"Imagine a saucepan of sticky sugar bubbling on a stove, full of sea salt and just enough butter to get things tasting like toffee before it hardens. Then, imagine that mixture poured into an iced latte with oat milk and Victrola espresso. Finally, imagine someone placing it directly into your open hand as you drive away with slices of freshly-baked coconut layer cake in the backseat. You actually don’t have to imagine that at all—in fact, you just have to go to Deru Market. This Kirkland spot serves some of the best lunch in the entire Puget Sound (we’re talking about you, farm salad), but it shouldn’t be ignored as a morning option." - aimee rizzo, kayla sager riley
