14 Carrot Cafe is a family-operated restaurant serving
American cuisine[3] for breakfast and lunch in the Hines Public Market Building on Eastlake Avenue, near the intersection with East Lynn Street,[4] in
Seattle's
Eastlake neighborhood.[5]The Infatuation's Aimee Rizzo has described 14 Carrot Cafe as a
diner and a
greasy spoon that is "charming in a nothing's-been-updated-since-1977 kind of way, based on the old photo collages, vintage dining tables, and coin-operated Runts dispensers that definitely nobody uses".[6] The menu has included
biscuits and gravy,
cinnamon rolls, egg dishes, "Tahitian"
French toast with
tahini,[7] crab cake benedicts,
hash browns,
carrot cake and carrot pancakes, as well as
mimosas[6] and
carrot juice.[5]
History
The restaurant opened in 1977.[5] In 2009, 14 Carrot Cafe hosted the
street food startup Tako Truk.[8][9]
Reception
The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle says of 14 Carrot Cafe: "Typical breakfast fare that's, well, typical. Popular anyway."[10] 14 Carrot Cafe was included in USA Today's 2017 list of Seattle's ten best cafes.[11]