Local 360 Review

Jason here. Recently we were downtown in Seattle, showing my good friend Lee around. Well, downtown has no shortage of places to eat, but this time another friend convinced us to check out the Local 360.

The Local 360 Café and Bar caters to being local and eco-friendly, having all of its food locally sourced within 360 miles. Additionally, they even had a chalk board in the back which shows which local farmers they have ordered from recently (The one I remember was a poultry farm called The Mad Hatcher!).

We knew ahead of time that the Local 360 had gluten free labels on their main menu, which you can view online. I was excited to eat here, as their dinner menu had a few options I was interested in trying. However, we ended up getting there a bit early and only had the brunch menu. Lucky for our non-gluten free guests, their special is fried chicken and waffles, which I have been told was quite good.

For brunch gluten free items, there wasn’t much to choose from, consisting of mostly breakfast staple foods like eggs, sausage, bacon, fries, etc. I ordered the Farmers Breakfast, which came with eggs, bacon, and home fries. If you are gluten intolerant, make sure you really emphasize that you need the item gluten free as many items require substitutions. In my case, removing the biscuit which usually comes with the meal.

The meal was pretty standard as far as breakfasts go. The bacon cooked medium, so it wasn’t too crunchy or too chewy. The eggs I got over easy, and the home fries were potatoes. They all tasted fine, but the eggs tasted like eggs, the bacon like bacon, and the potatoes like potatoes. Nothing really stood out to me.

Kayleigh here. As I’m not particularly a meat and potatoes type of person, the gluten free brunch options were not hugely appealing to me, so I ordered a gluten-containing meal. Staying relevant to the blog here, the atmosphere was uniquely homey, with a strong farm-to-table vibe in the wooden furniture and water jars at every table. It was rather nice to step out of the hustle and bustle of the Pike Place Market area, considering they are only a few blocks away from the main marketplace, but due to the proximity and the smaller size of the restaurant, I would bet it gets pretty busy during the dinner hour. Try to come early!

All in all, the restaurant was okay. To be fair, locally sourced food doesn’t really mean much to me and I should have realized it was their brunch menu at the time we went. Next we go, I will be sure to stop by during dinner, when they have a more varied gluten free menu.