The Flour Box in Hillman City Opens This Week | Eater Seattle

"After two years of pop-ups, self-taught baker Pamela Vuong has opened a fixed bakery in Hillman City following a stressful 2020 spent constructing the shop and a successful Kickstarter that raised more than $90,000. The initial, limited menu (preorders start at 10 a.m. Monday) features her popular creme brulee doughnuts, everything bagel doughnuts filled with whipped chive cream cheese, cinnamon rolls, and two rotating doughnut flavors — sweet corn (a favorite of Vuong’s sister) and kheer, a lightly fragrant cardamom rice pudding with pistachios suggested by a fan. Vuong also plans fried-to-order beignets, pavlova, sweet and savory toasts inspired by childhood memories, and a first cake that’s a 10-layer milk-and-honey concoction; beverages will include lattes, americanos, drip coffee, and cold brew from Anchorhead Coffee, with specialty drinks like the Shy Bear Fog planned for the future. Because Vuong is working alone, there is no walk-in or dine-in service to start, but the former Big Chickie space has been remodeled by Vuong and her family into a light-filled lounge with vintage armchairs and couches, crystal chandeliers, a freshly-stained wood-beamed ceiling, and a handmade coffee table; curbside pickups run Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m.–2 p.m., with a few outside picnic tables and Instagram updates for customers." - Gabe Guarente