Local Flavor
The Local Flavor column will introduce you to food traditions known to natives of the Pacific Northwest, with a dose of nostalgia and the occasional recipe thrown in.
Local Flavor: Pike Place Market
When you want to get out of the convention center and find a reasonably priced meal, your best bet is the Pike Place Market.
Local Flavor: Pho
After the fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, it wasn’t long until Vietnamese restaurants started popping up to serve food from back home to a region that just couldn’t get enough of their hot noodle soups.
Local Flavor: DeLaurenti Food & Wine
Looking for groceries downtown? Since 1946, DeLaurenti Food & Wine has been Seattle’s most complete source for specialty ingredients and novelties from around the world.
Local Flavor: International District
Looking for authentic Asian food? Head down to Seattle’s International District. Home to a wide range of restaurants and just a couple of stops south on the light rail from the convention center, this is the place to go for noodles, dumplings, and other Asian fare. The International District is also home to Uwajimaya, a massive Asian grocery store and Seattle institution for almost 100 years.
Local Flavor: Flying Fish
Pike Place Fish Market is only one of several fish stalls in the market, but it’s the only one that attracts hordes of tourists, waiting to see purchases go flying through the air.
Local Flavor: Piroshky Piroshky
For more than 30 years, Piroshky Piroshky has been supplying downtown denizens and tourists alike with both sweet and savory hand pies at Pike Place Market.
Local Flavor: Sushi and the Seattle Roll
Seattle’s easy access to quality fresh seafood and large Asian-American population have made sushi as common in the local food landscape as pizza and tacos.
Local Flavor: Olympic Peninsula Cider Route
If you like hard cider, you’re in the right place. Washington grows more apples than any other state, and that includes cider varieties.
Local Flavor: The Crumpet Shop
The initial name for the shop in 1976 was The United Metropolitan Improved Crumpet Baking & Punctual Delivery Company. Customers nodded, smiled, and called it The Crumpet Shop.