Top Pot held a grand opening Friday in Juanita Village for its newest and 18th cafe. The cafe is located at 11701 97th Lane NE Suite R-1 and is open from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. on the weekend.

Co-founder Mark Klebeck, who started Top Pot with his brother, Michael, said they were always interested in opening up in Kirkland but were searching for the right location.

“Juanita Village seemed to fit with us,” he said. “We wanted something different.”

Klebeck hopes Kirkland residents will be drawn to the cafe with its distinct 1920’s donut recipe and coffee brewed in small batches by the staff.

“We pride ourselves on doing things in small batches,” he said. “We take pride in all the food we create.”

The name for the cafe derives from a neon sign for an old Chinese restaurant named “TopSpot” the Klebeck brothers kept at their parents’ house. When they finally sent the sign to get refurbished the “s” fell off, causing the sign to read “Top pot.” At first they thought the sign was ruined, until they decided to go with the name, using a percolator image to replace missing “s” in the sign when they opened their first store in Capitol Hill in in Seattle in 2002. They now have cafes in Seattle, Bellevue, Mill Creek, Bothell, Renton, Redmond, Issaquah and recently opened a cafe in Dallas.

“I always jokingly said it’s the longest job I’ve ever held,” Klebeck said.