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Neighborhood Food News: Lark’s Successful Kickstarter Cookbook, Take-out Neapolitan in Magnolia

Plus: Save the Ding Dongs at Mod Pizza, an upcoming restaurant radio show, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 15, 2012 at 10:00AM 0 Comments

John Sundstrom of Lark is using Kickstarter to launch a cookbook and accompanying e-book.

CAPITOL HILL
Lark chef John Sundstrom is putting together a cookbook, without the help of a publisher. Sundstrom’s chosen to instead call on the foodie community via Kickstarter to raise the money to shoot the photos, edit the book, and create not just a cookbook but an e-book to boot. And since this was announced on February 6, he’s met and surpassed his $33,000 goal, proving the viability of his non-traditional approach— the motivation for which Rebekah Denn of the Seattle Times explains nicely.

MAGNOLIA
Neapolitan-style pizzeria Queen Margherita just started offering carry-out. Now you can put off that stone pizza oven project and still have wood-fired pies at home.

RAVENNA
Ravenna Blog reports that Café Da Pino had a minor fire last Thursday night, caused by faulty wiring. Thankfully, the damage wasn’t too extensive.

WALLINGFORD
Some post-Valentine’s sweetness is happening at the Wallingford Community Kitchen cooking event this Friday the 17th, with plans to make peanut butter cup pie and other chocolate desserts. Register today and bring an appetizer or main dish to share at the Friday gathering.

ON THE AIR
Joshua Henderson of Skillet fame and Julien Perry are teaming up for a radio show. Expect raucous discussions of restaurants. More details here.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
MOD Pizza can’t bear to see the Ding Dong go into extinction, a possibility due to snack manufacturer Hostess filing for bankruptcy. MOD has been selling Ding Dongs since the pizzeria opened, and now its locations are cutting the pastry’s price in half, down to a mere 50 cents.

West Coasters rejoice, ice cream maker Parfait has further expanded its delivery program. Insulated boxes packed with dry ice and delicious pints of ice cream can now be shipped to all of Washington, Oregon, and Utah, and parts of Idaho, California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Montana.

New York Magazine has compiled a truly sweet tooth–tickling list of the country’s 101 Most Crazy-Awesome New Desserts and a few Seattle spots made the list: A La Mode’s Blue Hawaii pie, and The Confectional’s decadent quadruple-chocolate cheesecake.

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Tags: Cookbooks, Pizza, Food News, Food News Roundup, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Seattle Food Delivery, Lark

The Lucky Diner Now Delivering to Belltown

Take heed, homebodies: This neighborhood spot will send a ridiculous variety of foods straight to your door.

Posted by: Allecia Vermillion on Jan 12, 2012 at 10:15AM 0 Comments

No minimum and no delivery fee…though you’ll miss out on The Lucky Diner’s cheerful dinerrific space. Photo via Facebook.

Seattle’s food scene is epic and varied in many ways. Delivery is not one of them. No disrespect to the pizza, Chinese, Thai and Indian deliveries that have sustained many a rainy and lazy evening. But sometimes you just need a pork chop sandwich delivered straight to the couch. Or some biscuits and gravy. Or an omelet…wait, that probably wouldn’t travel well.

Good news for Belltowners who are subject to such dinnertime cravings: The Lucky Diner has begun delivery service from 5-10pm Monday through Saturday, and 5-9 on Sunday. Owner Justin Mevs says he’d like to expand the times (I’d guess the weekend morning hangover crowd would be quite lucrative) and the delivery zone if the service proves successful. Right now his delivery area is bounded by Western Avenue, Fifth Avenue, Denny Way and Virginia Street.

Mevs lets couch-based customers order off the full range of breakfast, lunch, and dinner items. And his menu, in true diner fashion, is a large one. He told me that offering delivery just seemed like a logical next step for an establishment focused on serving the neighborhood.

Since opening this past spring, the diner has given Belltown a much-needed destination for a casual meal from morning till night; it’s even open 24 hours Friday through Sunday. Servers in locally designed retro outfits serve up fare several notches above the typical greasy spoon versions. Mevs is big on serving the neighborhood rather than trying to become a destination restaurant…though the Lucky Diner’s Facebook page has more than a few pleas for delivery service to Ballard or West Seattle.

So give the Lucky Diner a call next time you’re feeling hungry and/or lazy. There’s currently no delivery fee or minimum order requirement…though Mevs says he might reevaluate that as the service becomes more established. Just remember: Tipping the delivery person is always a classy move. Especially when the weather is bad.

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Tags: Delivery and Take Home, Seattle Food Delivery, The Lucky Diner, Justin Mevs

Columbia City Bakery’s CSA for Carb Lovers Now Offered Year Round

Next up: a second delivery day each week, says owner Evan Andres.

Posted by: Jessica Voelker on Jul 07, 2011 at 09:35AM 0 Comments

Columbia City Bakery: now delivering the loaves all year long.

Photo: Columbia City Bakery via Facebook

About a year ago, Columbia City Bakery owner Evan Andres introduced the CSB program (like a CSA, only you get baked goods instead of vegetables), dropping off breads and desserts to sites around the city on Tuesdays—the bakery’s slowest day.

The service was planned as a way to move bread during the farmers market off-season. But Andres recently started offering year-round delivery and says if the program grows large enough, he’ll deliver on Mondays too.

The CSB costs $17 a week (the minimum commitment is $136 for eight weeks of delivery) and for that members receive two loaves of bread and a sweet baked that very morning. They can hand-pick their orders online or leave the choices up to the bakery. The latter option offers the opportunity to taste the full inventory of Columbia City baked goods, minus those that don’t travel well. Croissants, Andres points out, make poor deliverables.

There are currently about 45 slots open in the CSB. Check out the bakery’s website to learn about drop-off spots and how to join.

Curious, I asked Andres if he knew of any other bakeries following a CSA model. He was aware of a bakery in Vermont doing something similar, he said, as well as a desserts delivery service in Olympia.

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Tags: Columbia City, Bread, Baking, CSAs, Seattle Food Delivery