Saint Bread

The Best Restaurants in Seattle’s University District | Eater Seattle

"Helmed by former London Plane operating partner Yasuaki Saito, this waterfront shrine to carbohydrates has serious credentials and a wide-ranging approach. Both European and Asian baking styles are represented here. The pastry case houses exemplary cream cheese Danishes with seasonal fruit next to spot-on melonpan, tart and tender yuzu polenta cakes, and platonic-ideal chocolate chip cookies. If you get here after the pastries sell out — which happens early — the made-to-order menu includes creative and more substantial items like an egg-and-cheese breakfast sandwich on a Hawaiian bun or melonpan and an okonomiyaki-style frittata. During warmer months, Saint Bread opens Japanese-inspired wood-fired grill Hinoki and cocktail window Heave Ho for dinner hours on its patio from Thursday through Saturday." - Mark DeJoy