While frozen food may conjure thoughts of plastic-wrapped TV dinners and other microwave meals, Seattle is currently undergoing something of a frozen-food renaissance: Many local restaurants are offering everything from pizza to dumplings to lasagna in frozen form, so you can conveniently stash them away in your freezer for those nights you don't feel like cooking. To help you build your own stockpile of no-fuss meals, we've rounded up a list of places offering these options, from Southern meals at Edouardo Jordan's vaunted Junebaby Like List to pizza at the trendy wine bar La Dive Like List . For more ideas, check out our food and drink guide.
DUMPLINGS
Dough Zone Dumpling House
The fan-favorite dumpling chain is packing up frozen bags of their succulent pork soup dumplings and pillowy pork buns so you can hoard them away for when a craving strikes.
Various locations
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Dumpling the Noodle
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This charming Wallingford spot has a wide variety of frozen dumplings available, with fillings like pork and chives, Napa cabbage, chicken and corn, beef and bell peppers, beef and onions, bok choy and mushrooms, and a vegan mix with Napa cabbage, tofu, and carrots.
Wallingford
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Dumpling Generation
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This northeastern Chinese restaurant with locations in Edmonds and Lake Forest Park sells frozen dumplings that can be steamed or pan-fried at home.
Edmonds, Lake Forest Park
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This Himalayan food truck slings frozen momo (Himalayan dumplings) with fillings like pork, beef and cheese, chicken, vegetables, spinach and cheese, and more, as well as other frozen dishes, like beef and potato curry or yellow lentil soup. Pre-order by Wednesday for pickup on Friday or Saturday each week
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Korochka Tavern Like List
Wallingford's Russian-themed bar, which Stranger contributor Meg van Huygen praised in summer 2019 for its "cozy, unpretentious chill," sells frozen batches of their vareniki (potato and cheese dumplings). Tack on a cocktail and you've got the makings of a lovely evening.
Wallingford
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Stranger contributor Naomi Tomky has written that the "most unmissable item on the menu" at this homey Greenwood favorite is "a bag of the house specialty, frozen, to answer all of your at-home dumpling needs."Β
Greenwood
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Mama's Dough Like List
This Chinese restaurant tucked inside Kent's "Great Wall Shopping Mall" features a variety of frozen dumplings, including pork xiao long bao, house special bao, and chive and egg pancakes.
Kent
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Revel Like List
Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi's modern Korean street food restaurant is now selling frozen packs of its famous short rib wontons, ready to be boiled to be eaten on their own or thrown into a soup.
Fremont
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Szechuan Noodle Bowl Like List
Pick up a frozen bag of chewy hand-pleated gyoza from this underrated Sichuan gem in the International District.
Chinatown-International District
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Bellevue
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PIZZA AND PASTA
Machiavelli
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While not technically frozen, this beloved red-sauce joint is currently offering their lasagna bolognese and eggplant parmesan uncooked so you can bake them at home or freeze them for later.
Capitol Hill
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Pasta Casalinga
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This Pike Place pasta purveyor has a full menu of frozen entrees, including rigatoni, lasagna, and cannelloni, all made with their house-made fresh pasta.
Pike Place Market
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