14 Carrot Cafe
Restaurant in Seattle, Washington, U.S.
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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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 The restaurant's exterior, 2024 | |
 Interactive map of 14 Carrot Cafe | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1977 |
| Food type | American |
| Location | 2305 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, King, Washington, 98102, United States |
| Coordinates | 47.639922°N 122.326052°W |
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]
