14 Carrot Cafe

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14 Carrot Cafe
14 Carrot Cafe
Restaurant information
Established1977;47 years ago (1977)
Food type American
Street address2305 Eastlake Ave E
City Seattle
County King
State Washington
Postal/ZIP Code98102
Country 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.

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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]

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