Ideal Bite

Head to A Caprice Kitchen and get outta yours – before you reach your boiling point. This cozy, light-filled, French bistro in Ballard serves up simple, fresh food. Some of the droolworthy stuff for breakfast or lunch: Souffléed Omelette stuffed with chanterelles and rich, raw cow's milk Valentina cheese; a crisp, puffed-up Baked Pancake cooked with sautéed apple (get a side of subtly sweet Hazelnut Butter); or a baguette-sandwich-and-soup combo. It also dishes a three-course, set-menu dinner Friday and Saturday nights. And nearly all ingredients are sourced locally, putting dollars in our farmers' pockets and cutting transport emissions. ACK gets organic eggs and chicken from Rickman Gulch Farm, Jerzy Boyz Farm organic apples and pears, and Camembert from Mt. Townsend Creamery. Cool.