FACT -I love Seattle’s vibrant food scene. With its eclectic whole-in-the-wall mom and pop restaurants, trendy food trucks, and amazing fine dining establishments, there is no shortage of places to eat around the city. As someone who really enjoys eating out, I’m always eager to try a new place to eat especially when it comes recommended by trusted friends who are passionate about food. So, when my good friend, Keren Brown, recently published her debut book, the “Food Lovers’ Guide to Seattle: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events” -I knew it would be well received as a trusted source of where to eat all over Seattle.
I first met Keren three years ago at a celebrity dinner event and since then, we’ve become close friends. She is an authoritative and trusted voice, and a respective figure in the restaurant and food community. She knows how to connect food enthusiasts with one another and hosts networking parties and workshops through her Foodportunity events.
One thing I have always admired about Keren is that she not a respecter of a restaurant’s popularity status within the Seattle food scene when it comes to telling me where to eat. This has always been the case long before she wrote this book. If I ever wanted to know where to go on a date night with my husband, I would call her and she would suggest places to eat depending on the type of ambiance, price range, and type of overall food experience I was looking for. Her honest recommendations were always spot on.
While she was writing this book, I was delighted to accompany her a few times during the research phase which included visiting hundreds of places in secrecy so she could write a guide book, which is different than a review book.
The book itself is divided up into sections by location and offers tidbits from the perspective of a close trusted friend and not a restaurant reviewer. Keren shares not only where to eat but where to find local ingredients from specialty shops. As an added bonus feature there are the many local celebrity chef recipes included in the book.
This is a great book for locals who appreciate a personal guide to where to eat throughout Seattle. Small enough to fit in a purse or bag, this guide book is also great for anyone planning to visit the city and prefers a personal food tour guide on where to eat beyond the touristy destinations. For under $15, this book is well worth its price and make an excellent gift for the holidays for anyone who dines out and around the city. Trust me, I’ve purchased several copies of this book and have given them away as gifts and everyone who has received them has raved about it.
I’m excited to giveaway two copies of this book! Along with the book, each winner will also receive a fabulous Fonte Coffee gift pack (1 lb. of coffee and a $15 gift cardworth). Prizes provided by Globe Pequote Publishing and Fonte Coffee (<— AMAZING COFFEE!!). Thank you to you both!
To enter the contest, tell me where you like to eat in your neighborhood in the comment section below. Contest will close Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 9 pm PST. Winners need to have a US mailing address and will be contacted by email. Contest is now closed. Congrats to Diane and Julia!
Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful information…You have done a great job….
I have a had my fingers crossed for a while now that I will make it out to Seattle this year but now I want to go even more. What little bit you have shared here has me excited to walk around and check out all of the shops and vendors. Your town sounds amazing luv 😀
i hope hope i get this, especially since I live in seattle :)! There are such amazing foods here and would love to know more in detail about other great places to eat! i love le panier but recently i had a japadog and it was delicious!
I’d love to nab a copy of this book for my sister who lives in Tacoma! What a fun source to have around! My favorite place to eat around here is a hole in the wall taco shop in Del Mar called Robertos. Fish tacos and carne asada burritos with an ocean view (and under $10!)
I love Bakery Nouveau. Amazinggg pastries and desserts. Yum!!
Marinos, a little locally owned Italian spot. So tasty.
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I live about an hour south of Seattle. We have Bigfoot Javas all over the place in the South Sound and I can’t get enough of them! All but one are 24-hour drive throughs, but the one closest to my house is a huge sit-down cafe-style coffee shop. They make amazing coffee and are perfect to sit around and work on my laptop. I’m there at least 3 times a week and I never get enough of their coffee!
Whenever I have a chance I grab a good book and head to Urban Coffee Lounge in Kirkland. Their coffee is nothing short of amazing, friendly baristas and comfy chairs 🙂
I absolutely fell in love with Seattle when we went there last fall. It is one of my favorite cities….and mostly because of the food! I am also lucky in that we live in an area filled with great restaurants a well (Tampa, FL). One of my favorite places to eat in our area is a little Floribbean restaurant called Catch 23. Great fresh seafood with a Florida/Caribbean flair!
Maple Avenue Restaurant!
We just moved and haven’t found a place we love yet, but in our old town we loved a local pizza joint called Pizza Luce. YUM!
Greetings Alice! I just discovered your site and so enjoy it! I am originally from Portland, OR and now live in NJ along the Hudson River just across from NYC. An especially favorite restaurant is a lovely, Victorian teahouse nearby called High Society Tea House. I bring women in need of renewal to this beautiful, feminine environment where we can enjoy unhurried time together sharing our hearts as we enjoy delicious dainties and tea. I have found that all are touched by the experience! Many women today are stressed out and missing the heart to heart connection found in the feminine community of years past, so this is one small way I try to reach out to encourage my sisters! The teahouse provides the perfect ambiance!
I love to eat at an Indian place down the street called The India Restaurant. Yummy food!
Simple Simon’s in Riverside, Ca. It’s awesome.
I am new in town but I really like to go to Westside Drive-In in Boise Idaho. It is SO yummy!