FareStart Restaurant
Restaurant · Belltown ·
Job training restaurant serving seasonal dishes and guest chef dinners
Job training restaurant serving seasonal dishes and guest chef dinners
"Run by a nonprofit that provides hospitality‑industry training to people facing employment barriers, this restaurant is known far and wide for its Guest Chef Nights, where area chefs take over the kitchen and ticket proceeds benefit the organization. The newly announced 2026 lineup includes notable names like Off Alley’s Evan Leichtling and Lenox’s Jhonny Reyes, and tickets are $60." - Harry Cheadle
"Farestart is a longtime local nonprofit focused on job training and employment in the culinary space. Their student-run restaurant located Downtown has reopened to serve breakfast and lunch. It's also hosting a special dinner series that features well-known guest chefs from Seattle. " - kayla sager riley, aimee rizzo, gabe guarente
"FareStart, a nonprofit, is reopening its Denny Triangle restaurant in early July. The restaurant will serve breakfast and lunch and host Guest Chef Nights featuring renowned chefs from Seattle." - Harry Cheadle
"A nonprofit that provides free meals to people in need and job training for those who have suffered from poverty, homelessness, or incarceration, FareStart is a place where chef Wayne Johnson found his involvement ‘recharging’ and that it ‘never felt like work’; Johnson announced his retirement this week but will remain involved with local government and nonprofit initiatives." - Harry Cheadle
"Nonprofit food-training and education center FareStart announced a Juneteenth Guest Chef night on June 9 featuring Joy Sanders of Eagle’s Nest Community Kitchen and Sabrina Tinsley of La Spiga; the chefs will share recipes and personal stories related to Juneteenth and their community work, and registration for the free online event is available on the FareStart website." - Mark Van Streefkerk