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Something about feeding people inspires generosity, which is definitely the case for some of the city’s best-known chefs who have quietly been making free meals for those in need for years.
For instance, beloved Latin American restaurant Mojito makes hundreds of free meals every week for the University District Food Bank. Award-winning Indian street food Spice Waala makes weekly free meals for patrons of Community Lunch on Capitol Hill through their Bhojan program.
ChuMinh Tofu Deli, a community changemaker in Little Saigon, has been making free meals for their neighbors every Sunday for years with support from mutual aid group The Eggrolls. And That Brown Girl Cooks! continues their COVID-era meal program to this day, serving weekly meals to the Southeast Seattle Senior Center.
These programs are a source of consistent support for community members most in need of that reliability. Sometimes grants or other funding helps support these free meals, but for the most part, chefs pull from their own pockets to keep feeding our communities. That’s why Good Business Network created Good Food Kitchens – to support these meal programs and others.
And during Seattle Restaurant Week, you can support these free meals too! Download the Seattle Restaurant Week x Give a Meal Passport to find participating SRW restaurants donating proceeds to Good Food Kitchens and other free community meal programs. Find all participating restaurants on the passport, or head to srweek.org and select “Give A Meal” from the Values drop-down menu to see a listing.
When you check in at least one time on the passport, you’ll be automatically entered into a ticket giveaway to the James Beard Foundation’s Taste America Seattle on November 1 at 5:30 pm at Four Seasons Hotel Seattle! This walk-around tasting will be an exciting gathering of chefs from the Seattle culinary community, with 35 food and beverage stations, highlighting the uniqueness of their restaurant and the Seattle culinary community.
Good food is even better when we nourish our communities at the same time.
The following are some restaurants you’ll find on the Seattle Restaurant Week x Give a Meal Passport this fall.
Self-taught baker Madison Manelis-O’Donnell originally started making cakes and pastries as a “therapeutic activity,” and lucky for us all, she stuck with it. After building a devoted following at farmers markets, Maddy took the leap into brick-and-mortar status early this year. Her popular ham and cheese croissants, laminated pastries, breads, and whimsical treats (including some gluten-free options!) always draw a crowd.
Check out Maddy’s special pastry boxes during SRW. The $35 mixed pastry box comes with six sweet and savory items like chocolate hazelnut cruffin, cacio e pepe shortbread, and raspberry shortbread thumbprint cookie; or split it up and select only the sweet or savory treats for $20 per box. Donating 10% of total SRW sales to Good Food Kitchens. Lower Queen Anne. Pastry boxes for $35 and $20.
Askatu Bakery by Liberated Foods
This cozy spot in Belltown is a paradise for anyone with food allergies. As Washington’s only dedicated top nine allergen free retail bakery (and an EnviroStar-recognized business!), Askatu is free from gluten, wheat, dairy, eggs, soy, peanuts, and other common allergens. They make a variety of baked goods, cookies, cakes, breads, and savory options for breakfast and lunch. Try their $20 SRW lunch special that includes pumpkin miso ravioli and miso pumpkin spice biscotti. Donating 15% of total SRW sales to Good Food Kitchens. Downtown. Lunch is $20.
Pidgin Cooperative Restaurant & Bottle Shop
Guided by the vision of co-founders and brothers Zachary and Seth Pacleb, Pidgin is known for their adventurous dishes inspired by Filipino, Japanese, and Hawaiian influences — and possibly just as known for being one of the few worker-owned cooperative restaurants in the city.
What started as the brothers’ ramen and tacos pop-up at farmers markets expanded to a home at the Fisherman’s Terminal in 2025, and you can still taste the connection to locally sourced ingredients in every bite. For SRW treat yourself to a four-course seafood feast sourced from our local waters featuring: Jamestown Jade Oysters, ebi katsu, Northwest sablefish (black cod), and a smoked tea chocolate chip cookie. Donating $5.00 per meal to Good Food Kitchens. Magnolia. Lunch and dinner for $65, available Wednesday through Sunday.
In 2025, Vince Vu launched his cookie pop-up Anh Oi, with recipes that honored his “inbetween” Vietnamese-American experience. His quarter pound cookies came in flavors like fried banana, strawberry corn milk, Vietnamese coffee & white chocolate.
