Some of these places are expensive, but if there’s one day to go all-out in the kitchen with no expense spared, it’s Thanksgiving.
Where to Get Your Turkey
🦃 There are a lot of good options around town, but my pick is Rain Shadow Meats, one of the top butchers in Seattle, inside Melrose Market. Organic turkeys are available in a variety of sizes for $8.99 a pound, and small pasture-raised turkeys from a local farm can be had for $14.99 a pound. If you aren’t doing turkey (you rebel, you), Rain Shadow has a ton of premium beef, pork, and lamb cuts.
Know before you go: Unfortunately, this will be the last hurrah for Rain Shadow, at least in its current location, as its lease is up; it will close by the end of the year.
Where to Get Your Produce
🥔 You’re probably featuring potatoes as a side, so where are you sourcing those tubers? Real heads are either going to the farmers market or to Salmonberry Goods, a small grocery store on Sunset Hill. They’ve got bins of different varieties of potatoes from Olsen Farms, the area’s top potato farm, plus plenty of other seasonal vegetables and premium pantry staples, including hard-to-get spices like sumac.
Know before you go: Salmonberry is also a bakery — pick up a loaf of sourdough while you’re there.
Where to Get Your Kitchen Gear
🍲 Thanksgiving provides a good opportunity to replace any scratched pot or broken measuring cup you’ve been using for too long. My pick for where to do so is Cookin’ at Madison Park, a small but comprehensive shop with a friendly, knowledgeable staff.
Know before you go: If you want to get a gift for the home cook in your life, check out their selection of aprons.
Where to Get a New Knife
🔪 For a select few, Thanksgiving is an excuse to drop a few hundred bucks on a new knife. If that describes you, get yourself to the Epicurean Edge in SoDo, which has a mouthwatering assortment of beautiful and expensive blades, including lots of Japanese-made knives.
Know before you go: The Epicurean Edge is under the 99 overpass where it meets the West Seattle Bridge. It IS there, I promise, even if it’s hard to find — just trust Google Maps and look for the Henry mural of little creatures making knives.
