Bulldog News, located on the Ave in the U-Disrict is a good place to buy a paper and espresso. Not just in the sense that they have a good selection of international papers (which they do), or that they make a high quality espresso (which they also do), or even that it's a nice place to sit for a while, watching news on the big-screen television and reading (it is), but also in the sense that your money is supporting a good cause. Bulldog serves organic shade-grown fair trade coffee, better for the coffee growers and the environment. They donate coffee to the Seattle Youth Garden Works, a program for homeless and underserved teenagers who run a market garden and sell produce and coffee at Farmers' Markets in Seattle. And the employees donate time to volunteer; your tip money goes to compensating that time. You can feel good about spending money here.
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