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Thanks to everyone who voted for us on seattleweekly.com for "Best Non-Rock Venue" and "Best Indie Coffee House"! You all rock!

Q Cafe is pleased to support Northwest Family Life by giving back 10% of our June cafe sales to their organization. What is Northwest Family Life?
The mission of Northwest Family Life is “to assist individuals and families in finding hope and healing when faced with the pain of domestic violence and related issues.” We come along side those who are willing to make changes in their destructive relationships. It is very difficult to face the pain, and to make public what has happened behind closed doors. It involves taking responsibility for those behaviors, and making changes that endure.

Dear Q Cafe Supporters,

Thanks again for your support. We have some important news to share with you.

Our May artist exhibit is up, courtesy of Jennifer Lynn Grabarczyk! There will be an artist reception, in one hour as a matter of fact, from 6pm-8pm here at the cafe. Come, hang out, meet Jen, and experience her journey to Budapest in a uniquely visual way.

We are pleased to share with our supporters and customers that we have chosen to highlight and give 10% of our April sales to a local Seattle non-profit organization called One by One.

Who and what is One by One?
Our Mission
One By One contributes to the elimination of obstetric fistula worldwide by engaging the public and providing financial support to those who treat and prevent fistula in the developing world.

We're proud to feature local artist, Rosemary Wagner, as April's featured art at Q Cafe.  Her beautiful photography will be hanging on our cafe's walls throughout this month; Opening Night reception [free] will take place on Thursday, April 3 [7-9pm].

Today, Q Cafe was a host for one of the state caucuses. It was a little crazy as the turnout was beyond what anyone expected. We want to thank each person for their cooperation in making things run smoothly. For the majority of folks that came, we know that this was your first exposure to our non-profit neighborhood cafe and we hope that you'll come back to enjoy our space during our normal business hours.  We promise that the lines won't be out the door for a block! 

Here are some pics from today's caucus at Q Cafe. If you've got some pics of the event that you don't mind sharing, please email them to office[at]qcafe[dot].org.

For those that have been contacting us, it is true that one of the Democratic Precinct Caucus will be held at Q Cafe this Saturday at 1pm.  The cafe itself does not have any political affiliation but rather, seeks to serve our neighborhood and larger city.

Because of the crowd expected to be present, please view the parking options. 

We've put together this new website.  We decided to move to a blog driven platform so that there might be a more dynamic flow of info, news, pics, and stuff.  Clearly not as aesthetically beautiful as our previous website.  Many thanks to Hage Creative for the previous website which they designed as a service to us.  Also, many thanks to Hage Creative, Leo Chen Photography, and

After a month of closing the Q Cafe to rest and re-examine our identity and purpose, we are very excited to re-open our doors today [redeem your coupon]. As we marked our 5 year anniversary recently, I am thankful for the many things we've accomplished over those years. But, I've also learned how unsustainable it was to pursue all that we initially wanted to do. In a sense, we wanted to change the world. Now, we're rebooting with the hope of simply being a great neighborhood cafe. As I work with our newly forming Advisory Board, I've been trying to explain to our potential new customers that our identity is:
"Q Cafe is a neighborhood non-profit cafe featuring espresso and tea, art, live music, and community events."