Caffe Ladro

Caffe Ladro (Italian for "coffee thief"){{Cite web |title=The Best Coffee Shops in Seattle |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/best-coffee-shops-in-seattle-washington |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Metropolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107200326/https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/best-coffee-shops-in-seattle-washington |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zCQOPBVjigC&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PA290 |title=Food Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 Extraordinary Places to Eat Around the Globe |date=2009 |publisher=National Geographic Books |isbn=978-1-4262-0507-1 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125190903/https://books.google.com/books?id=5zCQOPBVjigC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PA290&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} is a Seattle-based coffee shop chain and roastery.{{Cite web |last=Filloon |first=Whitney |date=2015-08-27 |title=The 17 Most Anticipated Food Halls in the USA |url=https://www.eater.com/2015/8/27/9198003/food-halls-new-2015-ponce-city-market |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Eater |publisher=Vox Media |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125190908/https://www.eater.com/2015/8/27/9198003/food-halls-new-2015-ponce-city-market |url-status=live }} The business roasts its own coffee beans and bakes its own pastries at a central bakery.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zS3EDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PT126 |title=Lonely Planet Pocket Seattle |last2= |first2= |date=2020-01-01 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-78868-724-9 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191940/https://books.google.com/books?id=zS3EDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT126&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} The menu has included "light meals" and vegetarian options.{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQsEIWFyFbEC&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PT18 |title=The Pacific Northwest Rough Guides Snapshot USA (includes Washington, Seattle, Puget Sound, the Olympic Peninsula, the Cascade Mountains, Oregon and Portland) |date=2012-04-12 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-4093-6352-1 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191942/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZQsEIWFyFbEC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT18&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} According to Moon Seattle (2019), the business is "known for high-quality coffee and consistent service".{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Allison |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N_JzDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PT147 |title=Moon Seattle |date=2019-06-18 |publisher=Avalon Publishing |isbn=978-1-64049-210-3 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191943/https://books.google.com/books?id=N_JzDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT147&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }} The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle has said Caffe Ladro serves "strong coffee for the strong coffee drinker".Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:

• {{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iN3-DQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PT28 |title=Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle |date=2014-05-06 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-62873-587-1 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191944/https://books.google.com/books?id=iN3-DQAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT28&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }}
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• {{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HG-CDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&pg=PP38 |title=Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017 |date=2016-10-18 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=978-1-5107-1063-4 |language=en |access-date=2023-01-25 |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191945/https://books.google.com/books?id=HG-CDwAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PP38&dq=%22Caffe+Ladro%22&hl=en |url-status=live }}

Caffe Ladro was founded by Jack Kelly and Bob Ohly in 1994.{{Cite web |title=Caffe Ladro |url=https://www.seattlemet.com/restaurants/caffe-ladro |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Metropolitan |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191950/https://www.seattlemet.com/restaurants/caffe-ladro |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last= |date=2017-11-25 |title=Edmonds Restaurant News: Local ties at Caffe Ladro, bakery delights at MLT's Grand Pere |url=https://myedmondsnews.com/2017/11/edmonds-restaurant-news-local-ties-caffe-ladro-bakery-delights-mlts-grand-pere/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=My Edmonds News |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125191949/https://myedmondsnews.com/2017/11/edmonds-restaurant-news-local-ties-caffe-ladro-bakery-delights-mlts-grand-pere/ |url-status=live }} In 2002 it became "the first multiple-unit chain in the country to sell 100 percent fair trade coffee".{{cite news|newspaper=Puget Sound Business Journal|title=Grind larceny: Caffe Ladro, The Coffee Thief in Italian, is steadily stealing market|last=Tice|first=Carol|location=Seattle|volume=23|issue=9|date=July 5, 2002|page=16|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2002/07/08/smallb1.html}} There were 16 locations as of 2022,{{Cite news|last=Shah |first=Ash|date=November 6, 2019 |title=Caffe Ladro's quad-shot drinks make it worth the trip |url=https://www.dailyuw.com/arts_and_culture/caffe-ladro-s-quad-shot-drinks-make-it-worth-the-trip/article_32485450-00a9-11ea-8029-6fd9461d854f.html |access-date=2023-01-24 |newspaper=The Daily of the University of Washington|language=en}} and 18 locations as of 2023.{{Cite web |last=Salas |first=Mia |date=2023-01-09 |title=9 Coffee Shop Chains With the Best Quality Coffee In America |url=https://www.eatthis.com/news-coffee-shops-highest-quality-coffee/ |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Eat This, Not That |language=en}} In addition to Seattle, the business has operated in Kirkland.{{Cite news |last=Miller |first=Brian |date=July 31, 2020 |title=Google pays $40M for more of Kirkland Urban |url=https://www.djc.com/news/re/12134045.html |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Ausley |first=Christina |date=2020-07-18 |title=Seattle staycation: How to spend a weekend in Kirkland |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/travel/slideshow/what-to-see-and-do-in-kirkland-205261.php |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |language=en-US}}

Rachael Ray visited Caffe Ladro for a season 1 (2002) episode of $40 a Day.{{Cite web |title=Seattle, Washington |url=https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/40-a-day/episodes/seattle-washington |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Food Network |language=en}}

In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the business released a special blend to support the Restaurant Workers' Community Foundation COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund.{{Cite web |last=Ausley |first=Christina |date=2020-05-22 |title=Kirkland, epicenter of novel coronavirus, makes positive changes |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/kirkland-makes-positive-adjustments-amid-covid-19-15289236.php |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |language=en |archive-date=2023-01-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230125192651/https://www.seattlepi.com/coronavirus/article/kirkland-makes-positive-adjustments-amid-covid-19-15289236.php |url-status=live }}

Caffe Ladro won in the Best Independent Coffee Shop category of Seattle Magazine{{'s}} readers' choice poll in 2017.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-07-08 |title=Here Are the Winners of Our Best Restaurants Readers' Choice Poll |url=https://seattlemag.com/eat-drink/here-are-winners-our-best-restaurants-readers-choice-poll/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Seattle Magazine |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221230060804/https://seattlemag.com/eat-drink/here-are-winners-our-best-restaurants-readers-choice-poll/ |url-status=live }} Callie Craighead included the business in Seattle Post-Intelligencer's 2021 overview of Seattle's best coffee shops and wrote, "Caffe Ladro is one of Seattle's bigger local chains that still manages to hit the nail on the head for quality drinks."{{Cite web |last=Craighead |first=Callie |date=2021-09-29 |title=National Coffee Day 2021: Seattle's best coffee shops, roasters |url=https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/food/article/best-cafes-and-coffee-roasters-in-seattle-16493512.php |access-date=2023-01-24 |website=Seattle Post-Intelligencer |language=en |archive-date=2021-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215062508/https://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/food/article/best-cafes-and-coffee-roasters-in-seattle-16493512.php |url-status=live }} Caffe Ladro was a finalist in the Bellevue Reporter{{'s}} Bell of Bellevue list in 2021.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-14 |title=Best of Bellevue 2021 winners |url=https://www.bellevuereporter.com/business/best-of-bellevue-2021-winners/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Bellevue Reporter |language=en-US |archive-date=2022-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209025941/https://www.bellevuereporter.com/business/best-of-bellevue-2021-winners/ |url-status=live }} Allecia Vermillion included the business in Seattle Metropolitan's 2022 overview of a dozen "destination" coffee shops. Mia Salas included Caffe Ladro in Eat This, Not That's 2023 list of "9 Coffee Shop Chains with the Best Quality Coffee in America".

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