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Move your increasingly big ass over, Old School Custard and Molly Moon’s: Bluebird Homemade Ice Cream & Tea Room opens today at 5 p.m. at 1205 E. Pike (at 12th), with free beer in celebration. Their flavors include Vivace Stumptown coffee and an Elysian stout ice cream that you have to taste to comprehend: It is incredible, in the sense of not-to-be-believed-beery-rich-and-amazing. Bluebird will also serve sandwiches and tea at lunch and dinnertime.

Former Crave chef and soon-to-be Top Chef contestant Robin Leventhal twittered:

Just tasted the Peanut Butter & Snicker doodle Ice Cream Josh is making at his Cap Hill store Bluebird. DELISCIOUS!

[Another local chef made it onto season six of Top Chef too: Ashley Merriman of Branzino.]

Capitol Hill Seattle Blog has an interview with Bluebird owner Josh and more details.

Once Cupcake Royale opens, the streets of Capitol Hill will be officially paved with sugar cubes.

17 replies on “Fattening Up Capitol Hill: The Conspiracy Continues”

  1. Urgently requested information:

    What do they mean, “Snag an invitation and there’ll be free beer from our neighbors at Elysian Brewing Co.” ?

  5. Custard place ain’t all that. Moon’s is ok but not mind-blowing.

    However, the idea of Elysian Stout ice cream intrigues me, and I wish to subscribe to its newsletter.

  6. For vegans and other progressives [not confirmed vegan but they sound like it]:

    Roasted Veggie & Hummus
    zucchini, red peppers, mushrooms, and onion on organic bread with tahini hummus and organic olive oil

    Thai Veggie Wrap
    marinated tofu and a colorful explosion of veggies, tossed in our house-made peanut sauce and wrapped in a spinach tortilla

    BAKED GOODS
    Delivered fresh daily from Macrina Bakery in SoDo, Seattle. We also feature vegan brownies from Domovoi Foods, and coming soon, Seattle’s own Mighty O Vegan Donuts!

    DAILY SPECIALS
    Almost every day we feature a different soup, [REDACTED], toast, jam and iced tea. Stop by our shop to see what’s cooking.

    OTHER FOODS
    Our fridge is always stocked with a selection of fresh salads and [REDACTED].

    Along with their teas.

    (My mid-year’s resolution is to be nicer to BJC on Slog comments, so I am trying to be constructive instead of bad & mean. No promises though!)

  9. My old office (book store) used to be in that same location…I used to take dates up to my office late at night when I was out galavanting…I wonder if they have a flavor for that?

    I remember when the smell of roasting coffee from Cafe Vita would mix with the brewing beer from Elysian in our office loft on Friday afternoon and we would know it was time to leave (2pm) and get high and drunk. Now, there has to be a flavor for that.

  10. @6: just curious — why would you ever be “bad and mean” to BJC? She can write, she enjoys food, she’s a good editor from what I can tell.

    Are you just jealous?

  12. “OK Capitol Hill can’t get even one damn fast food joint. What’s the excuse now? Certainly not our weight.”

    We need more cheap to-go, quality food like the pirogi place on broadway had. It was a nice balance between local and tasty and convenient/cheap. Fuck the fast food chains. As much as I like molly moon, cupcake royale, and old school custard, there’s way too many sweets places opening. I guess they’re all good so far, so hopefully they all do well in the market.

    I guess for fast food, Rancho Bravo is the closest thing we’ve got.

  14. @10: We’re all entitled to our opinion. I don’t agree with Lizzie on much, but I suspect I agree with her on this.

    @8: I would do just about anything to get a real diner, ESPECIALLY one that’s open 24 hours and serves breakfast all day. Anyone want a first-born child? A kidney?

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