The first week of November is National Fig Week, a good reminder that there’s nothing quite like fresh figs in season. Here, we’ve rounded up where to catch the ephemeral fruit in Seattle before it’s gone, in cocktails, pizza, burgers, cakes, waffles, and more. For more food and drink ideas, check out our guide to where to eat and drink pumpkin in Seattle right now and our full food and drink calendar.
Note: Availability may vary. Call ahead to be sure.
Bathtub Gin & Co.
This Belltown speakeasy’s Death Star cocktail includes bourbon, fig and maple syrup, and lemon juice.
Belltown
Dahlia Bakery
The fig bars at Tom Douglas’s bakery update the classic Fig Newton with a honey and fig filling.
Downtown
Deep Sea Sugar & Salt
Charlie Dunmire’s Georgetown cake shop offers a seasonal special called “The Fig,” with cornmeal cake, honey syrup, fresh figs, balsamic curd and orange mascarpone cream, and cream cheese frosting.
Georgetown
Fran’s Chocolates
Fig lovers with a taste for the finer things may want to splurge for the celebrated chocolatier’s double-chocolate figs, which are whole Sierra figs filled with rich dark chocolate ganache and enrobed in pure dark couverture.
Various locations
Li’l Woody’s
With their year-round “The Fig and the Pig” burger, Li’l Woody’s ratchets up the decadence factor with pickled figs, Hill’s bacon, AND crumbled blue cheese piled on a grass-fed patty on a bun.
Various locations
Lola
Turkish kalamata figs appear on a few of the dishes on the Belltown Mediterranean restaurant’s menu, including a fig spread available with freshly griddled pita, a fig scone, and a kebab with halloumi cheese, kalamata figs, and petimezi (grape syrup).
Belltown
London Plane
At this bright, airy all-day cafe in Pioneer Square, you can try figs on sourdough waffles and pancakes, and atop ricotta toast with sesame, honey, and sea salt.
Pioneer Square
Morsel
Fig honey is available as a fixin’ to slather onto Morsel’s ineffably fluffy biscuits.
University District
Preserve & Gather
Greenwood’s adorable cafe has a year-round cacao nib, hazelnut, and fig granola that pairs beautifully with their house-made yogurt.
Greenwood
Queen City
The longtime Seattle bar, which re-opened last year with a facelift from Linda Derschang, serves a fig and ricotta bruschetta with crispy prosciutto.
Belltown
Salt and Iron
This Edmonds restaurant specializing in steak and oysters also serves fig toast with chevre, candied spiced pecans, pomegranate seeds, and olive oil.
Edmonds
Von’s
Von’s makes a sourdough pizza with pickled figs, crispy lardons, Washington apples, mozzarella, farmstead fontina, and Rogue blue cheese.
Downtown