Now in a brick-and-mortar storefront in Historic Japantown, Vu still slings his popular cookies, plus some expanded offerings, and welcomes a rotating roster of Asian American bakers in his community space. Make a special visit this SRW and try the decadent olive oil honey cake with honey butter ganache, or Hong Kong coffee milk tea cake. $12 each, or both for $20! Donating 10% of total SRW sales to Good Food Kitchens. Chinatown-International District. $20.
If you’re in South Lake Union, try Noodle/Bar from the same owners of Plenty of Clouds. As the name suggests, noodles make up most of the menu — chewy and flavorful, made from Washington wheat — but there’s also dumplings, ribs, and a few rice bowls. It’s also easy to swap out meat for a tofu and mushroom vegetarian substitute. Try the $20 lunch and dinner special during SRW, with your choice of a small plate (like Sichuan pickles or strange-flavor cauliflower) and a rice or noodle bowl (like the Yibin burning noodles or garlic chili chicken rice bowl). Donating $.50 per meal to Good Food Kitchens. South Lake Union. Lunch and dinner for $20.
This cozy Capitol Hill spot has a reputation for friendly service and dishes inspired by cuisines of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in South Central China. Husband and wife duo Travis Post and Lisa Zack opened Plenty of Clouds in 2017, influenced by their love of travel and adventure. For fans of numbing Sichuan peppercorn, this is your spot! Their blend of toasted peppercorns and chili peppers (MaLa spice) pops up in Dan Dan noodles and more. They also have a solid cocktail menu and beer selection.
For SRW, Plenty of Clouds offers a three-course SRW menu for $35 that includes selections like the spicy chrysanthemum salad, Sichuan pork dumplings, Ma-Po Tofu, Dan Dan noodles, pork fried rice, and a crispy rice treat or drink. Donating $1.00 per meal to Good Food Kitchens. Capitol Hill. Dinner is $35.
Named after a historic capital of Myanmar, Inwa Burmese Cuisine started with a simple desire to share traditional family recipes. Rather than create something new, Inwa sticks to preserving what makes Burmese dishes so distinctive: bold, tangy, savory, spicy, and aromatic flavors you’ll find in items like fermented tea leaf salad, coconut noodle soup, and traditional rice cakes steamed in banana leaves.
SRW is the perfect time to visit their pop-up at Snohomish Farmers Market and Delridge Farmers Market and savor dishes like Kawa Crispy Egg Rolls, Banana Leaf Rice Cakes, Shan Noodles, Mini Palm Cake Bites, Burmese Pulled Tea. Or bring a date or bestie and order the Burmese Date Night Platter! Gluten-free and vegan options available. Donating 10% of select menu item sales to Shared Table Initiative. Snohomish and Delridge. Small plates for $20. Brunch and dinner for $65.
This art gallery and all-ages event and gathering space in the heart of Capitol Hill is cooperatively-owned and operated by local artists and cultural workers. It has a cafe by day featuring cold brews, juices, smoothies, sourdough melts and Belgian waffles. Swing by for a beverage and melt during SRW and try elixirs like the mango ginger blast or pumpkin chai smoothie, breakfast melt with scrambled egg and ham or turkey, and Belgian waffles. Click the link above for hours. Capitol Hill. Buy one meal, give one meal through their community meal program. Brunch, lunch, and dinner at $20, $35, $50, and $65.
This beloved cafe in Othello probably serves the best vegan breakfast hand-helds around (just try the popular plant-based egg & cheese sandwiches and chorizo breakfast burritos!) as well as delicious horchata, matcha, and seasonally inspired coffee drinks. Cafe Red is also a powerhouse of community empowerment, reflecting the diversity of the neighborhood and supporting social causes. For SRW, Cafe Red has $20, $35, and $50 options.
Get a breakfast sandwich or burrito, plus hashbrown and drink for $20; two breakfast sandwiches or burritos and two drinks for $35; or two servings of mac n cheez, one avocado toast to share, and two drinks for $50. 10% of all SRW meals sold go to the DSA Solidarity Kitchen that provides free hot meals to neighbors in need at Cafe Red every Saturday at 5 p.m. Donating 10% of total SRW sales to the Solidarity Dinner program. Othello. Breakfast and Lunch at $20, $35, and $50.
