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Review : Cyberdogs Cybercafé and VegiDogs
Next time you are in Downtown Seattle and are hungry, needing caffeine and wanting to check your email I suggest that you head over to Pike street and walk up almost to I-5 and of your right as you past the Washington State Convention center is a funky orange painted deli/café with computers called Cyber-Dogs.
First the food, it is God-damn tasty. I became a vegetarian recently so I have my eye out for good restaurants where I can get a bite to eat with out settling for a salad. I had a Lakia dog that was a tofu dog in a large wheat bun with roasted eggplant purée and green onions. You pretty much need to use a knife and fork to eat it but it is no worse than your typical chili dog. It was so good that I decided to get another dog with mustard and sauerkraut. Now the brilliant thing is that it tastes bad for you but it is almost pure protein with almost no fat.
They have a fast net connection and a LAN connecting two PCs with flat panels, a notebook PC and a grape iMac with OS9. In fact this would be a damn nice place to go and do some Macintosh testing of a website design. It is a lot more fun and cheaper than going to Kinkos and renting their Macs. As a matter of fact I am writing this review in the actual café. It is 11:30 AM on a Sunday and I know for a fact that BBQ is still asleep in his bed. But I digress. Oh they also have a PC serving as a MP3 stereo system with Moby and Grunge in heavy rotation.
Now the place is not that big and it is sure cozy but it has a hell of a lot better food and more atmosphere than your typical cloned Starbucks.
They have a great idea and a great location being close to Capital Hill, the convention center and the down town shopping district and I hope that they do well and become a Seattle landmark place to eat like Dicks Drive-In Burgers.
Jake at April 27, 2003 
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"the place is not that bit"
huh? I don't quite understand that phrase.
Posted by: Anita Rowland at April 27, 2003 12:25 PM
Only if Invercargill had somewhere like that. Sure, I'm not a vegetarian but a cafe with Internet and coffee would rock.
Posted by: l33t k1w1 at April 27, 2003 2:21 PM
well, you had me after the veggie-dog description...eggplant and me just do NOT get along...and soy products just have a funny taste (to me)...but hey, if you enjoyed it all the better!! :D
Posted by: Lilly at April 28, 2003 2:29 PM
I like the boca burgers you can buy at the store and the fake veggie corn dogs as well. I think it is a passable technology to make fake corndogs from vegetable fiber. The reason it works is because hot dogs are basically "fake meat" anyway and the vague texture plays a big role as well. Which all equals out to "that is one tasty burger"
Posted by: pete at April 30, 2003 11:58 AM
I walk by CyberDogs all the time, especially at night on my way to the many shows I see at The Showbox. As a vegetarian, I have been meaning to pop in. Learning that I can get a veggie dog with eggplant has inspired me to dash out there very soon!
Thanks for sharing the review. I look forward to the experience more than ever now.
Posted by: Josh at January 18, 2004 12:52 AM
