Cafe Hagen
If you're in search of hygge, look no further than this Scandinavian-inspired cafe in South Lake Union. The cafe serves specialty coffee from Hagen Coffee Roas…
1252 Thomas St
South Lake Union
206-334-1198
South Lake Union
206-334-1198
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…
1051 Thomas St.
South Lake Union
206.402.5160
South Lake Union
206.402.5160
Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop
We’ll let Homegrown speak for itself: “Our goal at Homegrown is not only to create sandwiches out of sustainable ingredients but also to make sandwich creation…
208 Westlake Ave N
South Lake Union
South Lake Union
Yellow Dot Cafe
This cafe offers bagels and breakfast sandwiches, salads, sandwiches, paninis, and wraps.
301 Westlake Ave N
South Lake Union
206-381-9200
South Lake Union
206-381-9200
Meat & Bread
The South Lake Union location of Meat & Bread is the second Seattle outpost of the Vancouver, BC–based sandwich shop that inspires cult-like devotion. Meat & B…
400 Fairview Ave N
South Lake Union
South Lake Union
Portage Bay Cafe
A tasty place to go for an all-American, local/organic/sustainable-focused breakfast or brunch, including cage-free eggs from Olympia, hams and sausages made i…
391 Terry Ave N
South Lake Union
206-462-6400
South Lake Union
206-462-6400
Cafe An'Clair
This cafe offering a variety of breakfast and lunch sandwiches, kale and Cobb salads, baked goods, coffee, and tea has popped up in the former space of the Elt…
826 Thomas St
South Lake Union
South Lake Union
The Berliner
Local guy Victor Twu became such a fan of the doner kebab—the Turkish version of a gyro, served on the street in Berlin—that he opened this doner shop in a spa…
428 Westlake Ave N
South Lake Union
206-838-5032
South Lake Union
206-838-5032
The Wurst Place
The gnome on the logo holds only one sausage, but the Wurst Place has tons of different kinds, including elk, rabbit, and other assorted beasts. Also, 23 taps …
510 Westlake Ave N
South Lake Union
206-223-5528
South Lake Union
206-223-5528
South Lake Café
Compass Cafe brings the tried-and-true formula of local/organic/sustainable sandwiches and salads to the very neato reincarnation of the Museum of History and …
860 Terry Ave N
South Lake Union
206-324-1126
South Lake Union
206-324-1126
Grand Central Baking Company
Grand Central has been making high-quality, yummy bread and baked goods for a long, long time, and comes with a presidential seal of approval: Obama ate a turk…
1616 Eastlake Ave E
South Lake Union
206-957-9505
South Lake Union
206-957-9505
Chelsea Deli
The Chelsea Deli is located in the recently spruced-up Weed building—the top of the building says WEED in art-deco-style letters—which is exactly the right hom…
4908 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-725-3456
Rainier Valley
206-725-3456
Paris Bakery and Deli
Paris Bakery and Deli is, contrary to what you'd expect, a banh mi joint in Columbia City that bakes its own baguettes in-house (and is rumored to provide them…
5020 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-767-0130
Rainier Valley
206-767-0130
Kezira Cafe
Our friend Jill says Kezira Cafe, which used to be Solom, is "still Ethiopian—still really good Ethiopian, in fact, and festively painted purple and orange now…
5100 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
(206) 588-1024
Rainier Valley
(206) 588-1024