“Pide is very popular in Turkey, but it’s not known in the US at all.” COURTESY OF MISS CAFE
Even considering Seattle’s record-setting urban growth, and the culinary diversity blossoming lately, the availability of Turkish fare is still limited.
Sure, there are plenty of places serving up doner kebabs, but those fast-food outlets don’t do justice to the country’s centuries-old food history, which remains as delightfully vast as the former Ottoman Empire. But Turkish cuisine scored a run in February, when a new bakery, Miss Cafe, opened in the Pike Place Market, beside El Borracho, in a prime First Avenue space.