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Where Can You Get Good Polish Food in Seattle?

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We asked Magdalena Hill, Seattle-based editor of Allrecipes Poland, to give her recommendations for the best Polish food in Seattle. Previously, we covered Seattle’s Australian food, Brazilian food, and German food options.

The only restaurant in Seattle serving traditional Polish food is Dom Polski/Polish Home Association (1714 18th Ave, between Madison & Olive). The Polish Home has a dining room and a bar open every Friday night from 6:30 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. and during most scheduled events at the home (though it is closed in summer–reopening September 9).

Chef Barbara Patrick

Chef Barbara Patrick has helped maintain the Polish Home’s great reputation for tasty traditional Polish dishes. You can find there: pierogi, cutlets, croquettes, salads, pickles and sausage, pork and beef in homey sauces. Also, delicious soups: pickle soup, chicken soup, tomato soup, vegetable soup, and borscht/barszcz. The bar is well stocked with Polish beers and vodkas.

More amazing Polish food can be found at George’s Sausage & Delicatessen (907 Madison St.). When you enter the store you feel like you’re in Poland and food is truly delicious, starting with the meats and fresh poppy seed cakes. And there is much more: mustards, horseradish, and all the pickles you can imagine! It’s like being Alice in Polish Wonderland!

If you want to cook your own Polish food, here is my mom’s profile on Allrecipes Poland with many great Polish recipes.

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Where Can You Get Good German Food in Seattle?

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We asked Barbara Sauermann, Seattle-based editor of Allrecipes Germany, to give her recommendations for the best German food in Seattle. Previously, we covered Seattle’s Australian food and Brazilian food options.

There really aren’t any great German restaurants in Seattle proper. They are all fine (Feierabend in SLU, Prost in Greenwood and West Seattle, and The Peoples Pub in Ballard), but all taste quite Americanized. [Ravenna Blog says Heidelberg Haus is coming to 2122 NE 65th St this fall–ed.]

Uli’s Famous Sausage in Pike Place Market really has great German sausages so if that’s what you crave, get your brat there.

Screenshot from Bavarian Meats site

The best way to have authentic German food is to buy your own products and cook it at home–there are great stores that sell all you need. The best German store is in Burien: Hans’ Sausage & Delicatessen. They have fantastic meats, sausages and cold cuts, great Brezen (pretzels) and a wide selection of German food products. They make sandwiches there, too.

There are two great German food stores in the city. First is George’s Sausage and Deli. Even though it’s technically Polish, many of the products taste like their German counterparts, great liverwurst, sausages, again–yes, we love our sausage! Bavarian Meats in the Pike Place Market also has fantastic meat products and sandwiches.