Category: Cheap ($1-$15)
Best for: Locavores, clumsy Clara who thinks she can tend her own hive

Recently a friend of mine was going on about a sandwich he’d had at a new Ballard bar. It had the makings of your typ ’wich, but on on it came a generous slather of honey. This, he said, made it anything but your typ ’wich.

Ballard, honey. Got me thinking about Corky Luster ’s Ballard Bee Company. He canvasses the city for places to plant hives—including the rooftop of Bastille —then bottles the unfiltered, raw end product and sells it just about everywhere.

At Delaurenti, for example, a 12 ounce bottle costs $10.99. Other stockers include Picnic, On the Fly and several restaurants.