times been gradual and strategic about our progress.”

Moonrise will present the baked items on the new downtown Seattle store alongside savory choices from native outfit Dawn Tacos.

The star of the store will after all be espresso, which was not too long ago rebranded by Olympia to spotlight relationships with producers, cut back waste and be extra visually partaking.

At Cedar Corridor, coffees shall be served from two spots, one dealing with the corridor’s spacious public lounge and retail space, and the opposite from a window dealing with Fifth Avenue.

The corporate mentioned it collaborated with espresso tools firm La Marzocco to create a Modbar “peninsula” inside the bar that features 4 espresso fonts, every with steam wands. Espresso grounds will come from Mahlkönig E80S grind-by-weight grinders, whereas batch brews will run via a Fetco 2232 unit.

The store design was led by longtime Olympia Espresso collaborator, Olympia-based structure and design agency The Artisans Group.

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