A La Mode Pies
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Owned by Chris Porter, “Seattle’s premier pie bakery” serves up flaky creations in flavors like spiced apple, Blue Hawaiian, key lime, Mexican chocolate mousse, strawberry rhubarb, raspberry crumble, bitter cherry, banana cream, and toasted coconut.
Ballard, Phinney Ridge, West Seattle
Biang Biang Noodles
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Named for the onomatopoeia of the sound of the noodles being slapped on the counter as they’re being made, biang-biang noodles are a kind of Xi’an-style hand-pulled noodle characterised by their thick and chewy consistency. Alison Deng, Sia Zhang, and Yuming Xu’s vigorous Capitol Hill restaurant specializes within the regional dish, providing menu gadgets like noodles with mala spicy beef, stewed pork stomach, spicy hen, cumin lamb, and mapo tofu, plus inexperienced onion pancakes, vegetable spring rolls, and popcorn hen.
Capitol Hill
Bloom Bistro & Grocery
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The homeowners of the native companies Bean’s Bagels and Electrical Behavior (a small-batch pickle and sizzling sauce operation) opened
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this store within the former Deep Sea Sugar & Salt
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house in Georgetown in late April. The spot capabilities as a “bagel store, a deli, a restaurant, a neighborhood hub, and a bodega-style common retailer which is able to characteristic merchandise from different small native companies across the Pacific Northwest in addition to family necessities.” Appropriately, the constructing, a historic inexperienced home, beforehand hosted the enduring Carleton Ave Grocery for over a century.
Georgetown
Cafe Argento
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Former Stranger editor Chase Burns wrote in 2018, “This April, Cafe Argento celebrates 14 years as a linchpin in Capitol Hill’s twelfth Avenue neighborhood, with its success owed to proprietor/native saint Faizel Khan and the Velocity Dance performers he retains hiring. If you happen to come into Argento greater than as soon as, odds are Faizel will bear in mind your identify, your order, and give you some quirky-good recommendation. (He urged my boyfriend get Botox for his thirty second birthday, which continues to make me cackle to this present day.) Additionally, the meals is reasonable and savory. I might wish to eat their jalapeño cheddar bagel day by day till I die.”
Capitol Hill
Cafe Flora
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, Floret
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, and Flora Bakehouse
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Nat Stratton-Clarke’s ethereal, plant-filled Cafe Flora has been a vegetarian haven for over 30 years, with domestically sourced dishes like Oaxacan tacos, seasonal grain bowls, and wild mushroom and fennel risotto. Stratton-Clarke additionally owns two offshoots: Floret, a restaurant inside SeaTac, and Flora Bakehouse, a comfortable bakery on Beacon Hill.
Madison Valley, SeaTac, Beacon Hill
Dough Pleasure
Choices at Sean Willis and Christopher Ballard’s whimsical, queer joy-fueled doughnut store, which just lately opened a brand new location in Ballard, embody the “Fundamental B” (a plain glazed doughnut), vanilla Biscoff, strawberry milkshake, and Bavarian cream.
Ballard, Capitol Hill, West Seattle
Frelard Tamales
Since opening in 2015, the queer-owned, community-focused Frelard Tamales has gained over Seattle with its lovingly handcrafted tamales, created from a household recipe with top-notch substances. Final 12 months, homeowners Osbaldo Hernandez and Dennis Ramey debuted a Bellingham outpost together with a brewery, El Sueñito Brewing Firm
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Inexperienced Lake, Bellingham
Howdy Bagel
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Daniel Blagovich opened this Tacoma bagel store in Could 2023 along with his accomplice Jacob Carter, who was tragically killed in a mugging in New Orleans in January. Stranger contributor Meg Van Huygen wrote, “I solely met Jake Carter a number of occasions, however boy, did he depart an influence. Initially from Texas and a longtime Seattle resident and fixture of Puget Sound farmers markets earlier than the store opened, Jake was a goddamn delight and really significantly the nicest dude anyone had ever met. Keep in mind-him-for-the-rest-of-your-life good. An uncannily sunny soul. This was an act of pure evil and an amazing loss for not solely Tacoma however the entire world, truthfully.” Carter leaves behind the legacy of a beloved queer neighborhood fixture. The bagels are hand-rolled, long-fermented, boiled, and baked, leading to a comfortable, chewy ultimate product with a shiny, crispy exterior—they’re significantly good slathered with the “cowboy spice” schmear, with slow-cooked tomato jam, adobo chili peppers, and jalapeños for simply the appropriate kick of spice.
