What Sabine does

Sabine Café & Bar is a privately held Mediterranean-inspired café, bakery, and bar founded in 2020 in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and operated as a brand under Yes Parade Restaurant Group, Inc., a Seattle-based hospitality company that runs seven restaurants throughout the Puget Sound region. The company operates two physical locations — an original all-day café, dinner, and cocktail bar at 5307 Ballard Ave NW and a weekday counter-service café at 10770 NE 8th St in downtown Bellevue that opened in July 2025, with a second Bellevue location inside the Eight office tower planned for early 2026. Its core offering combines espresso, house-baked pastries, seasonal Mediterranean-influenced food, craft cocktails, and a wine program, with the Ballard location additionally operating dinner service Tuesday through Sunday, a happy hour from 4-6pm, and the Back Bar private-event space accommodating up to 75 guests.

Sabine generates revenue through five primary streams: dine-in food and beverage sales, online to-go ordering via the Toast platform, pickup-only catering from both locations with 48-hour advance notice, private events at Ballard's Back Bar requiring a $500 deposit plus 18% service charge and 5% admin fee, and the Sabine Perks points-based loyalty program. Pricing is entirely pay-as-you-go across café, dinner, happy hour, and catering tiers, with no minimum catering order and no subscription model. The customer base is a distributed long-tail mix of neighborhood diners, office workers in Ballard and downtown Bellevue, and episodic private-event hosts, with no disclosed enterprise anchor accounts. Underlying technology is intentionally non-technological: operations rely on Toast for online ordering and reservations rather than proprietary software, and the company has no app, API surface, or AI capabilities.

Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer through walk-in physical retail, supported by Instagram, location-segmented email newsletters through Toast, and earned media coverage in Seattle Met, Eater Seattle, The Infatuation, 425 Business, and Puget Sound Business Journal. Expansion strategy to date has been concept-and-location diversification rather than technology or channel innovation: the March 2024 addition of dinner service and private events, the July 2025 Bellevue launch, catering rollout at both sites, and the second Bellevue unit planned for early 2026 together represent Sabine's growth engine, executed within the operational footprint of its parent restaurant group.

Name

Sabine

Legal name

Yes Parade Restaurant Group, Inc.

Website

https://sabineseattle.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Sabine Café & Bar operates two Mediterranean-inspired cafés, bakeries, and bars in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood and downtown Bellevue, serving espresso, seasonal food, craft cocktails, catering, and private events under parent company Yes Parade Restaurant Group.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Café and Bar Restaurant

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511), Caterers (722320), Restaurants and Other Eating Places (72251)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

All-Day Dining Restaurants (THAFACAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Full-Service Catering (Off-Premise) (HSACAGAA), Venue & Banquet Hall Catering (THAFAIAC)

Keywords

• Mediterranean restaurant
• Bakery café
• Cocktail bar
• Office catering
• Private dining

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Dine-in Food & Beverage Sales: Daytime counter-service café model transitioning to table service for dinner at Ballard. Revenue from food, espresso drinks, cocktails, wine, and house-baked pastries. Bellevue operates as walk-in counter service only.
2. Loyalty Program (Sabine Perks): Points-based loyalty program earning 1 point per $1 spent, redeemable for free items (75 points = free 8oz latte, 125 points = free soft serve/pastry, 450 points = free salatim or mezze plate). $5 off during birthday month. 25 bonus points for signing up.
3. Catering Services: Office catering and event catering with pre-ordered, seasonally packed lunchboxes and celebration spreads. Pickup-only model with 48-hour advance notice required. No minimum order.
4. Online Ordering/Takeout: Online ordering through Toast platform for breakfast and lunch takeout from both Ballard and Bellevue locations.
5. Private Events: Back bar at Ballard available for private events including rehearsal dinners, birthdays, business meetings, and parties of all types. Hosts parties for 3-hour time blocks starting at 4pm. $500 deposit required with 18% service charge.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Sabine operates an all-day Mediterranean-inspired café, bakery, and bar with two physical locations in Ballard (Seattle) and Bellevue, Washington, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner alongside house-baked pastries, espresso drinks, cocktails, and a curated wine program. The brand also offers office catering with pickup-only ordering at both locations, private event hosting in Ballard's back bar space, a points-based loyalty program (Sabine Perks), and online to-go ordering via the Toast platform.

