Harry Cheadle
Dessert doesn’t get its correct due. What number of instances have we been requested if we’ve “saved room for” dessert, as if dessert is on the standby passengers checklist, solely getting a seat in our stomachs if the appetizers and mains haven’t stuffed it to capability? We suspect many diners don’t actually take into consideration dessert after they’re selecting a restaurant — you go for the entrees, and if on the finish of the night time one thing on the dessert menu (all the time smaller than the opposite menu) catches your eye you may deign to separate it with any person else.
Right here’s an inventory for individuals who take into consideration the final course of the night time first, who proudly say they need their personal dessert as an alternative of this “splitting” nonsense, who’re on a first-name foundation with a number of pastry cooks. The eating places we’re noting right here all have nice savory meals — however you don’t wish to depart any of them with out seeing what their sweeter sides have to supply.
In Might 2025 we up to date this map so as to add Atoma’s creative baked Alaska, Familyfriend’s banana bread (one of many many distinctive objects on its menu), and the brand new wave pavlova at 84 Yesler in Pioneer Sq..
As traditional, this checklist will not be ranked; it’s organized geographically. Know of a spot that needs to be on our radar? Ship us a tip by emailing seattle@eater.com.
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