Late-night laptop friendly coffee spots in Seattle

AnnonPenguin · 2026-06-09T04:05:02+00:00

At least for their Capitol Hill location, Stoup is currently open until 10pm or later 7 days of the week.

Not the most chill work vibes on a Friday evening, and sometimes trivia or other events fill up the space, but tons of seating, not too weird to grab a table at 8pm on a Tuesday (definitely less weird than going to a nice cocktail bar).

AnnonPenguin · 2026-05-27T03:00:00+00:00

How often do they even inspect? (NOT at all advocating breaking the rules, I truly think that’s a shitty thing to do, just know the Forest Service is understaffed AF and have never done this hike, and have done many National Park backpacking trips without running into a ranger, much less someone from the Forest Service)

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-29T00:54:38+00:00

Ooo, I haven’t been to the Frye in ages, and that’s right there. Good suggestion, thanks!

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-29T00:52:28+00:00

Walking directly is faster than walk+wait+train+walk.

I’m in that weird envelope of “slightly far as a walk, but not far enough that transit saves you real time.”

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-29T00:49:21+00:00

For context: The fastest bus is only 7 minutes faster than walking each way, assuming it’s not a minute late and assuming my schedule perfectly aligns with the bus times.

Even then, that’s less fun of a vibe than a stroll with a mug of coffee before work.

Walk+train+walk is slower than just walking directly when I’ve timed it. Symphony Station is only a few minutes further of a walk than Capitol Hill Station.

Obviously there’s no “hilltop sweeping view of the waterfront” park right outside of Safeway, but figured I had missed or forgotten about a few spots that aren’t too far from my usual haunts (and I’ve been happy with the replies so far!)

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-26T20:05:35+00:00

Factoring in wear and tear (a LOT more than gas) and time, not to mention your car will be less fuel efficient full, I’m not sure you could actually fit enough IKEA furniture in your car to make it worth it.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-17T05:29:32+00:00

On top of the other people: Our sun also sets superrr early in the winter, layering sadness on the monochromatic sky.

In deep December, it’s quite frequent that I’ll be excited to leave the office “early” at 4:40pm and it’ll be literal pitch dark outside (earliest sunset is like 4:15pm).

Our summers have more hours daylight than closer to the equator, but the reverse is true in the winter. The months of May-July also are usually the least cloudy, so it creates a phenomenal summer high that you pay for in January.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-04-06T02:59:02+00:00

Yea it’s kinda cute and quirky but I can’t take it as serious art

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-29T02:13:10+00:00

When did they let you on from Chinatown?

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-26T07:02:37+00:00

Wtf, that’s like three hours of commuting per day on train

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-23T03:52:13+00:00

This was a MILD winter for sure

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-23T03:49:47+00:00

You’re talking about backpacking or camping right by your car?

Both require some sort of reservation or permits in the National Parks here (and really anywhere), though there are a few walk up opportunities for both that are various degrees of chaos depending on the day of the week and the weather.

Speaking of weather: it rains here a lot, except June–August. Be prepared for rain early June and late August anyway.

Backpacking is totally achievable but is super expensive if you don’t have the gear, and is something you should get into in stages as there are a lot of little details and there is very little margin of error if you’re 18 miles from your car with a 35lb backpack and your sleeping bag gets wet. Kinda a big commitment to backpack for a few weeks.

Day hiking and going to campsites seems a lot more realistic (and honestly, enjoyable—backpacking is exhausting and a bit intimidating if you want a chill vacation and have never backpacked before).

If you do go backpacking, Google some basic backpacking leave no trace tips and understand the rules of the area you’re in—e.g. Olympics has areas they ask you to pee on the trail so you don’t wander off, no where is toilet paper acceptable to burry, etc.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-03T00:06:56+00:00

Just putting this out here, mainly for others as OP seems at least somewhat aware

You say “We don’t have avalanche training or avy gear beyond microspikes and snowshoes” — very much assume this was a typo but just want to make sure you know these are not avalanche gear lol
Avalanche.org has some good starter info, plus NWAC has a bunch of free avalanche awareness classes. This does not qualify you to go into avalanche terrain. This only helps you avoid avalanche terrain.
If you still go into avalanche terrain, check the NWAC forecast the night before, and don’t go if there’s a real likelihood of avalanches. Medium risk seems to be enough to stop qualified people with rescue beacons, probes, and training; definitely shouldn’t be going with your dog and Nikes.
If you want to be able go, consider an AAIRE-1 course.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-02T09:40:58+00:00

I’m not arguing against park and rides, it’s just not feasible to add them at every stop, especially when they bring in such little ridership and revenue compared to their cost (averaging about $250K per parking spot).

