If they had been these muffin bottoms, the homeless would not have gotten mad at Elaine in that Seinfeld episode. I just luuuuv their chocolate muffins. Their muffins are good top to bottom - no... More

If they had been these muffin bottoms, the homeless would not have gotten mad at Elaine in that Seinfeld episode. I just luuuuv their chocolate muffins. Their muffins are good top to bottom - no need to fight for the top! The slightly melted soft chocolate chips and the not-too-sweet, buttery, fluffy, not-too-heavy but dense enough batter makes me wish for another nice day on which I can walk to The Coffee Crew. Their cranberry walnut scones and marionberry muffins are good, too, but like Andy says, the chocolate muffins are the standout. It's definitely a comfort food - it's the kind of muffin you would like to bake at home but you let them because they can do it more perfectly. (I almost don't want to tell people to increase the competition, but I love the people there I want them to do good business.) To balance your palate, though, if you have two people I recommend getting one chocolate chip muffin and one marionberry muffin. It makes the experience all that much more richer, like how a chocolate cake is better with a tangy raspberry sauce. The folks (and it seems fitting to call them "folks") there are so nice, too. The coffee drinks are also solid. It's one of those little neighborhood coffee shops where you want to stop and read newspapers with every chance you get. Caution: they close at something like 2:00 PM (closed on Sundays), so go there early.
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Coffee crew makes the best chocolate chip muffins in Laurelhurst. They're simply awesome. Chocolate chips nicely melted, muffin top is perfectly crusted. My only complaint -- and I've shared this... More

Coffee crew makes the best chocolate chip muffins in Laurelhurst. They're simply awesome. Chocolate chips nicely melted, muffin top is perfectly crusted. My only complaint -- and I've shared this with the owner is she doesn't make enough of them. I often will go in and be forced to accept the lemon muffin -- which is not a bad substitute ...but it's not the same. So if you go -- tell her you read about her on Judys' Book and ask her to please make me some more muffins (especially if you are going to buy a muffin).
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