The Wayward Cafe is a collectively run vegan restaurant located on the corner of 9th and 55th street, near Roosevelt. Open six days a week from 9am to 4pm, their main dishes are breakfast and lunch. There is no hassle of waiting on someone to bring your food or check, you pay up front at the cash register and grab your meal once it is prepared.
Bookshelves, posters, zines, xeroxed flyers, and other artifacts line the walls that create a very artsy environment, which also coincide with the occasional art galleries held at the Cafe. Since it is not located directly on the ave, it can be overlooked completely, blending into its residential background.
Positioned in the UDistrict, there are a variety of people to come and go in the cafe, some university of Washington students, but mostly not.
The Wayward Cafe is part of a larger organization called the Seattle DIY movement which is focused on creating a more diverse, close community rather than the consumer culture. This community and other similar individually run projects stand for and support environmental justice, animal rights, egalitarianism, and human rights as well as fighting against institutionalized oppression (racism, sexism, ageism/adultism, and homophobia). Even though you may not be vegan or politically influenced toward any means, the wayward cafe is still a good place to just hang out and have a bite to eat.