I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been just itching to find out what’s going into the vacant slot at caffeine corner. Ever since the Peet’s Coffee & Tea closed down at 2201 Queen Anne Ave N back in January, the neighborhood has been buzzing with speculation as to what is coming next. And now, my friends, we have the answer. Welcome sustainable sandwich shop Homegrown.

After noticing the remarkably familiar “Sprouting here fall 2010″ signs in the window, and hearing rumors of a sandwich shop opening up in the neighborhood, I emailed Homegrown owner Ben Friedman, who confirmed that the local chain—currently with locations in Fremont and Capitol Hill—will be opening up in Queen Anne in the next few months.

A “sustainable sandwich shop” in more than one way, Homegrown uses green materials for printing and serving food, and uses fresh and sustainable ingredients to create a 100 percent compostable and recyclable product. You won’t find bottled water there!

And unique from the other two locations, the Queen Anne shop will be open all day, every day.

“We’re planning to open this fall in the old Peet’s space on the corner of Queen Anne Ave and Boston. The new shop will have the same menu, look and feel as our other locations and we plan to be open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a week – from 8am to 8pm,” Ben wrote.

Mystery solved!

As we welcome in 2010, Queen Anne may be saying goodbye to a third of the neighborhood’s caffeine corner. Reader Ann Chen walked in to Peet’s Coffee & Tea at the top of the hill yesterday to find a closing sign and the news that today, January 1, 2010, may be their last. She wrote,

Very sad news greeted me at the end of 2009. I walked into Peet’s Coffee at the corner of Boston St and QA Blvd and saw a sign notifying customers of the pending closure of this location. Their last day is New Year’s Day 2010! Yes, that is today! I’ve come to love this coffee shop…This is a huge loss.

Peet’s hasn’t yet opened for business today, so I wasn’t able to confirm this information, but I will update with the reasoning and circumstances of the closure first thing in the morning.

Update: I just spoke with Peet’s employee, Debbie, was has confirmed that they are in fact closing their doors at the end of today. “It’s our last day,” she said. “There’s just not enough traffic here to support the store.” This isn’t surprising news, given that there are three caffeine stops directly on the corner of Boston St. and Queen Anne Ave N–four if you count Caffe Ladro just a few doors down. Still, it’s never good news to hear of losing a decent coffee shop in Seattle.

Debbie did note that Peet’s will be keeping it’s other Seattle locations in Fremont, Greenlake, Capitol Hill, and Interbay, which just opened in May. She also mentioned that most of the staff who would like to be relocated will be able to be moved to one of the other stores. There’s no word yet on what will be moving into the corner shop at 2201 Queen Anne Ave. N.

If anyone is interested in stopping in and saying goodbye to Peet’s today, they’ll be open until 8 p.m.

(Thanks to Ann for the tip!)

Two days ago we reported that a new yoga studio may be opening on the famed caffeine corner. We’re happy to report that the mysterious spot currently under construction at 2215 Queen Anne Ave. N. is in fact going to be a pilates studio!

After reading our previous post, one of the owners, Sue Hahm, wrote us, elaborating on what the studio will offer and what will make it unique from it’s two other corner competitors.

We won’t be offering traditional pilates. Our workout is based on the holistic principles of pilates, but also emphasizes strength training and cardio…to give you a more complete workout.

It’s called Inspire Pilates, and according to Sue, it will be opening in early October.

Good to know caffeine/yoga/pilates corner will have even more variety!

Queen Anne residents know caffeine corner from the scent of espresso beans roasting a mile off. No matter which coffee houses open up shop there, the intersection of Queen Anne Ave. N and Boston Street is always brimming with cafes ready to supply that much-needed caffeine fix. The current residents of caffeine corner are Starbucks, Pete’s Coffee & Tea, Teacup and Caffe Ladro (so it’s not right on the corner, but it’s just stone’s throw away – it still counts!).

Rumor has it that just a few doors down from caffeine corner the currently empty space at 2215 Queen Anne Ave. N is soon to be a yoga studio.

We haven’t confirmed this yet (we did a little snooping and questioned one of the guys working inside), but if this is in fact a yoga studio to be, it will make the third on the already coffee and yoga-laden corner.

Haute Yoga is just across the street at 2131 Queen Anne Ave. N, and although it’s the newbie in town (Haute just opened back in June), there’s often a crowd outside the door, yoga mats in hand, waiting for the next class to start.

Yogalife is also on this corner (at 8 Boston Street, right above Opal Bistro), and it has an edge-up on its two competitors – a 1,000 square-foot studio.

With three yoga studios on one corner, you’ll need four nearby choices for a post-workout caffeine boost!

We’ll keep you posted as we find out more.