Enjoy Fresh Food at These Seattle Area Farm to Table Restaurants

The world knows Seattle as the home of the modern coffee shop, but it’s also home to some of the freshest and highest quality food of any major city. Pike’s Market is a major destination for residents and visitors alike looking to purchase produce, fish, and many more gourmet selections. It should come as no surprise that, as one of the original “foodie” towns, it’s also home to an amazing collection of innovative farm to table restaurants. Let’s explore some of the exciting dining options in Seattle.

Sitka & Spruce

Located in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, Sitka & Spruce offers a quintessential Pacific Northwest dining experience. The high ceilings, abundant glass, and vaguely industrial style of the space pairs well with warm design touches like light wooden tables and bars and vintage-style revolving desk chairs.

As the menu is created daily based on local ingredient availability, Sitka & Spruce is never the same place twice. Enjoy a little bit of everything with the signature three-course fixed-price lunch menu, featuring local cheeses, fresh vegetable terrines, and freshly baked bread with house-made butter. Vegetables also figure prominently on the dinner menu, dotted with interesting touches like hazelnuts and cured meats.

In addition to its mouth-watering food menu, Sitka & Spruce boasts a thoughtful wine menu and an innovative cocktail menu featuring flavorful bitters, amaros, and other emerging spirits.

Local 360

Belltown’s Local 360 boasts ingredients sourced primarily from within 360 miles of Seattle. Local 360 focuses on providing healthy food in a sustainable way as well as a commitment to its employees. In a departure from the structure of most food industry businesses, Local 360 incorporates a nominal service charge to provide a living wage and health insurance to its employees.

Whatever your culinary preferences may be, you’re sure to find something on the menu to suit your tastes. Start off with farm-fresh delights like radish carpaccio, a wild mushroom tartine, and kohlrabi soup. Meat eaters will leave satiated by a house-butchered steak or a juicy grass-fed burger, while fish lovers will find serenity in the steamed savory clams, wild salmon, and a hearty bouillabaisse.

Tilikum Place Cafe

The charming and cozy Tilikum Place Cafe offers a wonderful full day menu stocked with locally sourced items for a true farm to table experience. With only 14 tables, Tilikum Place Cafe offers a quiet and homey respite from the bustle of the city.

Peruse Tilikum’s impressive brunch menu with a wide variety of dishes to please any palette. The vegan corn chowder is a salty and sweet taste of home cooking that pairs perfectly with Seattle’s chilly weather. Explore Tilikum’s dutch babies, a special small, dense pancake that’s offered in a classic, sweet, and savory profile.

Seattle is known the world over for its commitment to high quality and sustainable food sources and preparation. The availability of farm to table dining in the region offers residents and visitors a way to taste the finest of our local epicurean delights.

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