Cafe Racer, the iconic but struggling music venue in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, will soon shut its doors to focus on nonprofit outreach efforts to promote growth and opportunities for young artists. "Change is always good, we're only gonna get bigger and better with our mission and our goals and the outreach we want to provide," said manager Chris Anderson. It's been a long road for Cafe Racer, dating back to 2012 when a gunman killed four people at the original location in the University District. A series of closures and re-openings followed, and in 2018 the business was sold to the current owners. They moved into the venue along the Pike/Pine corridor in 2021. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/iconic-cafe-racer-closing-capitol-hill-music-venue-community-outreach/281-88888ab9-675b-4c42-87d3-7dfc0a6a749b