Product overview

Sabine is a Mediterranean-inspired café, bar, and bakery operating as a unified hospitality brand with two locations in Ballard and Bellevue, Washington. The core product is the all-day dining experience combining espresso, fresh food, cocktails, and house-baked pastries. The portfolio includes the main café service, catering programs for both locations, private event hosting at Ballard's back bar, the Sabine Perks loyalty program, and online ordering capabilities. Dinner service operates separately from the daytime counter-service model in Ballard, while Bellevue operates as a walk-in counter-service café only.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sabine Perks: Loyalty program where customers earn points for purchases and redeem them for free café and kitchen items such as lattes, soft serve, pastries, and mezze plates.
• Back Bar

Products and services

• Sabine Café & Bar (all-day dining) All-day Mediterranean-inspired café, bakery, and bar service featuring breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner with house-baked pastries, espresso drinks, craft cocktails, and a curated wine program. Operates counter service during daytime (until 5pm) and table service for dinner at Ballard; Bellevue operates as walk-in counter-service only. For individual diners and local community members in Ballard and Bellevue.
• Sabine Perks Loyalty Program A points-based loyalty rewards program allowing customers to earn 1 point per dollar spent and redeem points for free café and kitchen favorites such as lattes, soft serve, pastries, and mezze plates. Includes a $5 birthday-month reward and 25 bonus points for signup. For individual diners and regular café customers.
• Private Events (Back Bar at Ballard) Private event hosting at Sabine Ballard's Back Bar space accommodating up to 50 guests for buffet-style events and seated dinners, up to 75 depending on season and weather. Hosts rehearsal dinners, birthdays, business meetings, reunions, and other celebrations with exclusive seasonal menus and cocktails. Includes a $500 deposit, 18% service charge, and 5% admin fee; 3-hour time blocks starting at 4pm. For individuals and organizations planning private celebrations.
• Catering Services — Ballard Office and event catering service from the Ballard location offering seasonal lunchboxes and celebration spreads with Mediterranean-inspired dishes, house-made breads, and locally sourced produce. Pickup-only with 48-hour advance notice required, no minimum order. For office teams, meeting organizers, and event hosts in the Seattle/Ballard area.
• Catering Services — Bellevue Office lunch catering from the Bellevue location featuring individually packed lunchboxes and seasonal dishes for pickup, designed for busy downtown Bellevue workplace teams. Pickup-only with 48-hour advance notice required, no minimum order. For office managers, executive assistants, and corporate teams in downtown Bellevue.
• Online Ordering / To-Go Online ordering service powered by the Toast platform allowing customers to place orders for breakfast and lunch takeout and pickup from both the Ballard and Bellevue locations. For individual consumers and office teams seeking convenient to-go service.

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Yes Parade Restaurant GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Yes Parade Restaurant Group is the parent company operating Sabine Café. The group operates seven restaurants throughout the Puget Sound region including Sabine. Sabine represents the group's Mediterranean-inspired café concept, with Sabine Ballard opening in 2020 and Sabine Bellevue planned for early 2026 as the group's first Eastside location.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Bastille Cafe & Bar: Seattle French-inspired cafe and bar operating in Ballard-adjacent territory. Comparable to Sabine on cafe/bar hybrid format in the same neighborhood; Sabine took over the former Bastille restaurant space, indicating direct market adjacency.

Direct peers

• Anchovies & Olives: Seattle Italian/Mediterranean seafood-focused restaurant with full-service dining and bar. Comparable to Sabine on Mediterranean-leaning cuisine, Seattle neighborhood location, and small-format full-service operation.
• Lola: Mediterranean-influenced restaurant and bar in Seattle (also from a Tom Douglas-adjacent hospitality background). Comparable to Sabine on all-day Mediterranean dining with strong bar/cocktail programming.
• Cafe Fiore: Whidbey Island-rooted cafe where Sabine's GM Kathryn Meyer started as a barista. Comparable to Sabine on cafe format and family-inspired Mediterranean-leaning hospitality ethos.
• Oddfellows Cafe + Bar: Seattle all-day cafe, bakery, and bar with private event offerings. Highly comparable to Sabine on combined cafe/bar/bakery daypart structure, neighborhood location, and events program.
• Mamnoon: Seattle-based Middle Eastern/Mediterranean restaurant offering full-service dinner, bar program, and pastry counter. Comparable to Sabine on cuisine direction, neighborhood anchor concept, and chef-driven positioning.
• Cafe Argento: Seattle neighborhood cafe serving espresso, pastries, and Mediterranean-leaning lunch fare. Comparable to Sabine on all-day cafe format, in-house pastry program, and Ballard/Seattle neighborhood customer base.
• Storyville Coffee: Seattle specialty coffee company operating cafes with pastries and light food. Comparable to Sabine on cafe/espresso-led daypart with house-baked pastries and a Seattle neighborhood multi-location footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Blue Bottle Coffee: Multi-location specialty coffee and cafe operator with food program. Comparable to Sabine on cafe-led daypart with house pastries and curated food/wine/coffee programs, but at national scale.
• CAVA: National fast-casual Mediterranean chain. Comparable to Sabine on Mediterranean cuisine positioning and counter-service cafe format, though at vastly larger scale and with a different price/format architecture.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/sabinecafeandbar

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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