Macrina Bakery – Belltown’s Best!
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There are so many things I love about living in Belltown. Being so close to Macrina Bakery is way up there in this list. This European style bakery and cafe is the place where Seattlites bring their out-of-town visitors to.They have the best breads in town, and the pastries are to die for! Macrina supplies bread to a bunch of restaurants in town, but there is nothing better than buying freshly made bread and pastries directly from source!
Macrina is not just a friendly neighborhood bakery, they have one of the best breakfast/brunch menus in town too. The place is packed all the time, especially on weekends. The wait to get a table could be up to an hour on peak hours! Most days we are too hungry to wait, but it is okay since we get to pick up our favorite fried egg sandwich (the best in the world, I swear!) to go from the counter. Some afternoons we do rock-paper-scissors to figure out who should walk down to get the organic pressed coffee and pastries- a fresh fruit tartlette for me and a pecan tart for Siv, a coffee cake and a random buyer’s choice to share. But I do love to sit and enjoy the fresh squeezed orange juice and the delicious omelettes whenever I get a chance. Siv doesn’t have that much patience for it, but luckily I have equally crazy friends who would happily wait with me for an hour or so to get a table.
Last Saturday, Siv was out the whole day playing cricket. My friend M came over downtown to hang out with me. Our idea was to walk down to the Sculpture Park and visit the Taste cafe everyone has been talking about. She got here pretty late, by then we both were so hungry we didn’t want to take any chances, just go eat something familiar. So we headed down to Macrina to see how long the wait is, but it was our lucky day, we were seated immediately! Macrina is not known for their service, but things went smoothly this time.
I went for my usual, smoked salmon scramble -Eggs softly scrambled and served with onion bialy, cold smoked salmon & herbed crème fraiche. Served with herb roasted potatoes & a salad of organic greens. I just love the smoked salmon, egg combo. And the bread is just so flavorful, well they are most famous for their bread afterall!
M got the Market Special – Fresh veggie omelette with Asparagus and peppers served with roasted potatoes, organic greens, herb baguette & fresh fruit. I didn’t taste it, but she seemed to enjoy it. It looked beautiful for an egg-white omelette!
After the scrumptious lunch, we went down to Elliot Bay, and walked for about two hours on the waterfront. Good food, good exercise and good conversation - a perfect Saturday afternoon!
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I soooooooo love all your reviews. We will hit this place this weekend
Wheee !! And yeah thanks
You eat well Sig!!:))
sounds like a great place for breakfast, sig
Have done that, waiting for a table at my fav place, call me crazy but have done that in bad weather as well 
A Sunday well spent !!!
wow!!!You must have enjoyed this so much
You have fun, Sig!!
Life doesn’t get better than what you just described in the post. Small moments that last a lifetime. Such simple pleasure.
Didn’t think I’d have anything to say when I saw the post title, Sig, because I live far, far away, but the pics have set the juices flowing! And I certainly won’t get anything like this here, sigh!
Hay I think that is a great bakery…..Lovely food…I am going to hunt for any branches of that bakery near my place.
Mythili, long time…
.. Hope you try this, you are gonna love it… Never met anyone who hates Macrina 
… I’ll email soon.
Asha… lol, don’t we all
Richa… yeah I don’t mind waiting either, unless I’m hungry, then I just start going nuts
Sandeepa, it sure was a great afternoon!
Deepa, I always do
Ramya…
, lol I live to eat…
Cynthia, yep, small moments, almost all my perfect moments are around food though
Sra, glad you liked the pictures..
Sukanya, not sure where you are, but unfortuately (well, fortunately for us), Macrina is chef-owned, and have branches only in and around seattle. Leslie Mackie is real famous in the food industry though, may be she will expand outside in the future.
I have a soft spot for scrambled eggs. I want that smoked salmon sandwich right now. I’ll definitely go to this place one day. Yum!
Amy , that salmon scaramble is my favorite, I keep getting the same thing everytime! You must try this place.
I’ve heard this bakery mentioned by other bloggers as well. I will definitely remember it the next I visit. Sounds like I could do some serious damage there.