| Café Hagen | |
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.jpg) Exterior of a location inSouth Lake Union, Seattle, 2024 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | December 2019 (2019-12) |
| Owner | Maria Beck |
| Food type | Scandinavian |
| Location | 1252 Thomas Street,Seattle,King, Washington, 98109, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°37′16″N122°19′53″W / 47.6210°N 122.3314°W /47.6210; -122.3314 |
| Website | cafehagen |
Café Hagen is a small chain of Scandinavianbakeries andcoffee shops inSeattle, in theU.S. state of Washington. Founded by owner Maria Beck in December 2019, the business has operated inSouth Lake Union,downtown Seattle, andQueen Anne. Café Hagen has an associated coffee brand known asHagen Coffee Roasters,[1] which has competed in theUnited States Barista Championship and other coffee competitions.
Café Hagen is a small chain of Scandinavian andDanish-inspired bakeries and coffee shops in Seattle.[2][3] The business operates in the city'sSouth Lake Union,[4]downtown, andQueen Anne neighborhoods.[5] It is affiliated with the brand Hagen Coffee Roasters (HCR), which is also owned by the founder of Café Hagen. Café Hagen'slogo depicts a femalewarrior.[4]
The South Lake Union location has anastroturf patio and the interior has many faux plants,[6] leather furniture, marble countertops, and hardwood floors and accents. The cafe has many windows allowing natural light, a minimalist design with colors and materials inspired by nature, and a simple menu.[7] One wall has large black-and-white photographs of women wearing "intricate" custom madearmor. The cafe uses cutlery and tableware from Denmark, as well as hand-painted mugs.[4]
Café Hagen serves breakfast and lunch, as well as weekendbrunch.[6] The menu includes lavenderoat milklattes and otherespresso drinks,[8] as well as beer and wine.[1] Select drinks use caramel and chocolate sauce made in-house, and the earl grey tea concentrate for theLondon fog is made by Chi Chai, another business belonging to the owner of Café Hagen.[4] The Mocha Flight has shot of espresso, steamed milk, acaffè mocha, and a bar of chocolate by Seattle-basedTheo Chocolate.[9]
Food options include an avocado bowl,[10]breakfast sandwiches,[7]yogurt bowls, salmon toasts (withcured salmon, Danishgoat cheese,fennel, anddill),[4] breads, Danishcinnamon rolls, and otherpastries.[11][12] The avocado bowl has avocado, arugula,dried cranberry, goat cheese,prosciutto, soft-boiled egg, and tomatoes.[4]
The signature Café Hagen brunch option includes a Danishwaffle with jam andwhipped cream, cheese, avocado, bread and butter,scrambled eggs, and a choice of bacon, mushrooms, or sausage. Lunch options include salads withorganic produce as well as sandwiches.[7]
Café Hagen was established in December 2019.[13] Maria Beck is the founder and owner.[6] She is originally from Denmark, and the restaurant's name is an homage to the city of Copenhagen.[7] Café Hagen's third location opened in Queen Anne in 2022,[7][14] in a space that previously housed aStoryville Coffee shop.[15] Café Hagen focuses on light roasts and has sourced coffee from Cafe Imports, Keffa Coffee, and Red Fox Coffee Merchants.[9]
HCR, which Beck founded in 2018, sources coffee from two women-owned farms in Costa Rica and Honduras.[4] HCR has competed in theU.S. Barista Championship (2019,[16] 2024),[17] among other coffee competitions.[18] For the 2024 barista competition, Noel Goodwin used a Yellow Bourbon variety of coffee grown in Colombia.[19] Beck also owns theBallard coffee shop Venture Coffee Co. (rebranded from Java Bean),[9] which has been described as a sibling company to HCR.[20] She also ownsFreya Bakery & Cafe, a Scandinavian bakery atPike Place Market that makes breads, cakes,[21] and other baked goods for Beck's restaurants, including Café Hagen.[7][20]
In a 2020 review forThe Seattle Times, Jackie Varriano said of Café Hagen's South Lake Union location: "I can vouch that the vibe is comfortable, yet fierce, with a good amount of inviting European chic thrown into the mix."[4] Aimee Rizzo included Café Hagen inThe Infatuation's 2023 list of Seattle's best cafes for getting work done.[22]
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