Café Allegro is a coffeeshop in the University District of Seattle, Washington, United States.

The space was used for retail sales, a bank, and as a funeral home and mortuary until 1975 when it became Café Allegro and the first espresso bar in Seattle.

[2] Founder Dave Olsen chose the location because it was in an alley opposite the busiest entrance to the University of Washington campus.

[4] Howard Schultz, the CEO during Starbucks' international expansion, said that "Café Allegro was a prototype for what Starbucks later became, although its style was more Bohemian and it did not sell coffee beans and merchandise or cater to an early-morning, urban, coffee-to-go clientele".

[3] Dave Olsen founded, owned, and managed Café Allegro for eleven years as his only coffeeshop.