Hidden among Seattle’s ever-evolving culinary landscape, where Nordic-inspired tasting menus and artisanal coffee shops seem to multiply overnight, stands a beacon of unpretentious comfort food glory.
The Mecca Cafe isn’t trying to reinvent dining or earn Michelin stars – it’s too busy perfecting the art of the chicken fried steak that would make your grandmother weep with joy.
You’ve driven past it a hundred times, that iconic neon sign glowing through Seattle’s notorious drizzle. Maybe you’ve wondered what treasures await inside this unassuming brick building in Lower Queen Anne.
Wonder no more – the treasure is a perfectly breaded, gloriously crispy, gravy-smothered masterpiece that puts all other chicken fried steaks to shame…