14 Carrot Cafe

14 Carrot Cafe
The restaurant's exterior, 2024
Restaurant information
Established	1977; 47 years ago (1977)
Food type	American
Street address	2305 Eastlake Ave E
City	Seattle
County	King
State	Washington
Postal/ZIP Code	98102
Country	United States
Coordinates	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 (2005-04-12). 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 (2017-03-07). 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 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
3. "14 Carrot Cafe". USA Today. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
4. Show, Jason Rantz (2019-08-06). "Will Seattle listen to Eastlake over bike lane concerns?". MyNorthwest.com. Archived from the original on 2023-09-24. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
5. Holcomb, Kim (2020-01-21). "Where have these Carrot Cake pancakes been all my life?!". king5.com. Archived from the original on 2022-10-19. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
6. "14 Carrot Cafe Review - Eastlake - Seattle". The Infatuation. 2022-01-21. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
7. Seattle. Fodor's Travel Publications. 2007. ISBN 978-1-4000-1854-3. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
8. Mag, Seattle (2022-07-08). "Dining Trend: Culinary Squatters Set Up Shop in Seattle Kitchens". Seattle magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-12-01. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
9. "Street Eatin'". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-08-16. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
10. Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle. Simon and Schuster. 2014-05-06. ISBN 978-1-62873-587-1. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016. Simon and Schuster. 2015-11-24. ISBN 978-1-5107-0025-3. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
    • Not For Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017. Simon and Schuster. 2016-10-18. ISBN 978-1-5107-1063-4. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
11. "Seattle Cafés: Shareable Small Plates + Neighborhood Flair". USA Today. 2017-07-19. Archived from the original on 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2024-02-05.

External links

• Media related to 14 Carrot Cafe at Wikimedia Commons