85°C Bakery Cafe
Known as the "Starbucks of Taiwan," this wildly popular Taiwanese bakery and cafe chain offers affordable pastries and sweets, including fluffy brioche and cre…
501 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-467-5540
Chinatown-International District
206-467-5540
Fuji Bakery
Baker Taka Hirai spent three years at Joel Robuchon’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Tokyo before helping start Fuji Bakery in Seattle. He is no longer w…
526 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-623-4050
Chinatown-International District
206-623-4050
A Piece of Cake
APOC serves cake, pastries, and Chinese bakery items. They have a 35-cent surcharge for credit cards.
514 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-623-8284
Chinatown-International District
206-623-8284
Hood Famous Cafe and Bar
The beloved Ballard bakeshop, famous for its Filipino-inspired specialties such as ube cheesecake, has expanded to the International District with a new locati…
500 Fifth Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Evergreens
Salads! Evergreens makes them with produce that’s sourced “hyperlocally” in the “biggest bowls in town.” They have unfortunately cutesy names—“The Cobbsby Show…
504 Fifth Ave S #107b
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7377
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7377
Eastern Cafe
This spacious, high-ceilinged ID spot has coffee, tea, sandwiches, crepes, and gelato, plus beer, wine, and cocktails, too.
510 Maynard Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-623-1776
Chinatown-International District
206-623-1776
Yummy House Bakery
Bakery located in the heart of the International District specializing in wedding and birthday cakes, plus Chinese pastries like durian cream puffs. They also …
522 Sixth Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-340-8838
Chinatown-International District
206-340-8838
Dochi
Get ready for crispy, chewy doughnuts: Dochi, a mochi doughnut pop-up hailing from Orlando, has opened a store inside the Uwajimaya Village food court. Co-owne…
503 S Weller St
Chinatown-International District
425-503-5559
Chinatown-International District
425-503-5559
Uwajimaya Village Food Court
The Asian food superstore Uwajimaya also boasts an excellent and cheap food court with Thai, Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Hawaiian cuisines, plus…
503 S Weller St
Chinatown-International District
206-624-6248
Chinatown-International District
206-624-6248
Song Phang Kong
If you're not familiar with Laotian food, start with the homemade sausage (sai ua), which is bursting with the flavors of lime leaf, galangal, lemongrass, cila…
1017 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-323-1782
Chinatown-International District
206-323-1782
Chu Minh Tofu & Veggie Deli
With great regret and no small measure of nausea, we retracted our recommendation of Chu Minh Tofu in March 2013.
1043 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-723-6095
Chinatown-International District
206-723-6095
Beard Papa's
"The BEST place to get cream puffs." EMILY NOKES
600 5th Avenue South
Chinatown-International District
206-623-0892
Chinatown-International District
206-623-0892
Saigon Deli
Broke, flush, carnivorous, vegetarian—for every type of eater in Seattle there is Saigon Deli, home to the most perfect $5 bánh mì. The sandwich comes stuffed …
1237 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-322-3700
Chinatown-International District
206-322-3700
Thanh Son Tofu
This restaurant serves a panoply of everything soy-based: Not only tofu dishes, but soy milk and desserts as well. They're not strictly vegetarian, though—meat…
1248 S King St, Suite B
Chinatown-International District
206-320-1316
Chinatown-International District
206-320-1316
Pono Ranch
Pono is Hawaiian for, roughly, “a state of harmony or balance.” Near the north end of the Ballard Bridge, Pono Ranch is, roughly, an organic cafe—one with a “h…
4502 Shilshole Ave NW
Ballard
206-258-2162
Ballard
206-258-2162
Mean Sandwich
This joint near Ballard Bridge serves big, hot sandwiches on Macrina buns, plus fried potato skins and bread pudding.
1510 NW Leary Way
Ballard
206-789-9999
Ballard
206-789-9999
Jhanjay Vegetarian Thai
Jhanjay has some of the best fake meat in the city. Unlike other restaurants that use the overprocessed spongy fake meat, Jhanjay makes its own in-house: thick…
5313B Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-588-1469
Ballard
206-588-1469