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'''The Drinkmore Cafe''' was a coffee shop on [[Capitol Hill (Seattle)|Capitol Hill]] in [[Seattle]], [[Washington (state)|Washington]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Opened on April 1, 2000, as the Bit Star,<ref name="Capitol" /> it was reported by [[InfoWorld]] to be the first commercial business to offer free wireless internet [[Wi-Fi]] services. Although few had the equipment necessary to take advantage of this, free wireless internet became a major component of the small coffee shop business model across America.<br />
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The Drinkmore was owned and run by software executive and Seattle mayoral candidate Scott Kennedy. It was the headquarters of [[Seattle Wireless]] and was the [[Howard Dean]] [[meetup (website)|meetup]] spot during his 2004 presidential campaign.<br />
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The cafe's original location, a 1905 "Dye Works" warehouse at the corner of Bellevue Avenue East and Thomas Street, was demolished in 2014 by the property owner to make way for new condominiums.<ref name=Capitol>Robert Hathaway, "The end of the line for The Drinkmore", ''[[Queen Anne & Magnolia News]]'' [https://queenannenews.com/news/2014/mar/03/the-end-of-the-line-for-the-drinkmore/ Archived]</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{webarchive|title=Official website|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170923122344/http://drinkmorecafe.com/}}<br />
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