Trying soft serve, Yogurt Cubes, and coffee served in a coconut at YoYo and CoCo

April 05, 2025

Happy Hour and Dessert in Capitol Hill

Happy Hour Street Tacos with Carne Asada and a Miami Vice from Poquitos. Poquitos is located in Capitol Hill and they're serving up authentic Mexican cuisine and cocktails. Their happy hour deal is a good one- during Ocho hour, everything on the happy hour menu is just $8! I went with a Miami Vice, a classic Pina Colada with Strawberry. This blended cocktail was so fruity and delicious. To eat I had two Carne Asada Street Tacos and a Birria Poquitos Burrito. The Burrito was small and served with a side of Consommé sauce. Both food items were tasty and satisfying. My husband also had some Street Tacos and a Margarita from the happy hour menu. My sons had a Cheese Quesadilla and beans and rice. Everyone enjoyed their dinner. I first visited Poquitos in 2012, also for happy hour, and I remembered liking it then, too. It was time for a meal there again. For dessert, we walked about ten minutes west to Voodoo Doughnut . The Seattle location opened late last ye...

A soft serve swirl from Yoyo and Coco with Coconut Hojicha and Taro.

YoYo and CoCo recently opened in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. They serve unique desserts like Yogurt Cubes and Americanos served in coconuts! They also have soft serve, which I can't seem to ever get enough of. They also have homemade Pandam waffle cones.

They have a wide array of flavors for the Yogurt Cubes. You can get two kinds in one cup. We chose Oreo and Rose Pistachio. For our soft serve, we did a swirl of the Coconut Hojicha and Taro. After we ate our dessert, my husband decided he wanted some coffee. I thought he was joking when he said he wanted an Americano in a coconut. Sure enough, they were featured on the menu. I bought one for us to share and it cost a pretty penny. This fun and novelty drink was nine bucks! It was cool looking and fun to try, however. Now we can cross drinking coffee out of a coconut off our list, I guess?

To make the drink, they take a fresh coconut and take off the top. Then they add coconut water, espresso, and creamer. The soft serve was my favorite, and I really liked the two flavors together. The Yogurt Cubes tasted interesting and had really great texture.