10 of Our Favourite Ladies-Owned Eating places for Ladies’s Historical past Month

Communion and Lil’ Brown Woman
Chef Kristi Brown of That Brown Woman Cooks and her son and enterprise associate Damon Bomar opened their lauded “Seattle soul meals” restaurant in 2021. The truth that the restaurant and bar is positioned within the former website of Liberty Financial institution lends much more which means to the opening of a Black-owned enterprise in a closely gentrified neighborhood: The constructing was house to the area’s first Black-owned financial institution, opened in 1968 to supply monetary help to African American householders and counteract racist housing segregation practices. Brown derived inspiration for the menu from her meals recollections of the Central District in addition to the Chinatown-Worldwide District. Apart from being a James Beard semifinalist, Communion additionally was named Seattle Met‘s Restaurant of the 12 months 2021 and Eater Seattle Awards’ Finest New Restaurant 2021, landed a spot on Condé Nast Traveler’s Finest New Eating places within the World 2021 and the New York Instances‘ Restaurant Listing 2021, and obtained a rave assessment from Meg van Huygen in The Stranger. Cannot snag a reservation? Take a look at Brown’s informal quick-service spinoff Lil’ Brown Woman, which is positioned inside Métier Brewing Firm’s Cherry Road taproom and affords a few of Brown’s hottest dishes, together with her well-known black-eyed pea hummus and Communion shrimp toast.
Central District

Joule, Revel, and Paper Cake Store
Husband-and-wife crew Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi fell in love whereas working for the celebrated French chef Alain Ducasse and have opened 4 eating places collectively through the years, racking up six James Beard nominations for Finest Chef: Northwest within the course of. Their Fremont restaurant Revel serves Korean-inspired consolation meals, whereas their Wallingford spot Revel makes a speciality of Korean dishes ready with French strategies. In 2023, Yang additionally debuted the lovely bakery Paper Cake Store in partnership with pastry chef Gabby Park, serving attractive, pastel-hued desserts with Asian-inspired flavors (accessible entire or by the slice).
Wallingford, Fremont

Kamp Social Home
This Madison Valley bar owned by lesbian couple Katy Knauff and Marceil Van Camp hopes to lure the “sober-curious” with an inclusive menu that options non-alcoholic choices for cocktails, beer, and wine alongside alcoholic drinks. Government chef Bridgett Lewis’s meals menu contains surprising bites like spicy boudin-stuffed egg rolls and oxtail pappardelle, with rotating gentle serve flavors for dessert. The house additionally boasts a spacious lined patio.
Madison Valley

Marination
Kamala Saxton and Roz Edison’s Hawaiian-Korean chain Marination is beloved for its their island-inspired fare, together with kalbi beef tacos, kimchi fried rice, loco moco, Spam sliders, and extra. The famed “aloha tots” (tater tots topped with kalua pork, kimchi sauce, Japanese mayo, inexperienced onions, and a fried egg sprinkled with furikake) commonly encourage cravings.
Downtown, West Seattle, Columbia Metropolis

Meesha and Kricket Membership
Indian chef Preeti Agarwal’s Fremont restaurant Meesha has racked up popularity of its up to date Indian fare made with native and seasonal Pacific Northwest components. In 2021, Agarwal launched Meesha’s “refined however informal” sibling restaurant Kricket Membership, which serves avenue meals impressed by Mumbai and New Delhi, with Indian-style snacks like dahi bhalla (deep-fried lentil and quinoa fritters served with yogurt, dates, and mint chutney) and bigger dishes like dum biryani (slow-cooked goat, saffron-spiked basmati rice, and haritah raita), plus desserts and drinks. There’s even a “bread bar” with paratha and kulcha.
Fremont, Ravenna

Marjorie
Chef/proprietor Donna Moodie’s beloved Marjorie (named for Moodie’s mom) had earlier incarnations in Belltown and Capitol Hill and now serves an eclectic, bold menu of meals from all over at its present house within the Central District. The metal drum plantain chips have their very own loyal following and may be bought on the restaurant to take house.
Central District

Ohsun Banchan Deli and Cafe
Sara Upshaw, the thoughts behind the meals weblog Kimchi Halfie and the cookbook Korean Barbecue at Residence, runs this counter-service neighborhood store with house-made banchan gadgets and entrées (all are gluten-free and half of which vegan), in addition to pantry gadgets and drinks. In addition they host the “meals and way of life superette” Anyoung Tremendous, which affords a curated number of all the things from chili oil to vinyl stickers made by native artists.
Pioneer Sq.

Pam’s Kitchen
Roti and curry are the celebs of Pam Jacob’s Wallingford kitchen, which seems plate after plate of meat, potato and chickpeas which were stewed within the Trinidad native’s particular mix of curry spice, cumin and fiery habanero, able to be mopped up with torn items of dhalpuri or paratha roti. The quick menu additionally options Caribbean specialties like jerk rooster, pelau rice, and callaloo, a thick soup of greens and coconut milk. There’s an awesome lineup of non-alcoholic refreshments, together with a creamy peanut punch and spicy ginger beer. Roti curry wraps and coconut bread sandwiches make for a satisfying lunch. JENN CAMPBELL
Wallingford

Phnom Penh Noodle Home
This legendary noodle haven has been serving the Worldwide District because it was based by Cambodian refugee Sam Ung in 1987. His daughters Daybreak Ung, Diane Le, and Darlene Ung stick with it their father’s legacy to this present day, serving up iconic dishes like honey-black pepper rooster wings and prawn and fish cake noodle soup.
Chinatown-Worldwide District

Tough & Tumble
Proprietor Jen Barnes runs this women-focused sports activities bar on Ballard Avenue. The spot prioritizes ladies’s video games, shows ladies’s sports activities memorabilia, and highlights drinks from women-owned breweries, wineries, distilleries, and cideries. Moreover, the menu pays tribute to well-known feminine athletes with dishes like “Abby Wambroccolini” and “Billie Jean King rooster wings.”
Ballard