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The Sugar Shack Baking Co. just opened in our Seattle neighborhood. Until a few weeks ago, the windows have been covered with brown butcher paper. Now it's open and busy. Thankfully, it's not elbow-to-elbow, but a steady stream of people came and went while we visited. Miles tried a cupcake: pink flavor. Lisa and I shared a brownie. Espresso for the adults. Their cakes are moist and delicious. Ditto the brownie (just a bit bitter for my taste, but spot-on for Lisa). My americano was not legendary, but it was solid. It seems that they make full-size cakes, too, but we didn't see any on offer. The case was pretty well picked over by 1:30pm on Saturday. Still, I could subsist on cupcakes, coffee, and brownies exclusively. I saw a "sammich" pass by with perfectly toasted bread. I'll save that experiment for the next trip.

It seems that the Sugar Shackies are trying to figure out the supply/demand curve for their goods. Perhaps we'll start seeing more pies and cakes in the cases. The menu looks promising, with Red Velvet Cake and Chocolate Key Lime insanity.

I'm glad for a new [bakery] coffee shop in our neighborhood. Cafe Vita leaves me cold; perhaps it's the fact that they share a mini-mall with a check cashing outlet, a tanning salon, and a dry cleaners. Plus, Vita's baked goods are standard coffee shop offerings. Blah. Sugar Shack makes the neighborhood feel more like a neighborhood and less like an opportunistic commercial district on Lake City Way.