Tacoma
Kamp Social Home
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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. Govt chef Bridgett Lewis’s meals menu consists of flavorful bites like inexperienced plantain shrimp tostadas, sliders, and pineapple rum-glazed hen wings, with comfortable serve for dessert. The house additionally boasts a spacious lined patio.
Madison Valley
Little Tin Items & Apothecary Cupboard
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This intimate, charming “items and apothecary cupboard” and cocktail lounge from Frankie Goodman and Kalei Apo provides distinctive craft cocktails and snacks served out of tins in a romantic house.
Ballard
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 “aloha tots” (tater tots topped with kalua pork, kimchi sauce, Japanese mayo, and a fried egg) are particularly crave-worthy.
Downtown, West Seattle, Columbia Metropolis
R&M Dessert Bar
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This dessert-centric bar from couple Rod Gambassi and Marc Adams (the titular “R & M”) options show-stopping muffins and bakes, a full service cafe, and a walk-up window with a grab-and-go deal with choice (good for one thing candy on a late evening out).
Capitol Hill
Saint John’s Bar and Eatery
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This quirky, bustling Capitol Hill bar owned by William Gould, Valeri Kissovski, Michael Lee is a favourite Stranger employees hang-out. Remember to take a look at its Enchanted Dinosaur FantasyLand (a gathering of plastic toy dinosaurs) on the again patio.
Capitol Hill
Shikorina Pastries
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Pastry Mission
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alum Hana Yohannes runs this natural, sustainable bakeshop on Capitol Hill. Anticipate impressed treats like blueberry matcha pop tarts and berbere caramel cookies.
Capitol Hill
Stoup Brewing
Stoup co-owner Robyn Schumacher, a queer girl and former science instructor, was the primary girl in Washington to turn into a licensed cicerone. She runs the brewery, which operates places in Ballard, Capitol Hill, and Kenmore, alongside married couple Brad Benson and Lara Zahaba.
Ballard, Capitol Hill, Kenmore
Terra Plata
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From Tamara Murphy—former chef/proprietor of Brasa, organizer of Burning Beast—Terra Plata’s menu is world-ranging deliciousness made with native/sustainable/and many others. foodstuffs (a few of it so native as to be from the rooftop backyard). One factor that is still a relentless: a giant, stewy bowl of roast pig with clams, house-made chorizo, and the sneaks-up-on-you warmth of smoked paprika, topped with a pork rind to take in the sauce and pickled onions for distinction.
Capitol Hill
Tres Lecheria
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This Mexican-influenced bakeshop from pastry chef Kevin Moulder, who’s gained Netflix’s Sugar Rush: Christmas and Meals Community’s Winner Cake All, purveys luscious tres leches cake by the slice along with sheet muffins, tiered wedding ceremony muffins, and customizable orders.
Wallingford
Two Doorways Down
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Married couple Erin Nestor and Rebecca Denk personal this family-friendly, burger-and-beer joint with a rotating roster of native and regional brews. The meals menu features a bánh mì burger with daikon slaw and sriracha mayo, the “420” (two sorts of cheese, bacon, deep-fried avocado, and a fried egg), and corn canines.
Capitol Hill
The Velvet Elk
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This speakeasy-esque neighborhood hangout from Kim Beecroft is a comfortable house for craft cocktails and bites like hummus, olives, and cheese plates.
Mount Baker
Wildrose
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For the women-loving girls who inhabit Capitol Hill, Shelley Brothers and Martha Manning’s bar Wildrose options an assortment of leisure: karaoke, poetry readings, open mic nights, pool tournaments, and dance events. (It is price noting that there are solely 37 lesbian bars left in your entire nation, making this a notable queer vacation spot.)
Capitol Hill