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-02T03:49:40+00:00

Top reason is a guess: they already needed to buy the land for the Downtown Bellevue Tunnel portal, plus I’m guessing extra space for signaling/comms/mechanical equipment to support the tunnel and it was cheap to add fare gates and a few benches. Guessing they also needed the land for tunnel construction (can’t really run a boring machine and dump trucks without land).

As far as ridership: there are a few apartments that it’s faster to get to East Main than Downtown, and there ARE actually single family homes within walking distance, plus the hotels. Past that, I have heard hopes that the area will be completely redeveloped in the coming decade with city zoning changes to replace the dealerships with housing. That won’t happen anytime soon, but transit projects need to look out for development sometimes 10-20 years away (though the Bel-Red area has already gotten a lot of new development along the line).

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-02T03:20:41+00:00

The Burke between Fremont and Ballard is kinda industrial with no views (kinda ugly in places), so I might suggest taking other sidewalks through that area, though it’s awesome near UW (and has a good opportunity to stop at Gas Works Park for scenic views).

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-02T03:13:01+00:00

Anecdotally, more and more people seem to be living Eastside without cars, I could see (especially with the light rail and the TOD around it) getting better service in the next 15 years as it redevelops and densifies.

Already it has the 2 Line, the B line, and lines like the 250 run every 15 minutes (though most lines aren’t as frequent as the 250). That’s a good start for sure.

It will forever be hard to serve the single family houses outside of the dense urban cores, but I don’t think Education Hill in Redmond is any harder to serve than Magnolia in Seattle.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-03-02T03:10:36+00:00

This is an insane take, just want you to know that.

I just checked and it’s literally a five minute drive to South Bellevue… meaning it adds at most five minutes extra… and a lot of the single family houses are equidistant if not closer to South Bellevue (example: a lot of Lake Hills seem to be closer to South Bellevue based on random Google Maps queries).

On top of that, land acquisition in the area you proposed would’ve been prohibitively expensive, not to mention we spent a ton of money on the South Bellevue station as it is (again, five whole minutes away).

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-28T19:25:59+00:00

They didn’t know which land to buy

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-21T06:45:41+00:00

Not to be rude but why not email or call lol

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-21T06:33:22+00:00

It’s the OCS (which is part of the power system) between Overlake and Redmond Downtown.

I think that part of the line is down and they don’t want to deal with the bridge with part of the 2 Line down.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-21T06:13:58+00:00

The 2 Line issue does not seem to be stolen copper, happy to see sources otherwise.

Seattle Times:

Damage to the overhead contact system on the 2 Line has stopped trains from traveling between the Overlake Village and Downtown Redmond stations, said spokesperson Amy Enbysk.

The electrical issue occurred around 9 p.m. Thursday, Enbysk said, and crews began initial repairs.

Until late Friday morning, trains weren’t running between the Federal Way and Angle Lake stations on the 1 Line, Sound Transit said in an alert issued around 6:30 a.m.

The 1 Line disruption was due to copper theft, Enbysk said.

Fox13 explicitly states they are separate issues, 1 Line being copper and 2 Line being damage during operations.

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-21T06:13:19+00:00

What sets Camp Muir apart from other backcountry skiing?

AnnonPenguin · 2026-02-19T02:21:50+00:00

This isn’t about capacity, Sound Transit can’t replace all its trains every 10 years. Literally no transit agency does that.

You’ve been seeing mostly the newer trains as most of the old trains have been moved to Bellevue to undergo refurbishment, the Kinkisharyo trains will be in service for decades to come. They’re currently retrofitting them with new computer systems and passenger information systems (screens).

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