The independently owned coffee shop, Fonté Coffee Roaster, is opening a new location in Downtown Bellevue. It will be located at the Civica Commons building, which also houses Seastar Restaurant & Raw Bar, and a Wells Fargo Branch.
The menu features traditional coffee options like espresso, mocha, latte, cappuccino and more, as well as Turkish latte, desert rose latte, and an Aztec mocha. Cold brew, nitro cold brew, French press and drip coffee are also available, along with a selection of teas. All coffee is roasted at their roaster in Georgetown.
Grab & Go items are served daily and made in-house. The menu includes options like bacon, egg & cheese sandwich, breakfast burrito, egg bite muffins, and a honey brie ham sandwich.
This will be the coffee shop’s second location to open in Bellevue. The other Fonté Coffee Roaster is located at Hyatt Regency Bellevue at 10500 Northeast 8th Street. There are also three other locations in Seattle.
We originally reported this information in December 2021. At that time, the coffee shop was slated to open in January 2022. The space was originally Starbucks. The address is 225 10th Avenue Northeast. The 1,680 square foot space was remodeled.
Fonté Coffee Roaster was founded in 1992. Paul Odom, founder and owner, following his passion and started the coffee shop, according to their website. The name is Italian for source. The company prides itself on high quality and sustainability.
Civic Commons, the location of the soon to be coffee shop, was developed in 2001 by Schnitzer West. The property owner and manager is Unico Properties. It is a two-building office development with tenant amenities like concierge service, valet-ready parking, a fitness center with lockers and towel service, and bike storage.
She must mean 108th Ave NE, not 10th, in both the headline and the text.