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Restaurant Roundup: Pastries, Free Fair Tickets, and Fine Field Dining

A dinner series, help for the hungry and a new restaurant

By Ben McBee June 27, 2025

A long outdoor table set for a meal, with many people dining and conversing on both sides, surrounded by trees and countryside at sunset.
Woodinville's Tonnemaker Family Farm dinner series is a "roving restaurant without walls."
Courtesy Tonnemaker Family farm

As fleeting as summer can feel in Seattle — we know, it only just officially started — the same can be said about the city’s pop-up scene. So, with the aim of ending your FOMO (that’s the fear of missing out), here are three that you shouldn’t miss while the sun is shining: Cafe Lolo, Pop Pop Pizza and Wine, Stacked.

There’s more to know (and eat) where that came from.

Marin is in

The newly renovated Kimpton Hotel Monaco Seattle’s has debuted its signature restaurant, Marin, an ode to the city’s maritime spirit and the coastal cuisine of the Pacific Northwest and the rest of the world. With seating for 100 guests (including the bar and patio), the modern yet inviting space offers plenty of room to stop by for breakfast, lunch, dinner, or happy hour (daily, 2 p.m.-5 p.m.). Expect dishes like grilled king salmon, Moroccan rotisserie chicken, Oregon tuna tartare crostini, shareable starters like homemade pita with the smoked trout dip, and remixed classic cocktails like the Marigold Negroni or Olympic Old Fashioned.

Outstanding in the Field

It’s the dinner series where the secret ingredient is adventure — and it’s coming to Woodinville’s Tonnemaker Valley Farm on Sunday, July 6. In the kitchen for this “roving restaurant without walls” is Sophon’s Karuna Long, whose mastery of authentic Kmer cuisine pays homage to his parents, who left Cambodia as refugees. It also earned him a spot on Bon Appetit’s 20 Best New Restaurants list last year. Avallé will pour wines to accompany this family style meal.

A sweet addition from Vashon

Head to West Seattle this weekend and take a whiff — there’s decidedly more aromas of freshly baked bread and pastries in the air, thanks to Snapdragon Bakery and Cafe. The Vashon Island favorite has expanded its territory, opening a new location (Thursday through Sunday) that serves up danishes, donuts, tiramisu, and grilled cheese by day, and desserts and champagne in the evenings. You’ll see plenty of rotated specials like corn masa crepes, too.

Sharing food is fair

The Evergreen State Fair returns to Monroe at the end of August, with plenty of guilty-eating pleasures like kettle corn, corndogs, and funnel cake covered in cinnamon and sugar on the menu. But before the rides rumble to life and the gates open, you can earn yourself free entry by contributing to the event’s food drive, which benefits the Snohomish County Food Bank Coalition. Through July 12, members of the community can bring non-perishable and unexpired items (this includes, toiletries, baby wipes, and pet food) to designated drive-through locations; for every five items, you’ll receive one free weekday fair admission (with a maximum of five per car).

The great In-N-Out fakeout

Alright, who fell for it? Last week, a flag duct-taped to the side of a long-vacant building in the Wallingford neighborhood proclaimed the California-based fast food chain was coming in 2026. The veracity of such a claim was quickly doubted online, and it appears rightfully so, as the company has officially confirmed the news as a nothing-burger. Although In-N-Out fans’ local dreams are still out of reach, by the end of summer, the drive to taste a double-double with animal-style fries will be a little closer when the first Washington location opens in Ridgefield.

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