Brian Wells, the owner of Tougo Coffee and one of "Seattle's Sexiest 2009" according to The Stranger, has listed his South Lake Union cafe for sale on CraigsList.com. He's asking $40,000 for the shop at 2113 Westlake Avenue, which is near Whole Foods and Cornish College. There are three years left on its five-year lease, the ad says.

Tougo Coffee's other cafe, in the Central District, is not for sale, Wells said in an e-mail. He is selling "T2" because he wants to "refocus my attention to rebuilding the brand of Tougo Coffee Co and to get back to the core of extracting and perfecting the craft of specialty coffee."

(The photo by Seattle Times photographer Ellen M. Banner is of Wells serving a customer at Tougo in South Lake Union, for a March 2009 story about cafes opening during the recession. Back then, Wells planned to open a shop in Columbia City, too. One cafe in the story, MezzaLuna Bakery and Bistro, has closed.)

Update 9/17: Wells asked me to point out that the space also comes with a five-year lease extension option. And, he has declined a couple offers from people who did not want to preserve the relationships he's built. Tougo sells coffee from a variety of roasters, per this earlier post.