Restaurants we LOVE!
This list is always growing but I will admit to eating out at least 3 times a week and here are some of our faves:
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, USA
Boom Noodles: The guys call this Boom Boom. The edamame puree is a huge hit. The boys love their bento boxes.
Blue C Sushi: Also known as Round and Round Sushi in this house. My guys could live off their avacado rolls and chicken katsu.
Cafe Vivace: Our favorite place to stop for coffee.
Columbia City Bakery: I am in love with their cardamom cake and the boys adore their cinnamon twists and their easy to look in pastry case. Olive bread when available is divine too!
Dahlia Bakery: if the hubby stops here and picks up their potato bread we are guaranteed a yummy dinner of bread and soup and delightful french toast the next morning.
Eltana Bagel: a bagel restaurant in Capital Hill that seriously serves the best bagels we’ve found outside of Vancouver. Then, you’re competing with Sollys and Seagels. But here, my heart belongs to Eltana.
Fuji Bakery: We stop in this place too often. I love the pear and apricot tarts. The boys love the milk sticks and shokupan. The hubby gets a pain au chocolat.
Mod Pizza: cheap, yummy and fast pizza. Kind of like a ‘subway’ for pizza but better.
Portage Bay Cafe: if you’ve stayed with us in Seattle, chances are we’ve brought you here. One of our favorite breakfast places in Seattle and awesome for large groups (with kids!).
Serious Pie: You could add the rest of Tom Douglas’s restaurants to our fave list, but this one is our fave for going with the duo, especially the one in South Lake Union.
Tutta Bella Pizza: yummy pizza, fun atmosphere and tons of highchairs. Love their beet salad, namesake pizza, Chianti and a dish of nutella Gelato. Life doesn’t get much better than that. (PS our favorite location is the Wallingford one.)
Wild Ginger: Passion Tofu is amazing even if y0u’re not a vegetarian and maybe even if you’re not a current tofu fan. The kid’s satay is the same as the satay appetizer on the adult menu.
(Sans kiddos add Spinasse and Canlis to the list. And the Walrus Bar. Delight!)
VANCOUVER, BC
Edible Canada: great open kitchen, lovely kids’ lunch menu and so much for kids to look at.
Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company: It has a little kitchen area that the kids can play in.
JapaDog: I just love it because I’m half-Japanese and think the toppings are cool. And who doesn’t love a good hot dog?
Stephos: I am still not sure what Veggie Briami is, but I adore it and crave it in Seattle. This is not fancy, and there is often a huge line for its cheap Greek food. With kids we order take out and eat on the beach in the summer.
Sophie’s Cosmic Cafe: this place has evolved from a fun breakfast date-place in our college days (my claim to fame is once I saw “will” from Will and Grace here. We breathed the same air!) to a place that we can bring our kids if we show up super early. They love the kitchy decor and the yummy food. FYI: there is always a line, but it is oh so worth it.
Anywhere Granville Island. I love Dockside for sit-down but tend to grab soup, coffee and pastries and a table by a window in the market with the guys so we can all sprawl out and take it all in. And Edible Canada is a new fave.
