Caffe Vita — Restaurant in Seattle

Because of it’s proximity to my home, I used to go here often. Their coffee is good, but so are a lot of other places in Seattle. It’s also spacious, with many outlets, which also could be said of a lot of other places in Seattle. The thing is, I get a heavy sense of pretentious vibes coming from the staff. The music is often too loud, and the selection can be intrusive. I’m not talking banjo solo, fingernails on blackboard intrusive, but it likely appeals to a narrow demographic who “get it”. If I have to raise my voice to talk with the person 2 feet away from me, it’s too loud. My daughter kindly asked if they could turn it down. One of them went in the back, then returned. We couldn’t tell if they turned it down, if they did, it wasn’t more than a decibel or two. That’s the reason for the 2 stars. It was like getting the middle finger from a person who lost their middle finger. So,...

So I go in there. They just stared at me. There was one other person there ordering but talking most of the time. Didn't get welcomed so I didn't even know if I was supposed to order. And they look at me like "uh hello..?" I pick out one of their sandwiches "Cuban melt" most pathetic sandwich ever. Like 3 slices of ham, couple pickles, a slide of cheese and barely any Dijon mustard on a really dry piece of bread. Saddest thing ever. And the drink I got was a chai tea latte. It tastes like it was drowned in ginger. Didn't ask what size I wanted or anything. Very unprepared. This was on September 2,2020. Make coffee and converse later....

My dad and sister have both come here and told me how the service was not great and how the people who have taken their orders has an attitude or were dismissive. I went in myself today with a friend and was looked at by a cashier and not even greeted. When we went to pay for our stuff, there were no "Hi how are you" or anything like that from the male barista, literally just took the order and walked away. As a POC in a predominately white neighborhood and in a cafe that had only white people working, it's hard not to assume the...