Joyce's Market And Cafe

Cute little place across from Grocery Outlet, on Union and MLK. I want to love this place unfortunately our experience was just alright. Their Arnold Palmer drink was delicious and very refreshing but the sandwiches need improvement. My sandwich was overflowed with vignette dressing and not much taste besides vinegar. As for the French Dip, it was also okay as well. Not much of a wow flavor to it, the meat was dried. Honestly, how can you go wrong with a French Dip? As for the market side, they seem to have many cool sauces and cheese options but I wouldn't consider this place a butcher shop. I consider fresh meat, cut the way you want with all sore of variety is a butcher shop. I love to support local businesses but we probably have to skip out on this place unless things improve.

My fiancé and I stumbled into this lovely establishment by accident and we were not disappointed! Joyce, the owner, is present and personable and her establishment has a range of wines, cheeses, meats, pre-made homemade appetizers, homemade spreads, and more! The other half of her establishment is a bistro serving up a variety of sandwiches, appetizers, and comfort food options. She also provides seasonal food specials around holidays, for instance an 8-hour slow cooked corned beef special for St. Patrick's day that I contemplated before choosing her French dip sandwich (sooooo good!). We also got her croque monsieur, mushroom toast, and mimosas. Everything was exceptional and delicious! I think we found a new favorite local brunch spot! The place was largely empty from 11-1pm, and we were perplexed as to why. If this place were on cap hill it would be swarming!

A lovely small and cozy sandwich place and market. Joyce whipped up a lunch for 4 with lots of care and attention. Good touch with the Connect 4 game while waiting for the food to come.

Joyce handled a small catering job for me with brunch plates for both adults and children. The food was plated beautifully, and most importantly, it was DELICIOUS. Probably the best egg salad I've ever had, seriously. I already knew her food was wonderful for picking up for an easy meal or snack, but her catering was wonderful and I'm glad I went with her and not one of the generic boxed lunch places in town. I highly recommend her if you're looking for a cheerful, personalized catering experience.

For some reason I was under the impression that Joyce's Market had been just recently opened only to find that she's been in business for almost 3 years. I finally found an opportunity to stop in and oh boy! was I pleasantly surprised! I couldn't believe all of the delicious foods jumping at my eyeballs. The wines, sweeties, homemade stocks, meats, catering platters, pastas, and so on and so on. And I shan't forget to mention that Joyce herself was extremely pleasant, welcoming and helpful. I walked out with some creamy goat cheese, homemade beef stock and some OMG Marinated Pork Cheeks. I look forward to grabbing those again! I'm eager to utilize her catering services for upcoming meetings. Until then, I'll make my way there for coffee, beer or to try out her deli sandwiches. She's everything she claims to be. I love that this is part of our neighborhood.

Walked in this morning and was completely charmed. Great selection of yummy goodies in the store, and then Joyce crafted the most delicious croque monsieur. This is the place you want to support in our neighborhood - small, local business doing stellar work. Will be taking the charcuterie platters to my next function for sure! Thank you Joyce for an absolutely lovely experience.

Neighborhood gem! We've tried out the cafe several times and the food is always well prepared and tasty. Hooked on their lemonade as well. As for the deli and butcher section, we bought and cooked pork chops which turned out really well, excellent quality meat, great flavor and texture. There is also a nice assortment of home made pickles.

Love this little neighborhood place. I've stopped here a couple times while out on walks, mostly for the baked goods. The brownies and cookies are excellent. Looks like they have a variety of food choices that I will try during future visits. This part of the Central District is giving me new hope that Seattle is still alive and can thrive.