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URL on Broadway. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
Anyone who works from home regularly knows that a change of scenery can be welcome (if only to nudge you to put on better pants and walk outside for a minute).
- Here are a few of our favorite spots in Seattle to get work done that have a cooler vibe than your dining room table.
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The back courtyard area at Armistice. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
It's good to have corners to escape to when you have a Zoom meeting or phone call to take, but don't want to annoy people.
- Armistice is well positioned alongside a cozy courtyard (including seating near a fireplace) so you can slip away.
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You can see Mount Rainier when it's nice out from the Flora Bakehouse rooftop. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
The rooftop at this spot is a place for quiet reflection with a view of Mount Rainier on a clear day — and the pastries and food items are superb.
- It's rarely too busy, and there's an indoor space upstairs where you can get some work done if you don't feel like sitting on the deck.
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A spot to duck away at Cafe Allegro. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
Cafe Allegro's many nooks and crannies make you feel like you can find privacy even when it's busy.
- While there, you can absorb some of the intellectual curiosity and energy of the students and staff from nearby UW.
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Typing away at URL on Broadway. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
Need to crank? Here's your spot.
- Somehow everyone at URL seems to be doing exactly what you're doing — busting out some project on deadline or juggling meetings — so you feel at home staring intently at your computer and ignoring everyone.
- The sandwiches are pretty good, so if you're staying awhile, be sure to order one so you're not that jerk nursing one cup of drip coffee for four hours.
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Inside, but feels like it's outside, on Sabine's deck. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
It's 2pm, you haven't eaten anything all day and you want a coffee but you also have a work meeting? Sabine's your place.
- Their food menu is more expansive than most coffee spots, so it's easy to get brunch items or a mezze platter to keep you going.
- The enclosed deck made mostly of windows is good if you need some sunlight, but don't want to actually sit outside.
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The giant veggie burrito with avocado at Peloton Cafe. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
Peloton is another spot with a robust food menu, so you can park yourself there and get a coffee and something to eat when you have to stay put for a bit.
- The menu has a good variety of vegan and vegetarian options.
- While it's also a bike shop, that's never kept me from being able to focus on my laptop.
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Get your courtyard on at Empire Roasters and Records in Columbia City. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
The back courtyard at Empire is like an escape — but a quiet one, where you can type out that email you really need to send.
- It's only a few steps away from Olympia Coffee Company in Columbia City, but far less busy, so you can pull out your laptop alongside your cappuccino without accidentally elbowing someone.
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Cafe Red's outdoor patio — just look at all those outlets! Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
An expansive outdoor patio with places to plug in your laptop? Sign me up.
- Cafe Red, an all-vegan cafe in Othello, has one of the most inviting patios in the city, plus heaters you can operate yourself and outlets galore along a wall of barstools.
- There's also indoor seating, but the outdoor deck's where it's at.
- Of note: Closes at 2pm.
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Caffe Vita at KEXP. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
The noise level is just right here — it's not quiet like a library, but the music also isn't blasting too loud to work. Plus, lots of seating and a laid-back vibe.
Did we miss your favorite spot? Email us at seattle@axios.com .
- We may add your contribution to an upcoming list of readers' favorite remote work locations.
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