Before the streetcar open many area
residents were angered by the city for building the line. The area
started to re-develop and push some people away. A small
hole-in-the-wall coffee shop, called Kapow coffee shop was one of the
upset neighbors. Their shop is right next to the streetcar yard/shop.
The owner decided to make t-shirts with defiant South Lake Union Trolley
moniker, which of course the acronym is SLUT!
Kapow coffee does make great coffee. I
talked with the barista, it is unfortunately that the his little place
is now more of a t-shirt store that happens to sell good coffee.
Please support this coffee shop. To
order t-shirts visit: http://ridetheslut.com
(please be careful with the URL). Or even better, when in
Seattle visit the coffee shop. It is one door down from the Streetcar
shops on Harrison St between Fairview & Minor.
Choose your destination
Kapow
coffee entrance is the roll-up door to the right. The streetcar yards
are behind the camera. (!2/15/07)
Inside
the shop there is a model of the SLUT, It was made by either a shop
worker or operator of the actual streetcar. (12/15/07)
Another
view of the model (12/15/07)
This
is their famous T-shirt. The design is owned by Kapow Coffee.
A
view of the coffee shop from their website.
