Fans Vote Our House Bistro Chowda-Madness Champion
Westport, CT – Mirroring college basketball's March Madness, Chowdafest presented by Stop & Shop held its own bracketed competition pitting the sixteen all-time best competitors to ever have entered Chowdafest. Nearly 30,000 votes were cast over four weeks resulting in three-time champion Our House Bistro of Winooski, VT being named best who has ever competed at Chowdafest.
Our House Bistro was ranked 3rd overall and has won the creative category at Chowdafest for the last three years in a row. They will be looking to win a new category this fall as they are switching to the New England clam chowder category where a fellow 3-time champion will be waiting for them: Pike Place Chowder of Seattle. Pike Place Chowder competes in chowder competitions all over the country and has earned the unofficial title of America's Favorite Chowder. This will be the first time that the two crowd favorites will go head to head in the same category. READ MORE >
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WHY CHOWDER FRIES COULD BE THE SIGNATURE DISH SEATTLE'S BEEN WAITING FOR
Charlotte Cook, the marketing director of award-winning Pike Place Chowder, watched customers pour chowder over scraps of bread they pulled from the inside of their bread bowls for years. Last year she took inspiration from a food-trend article about chili fries and added chowder fries to the menu at their Pacific Place outlet. READ MORE >
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The 10 Best Cheap Eats in Seattle
You don’t need big bucks to eat well in Seattle. You’ll find cheap eats scattered throughout the city, many with the same dedication to locally sourced, sustainable ingredients as Seattle’s top tables.
Cheap Eats in Seattle
From Pacific Northwest classic clam chowder to fantastic pho, here are 10 local restaurants that dish up cheap eats in Seattle.
Pike Place Chowder
Sometimes the best-known spots for cheap eats in Seattle are the best spots. So is the case with this tiny shop in Pike Place Market’s Post Alley. Prepare to wait, then order a big bowl of briny comfort, with choices that include smoked salmon, crab and oysters, or seafood bisque. READ MORE>
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9 Must Try Restaurants In Downtown Seattle From A Seattlite
Recognized internationally as the best clam chowder in America, Pike Place Chowder boasts numerous awards including multi-year champions of clam chowder. Although the lines are usually at least 20 minutes long, this chowder is worth every minute of the wait. I would stand in line with tourists every week just to get their New England Chowder because it is just that good. READ MORE >
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Seafood: From Sea to Shining Sea
Lest we forget, on the opposite side of the states, there’s also a place where seafood is fresh, plentiful and popular, and a city where you can find some of the country’s best seafood eating. We’re talking about Seattle, Washington! From its location in the northwest corner of the continental United States where it sits right on Puget Sound, Seattle is known as one of the best and most famous seafood cities internationally.
Even if you’re visiting from the east coast, you can get New England clam chowder here that’s extremely filling and delicious. It’s a comfort food staple packed with big, meaty clams and served steaming hot. On the menu are also Pacific Northwest smoked salmon chowders, seared scallop chowder, vegan chowder, shrimp rolls, dungeness crab rolls, smoked salmon rolls, and more.
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Top 10 Restaurants In Seattle For First-Timers
Pike Place Chowder
This restaurant has won accolades from all over America. The lineups will be big, but that first spoonful is worth the hype and wait.
They carry eight varieties of chowder, from New England Clam Chowder to more exotic flavors like lime and coconut chowder.
When they opened, they added New England Clam Chowder to their Friday’s soup of the daily rotation. Years later, their chowders win prestigious awards from many of the top food critics.
When you come home from your visit to Seattle, they also ship their chowders across the country. This is a great stop for your first of many Restaurants in Seattle For First-Timers. READ MORE >
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A quick way for Richard Sherman to be loved
Pounding the sports beat with a whack-a-mole hammer, not to be confused with a guacamole squisher ...
•Richard Sherman, if you want to earn the love of the 49ers’ fans, promise them that when the 49ers beat the Seahawks in Seattle, you’ll set up a table at midfield, tie on a bib and scarf down a steaming bowl of Pike Place Chowder. I recommend the smoked salmon chowder, because in Seattle, they really know how to smoke stuff. READ MORE >
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When It Comes to Chowder, Is the West Coast the Best Coast?
Like Duke’s, Seattle standby Pike Place Chowder uses East Coast clams in their signature chowder. “We don’t put a strong focus on using regional ingredients because it would really restrict what we serve,” said Marketing Director Charlotte Cook. Instead, they focus on just making their clam chowder the best it can be. Though they have 8 varieties of chowder on their menu, Cook said that roughly 90% of their business comes from the classic: New England Clam Chowder.
Pike Place Chowder does, however, offer a few soups that use flavors and seafood from the Pacific Northwest. The two most notable are Smoked Salmon Chowder, which uses local salmon and Oregon bay shrimp, and the Crab and Oyster. (Pike Place founder calls the former “lox and bagels without the bagel,” which I am absolutely on board with.) READ MORE >
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Your Weekend with Susan Wiggs
Join New York Times bestselling author Susan Wiggs in her hometown, Bainbridge Island, WA and downtown Seattle for three days of family, friends and fiction Eat . Drink . Play . Exhale
Interested in taking a signature guided food tour of Pike Place Market? This is a private 2 hour tour with 16+ bites including daily dozen donuts, Pike Place Chowder, Chukar Cherries, Beecher’s Handmade Cheese, Russian pastries, Iron Chef winner Tom Douglas’ crab cakes, Jonboy Caramels, Filipino eats. See fish fly, cheese being made, and the “original” Starbucks store. Skip the lines and experience all of what Pike Place Market has to offer! READ MORE >
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Award-winning Pike Place Chowder continues to shine in the air and on the ground
Served on most lunch and dinner menus in First Class onboard select short-haul flights from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Pike Place Chowder has been a favorite amongst Delta customers since it was introduced inflight in July 2016.
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Pike Place Chowder's Secret Recipe Gives the East Coast a Run For Its Money
Clam chowder is traditionally associated with the East Coast — so much so that the two most prominent styles of the hearty soup reflect the relation in their names: New England and Manhattan. But one establishment in Seattle called Pike Place Chowder — located in the beloved Pike Place Market — began entering chowder cook-offs in the 1990s on the both coasts, and absolutely destroyed the competition with their secret recipe. Now, they're serving up steaming bowls of multiple chowder varieties to lines of locals and tourists each day.
Join Lucas Peterson, host of Dining on a Dime, as he samples this venerable East Coast dish that has been thoroughly co-opted by the Pacific Northwest. Peterson samples the New England version, thickened with milk or cream, as well as the Manhattan version, which is red because of the addition of tomatoes.
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Best New England Clam Chowder at Chowdafest 2016
Pike Place Chowder of Seattle once again proved the best comes from the west. This year's competition was the stiffest yet but the gang from Seattle successfully defended their 2015 title.
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