14 Carrot Cafe

14 Carrot Cafe
The restaurant's exterior, 2024
Restaurant information
Established	1977;48 years ago (1977)
Food type	American
Location	2305 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, King, Washington, 98102, United States
Coordinates	47°38′24″N122°19′34″W / 47.639922°N 122.326052°W / 47.639922; -122.326052

14 Carrot Cafe is a restaurant in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood, in the U.S. state of Washington. ^{[1] [2]} It opened in 1977.

Description

14 Carrot Cafe is a family-operated restaurant serving American cuisine ^[3] for breakfast and lunch in the Hines Public Market Building on Eastlake Avenue, near the intersection with East Lynn Street, ^[4] in Seattle's Eastlake neighborhood. ^[5] The Infatuation's Aimee Rizzo has described 14 Carrot Cafe as a diner and a greasy spoon that is "charming in a nothing's-been-updated-since-1977 kind of way, based on the old photo collages, vintage dining tables, and coin-operated Runts dispensers that definitely nobody uses". ^[6] The menu has included biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, egg dishes, "Tahitian" French toast with tahini, ^[7] crab cake benedicts, hash browns, carrot cake and carrot pancakes, as well as mimosas ^[6] and carrot juice. ^[5]

History

The restaurant opened in 1977. ^[5] In 2009, 14 Carrot Cafe hosted the street food startup Tako Truk. ^{[8] [9]}

Reception

The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle says of 14 Carrot Cafe: "Typical breakfast fare that's, well, typical. Popular anyway." ^[10] 14 Carrot Cafe was included in USA Today 's 2017 list of Seattle's ten best cafes. ^[11]

References

1. Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (April 12, 2005). Roadfood: The Coast-To-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More. Broadway Books. ISBN   978-0-7679-2264-7.
2. Stern, Jane; Stern, Michael (March 7, 2017). Roadfood, 10th Edition: An Eater's Guide to More Than 1,000 of the Best Local Hot Spots and Hidden Gems Across America. Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed. ISBN   978-0-451-49619-5. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
3. "14 Carrot Cafe". USA Today . Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
4. Show, Jason Rantz (August 6, 2019). "Will Seattle listen to Eastlake over bike lane concerns?". MyNorthwest.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
5. Holcomb, Kim (January 21, 2020). "Where have these Carrot Cake pancakes been all my life?!". king5.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
6. "14 Carrot Cafe Review - Eastlake - Seattle". The Infatuation. January 21, 2022. Archived from the original on March 25, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
7. Seattle. Fodor's Travel Publications. 2007. ISBN   978-1-4000-1854-3. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
8. Mag, Seattle (July 8, 2022). "Dining Trend: Culinary Squatters Set Up Shop in Seattle Kitchens". Seattle magazine. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
9. "Street Eatin'". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on August 16, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
10. Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle. Simon and Schuster. May 6, 2014. ISBN   978-1-62873-587-1. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016. Simon and Schuster. November 24, 2015. ISBN   978-1-5107-0025-3. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017. Simon and Schuster. October 18, 2016. ISBN   978-1-5107-1063-4. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
11. "Seattle Cafés: Shareable Small Plates + Neighborhood Flair". USA Today. July 19, 2017. Archived from the original on February 5, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.

External links

• Media related to 14 Carrot Cafe at Wikimedia Commons