Diaspora - Seattle - Kava Bar Experience

Awesome cafe! The first in Seattle serving yaupon. I prefer yaupon over coffee as it’s less harsh on my system. Great food too!

Used to be Lect’ Soup Stop… they claim to have changed their name and offer the soups again. I’m not sure what’s happening, the recipes have all been changed, everything is now either salted into oblivion or spicy… like, what are you even doing?! Today was the last chance I was giving them… grandmas beef ribley… now spicy, over salted, and the beef is no longer delicate, it was some kind of horrendous pot meat. Never again. It’s interesting that you assume the one star reviews aren’t deserved… why would I waste my time for a middle of the road review? It’s also curious that you assume my opinion is invalid because of the multitudes of one star reviews. If anything, it indicates a number of businesses doing the least by bringing that one star to the table. Its a good thing that the name of the business changed as to not tarnish Lect’s.

Came here excited for soup and left more surprised by the sandwich. Nice lineup of hot sandwiches -I had the Cuban queso and it was as delicious as it sounded. Having the soup calendar posted online was cool although my only complaint is for a place called a soup stop I wish there were more soups! Combo is a good choice as you get a well sized macaroni salad (bonus points for making it with ditalini) and some cookies. Next time I’ll skip the full combo and just add soup. Will definitely be back.

Love the new food options and ownership! Soups as good as ever, and the yaupon drinks are delicious! I really appreciate the vegan breakfast burrito options, they are hard to find.

Finally visited and they did not disappoint. As far as I know, they have been here awhile which made me think they might be stuck in the same types of food, but after looking at their online menu they keep things interesting with different soups and sandwiches. I ordered the sandwich special of grilled jerk chicken with Caribbean red cabbage slaw, grilled pineapple ring, and mango chutney on a grilled Grand Central Bakery rustic roll that came with Lect's own macaroni salad and pack of cookies. I added a cup of curried corn chowder for $3. Everything was delicious. I liked the combination of flavors and textures in the sandwich from the charred chicken and crunchy purple cabbage to the caramelized pineapple and tangy chutney. The soup was nice as well with a pronounced curry flavor. I also like how they seem to switch up the macaroni salads because the one I had was green tinged and other photos on Google show a different type of macaroni salad. One final note was that the guy who took my order seemed really kind and made the pickup order very easy. I really recommend Lect's.