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
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
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
Humble Pie
Humble Pie feels like it was beamed via satellite from Portlandia—it's more of a pizza gathering space than a restaurant, with two attractively repurposed ship…
525 Rainier Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-329-5133
Chinatown-International District
206-329-5133
Mioposto
Though the local pizza chain boasts four locations, the one you want to go to is the original spot, about a half mile up from the Mount Baker light rail statio…
3601 S McClellan St
Mount Baker
206-760-3400
Mount Baker
206-760-3400
La Medusa
La Medusa's authentic "Sicilian soul food," made with lots of local/seasonal ingredients, makes it an upmarket Columbia City favorite.
4857 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-723-2192
Rainier Valley
206-723-2192
Columbia City Bakery
At this neighborhood bakery owned by two former Tom Douglas bakers, the pastries are great, but the bread is out of this world. They also serve Caffe Vita coff…
4865 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-723-6023
Rainier Valley
206-723-6023
The Spice Room
The Spice Room serves good Thai food in a good-looking setting in Columbia City, with good service, too—people love it, and so will you. Our friend Jill says t…
4909 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-725-7090
Rainier Valley
206-725-7090
Tutta Bella Neapolitan Pizzeria
The five Tutta Bellas (Tuttas Bella?) specialize in certified Neapolitan pies: thin-’n’-blistery crust made with fresh ingredients, from the hammy prosciutto e…
4918 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-721-3501
Rainier Valley
206-721-3501
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