Note: Availability may vary. Call ahead to be sure!
Addo
All month long, you can win at summer party hosting by pre-ordering chef Eric Rivera's non-traditional take on barbecue by the pound and accompanying sides.
Ballard
Blazing Bagels
The local shop claiming to have the "best bagels east of New York" is celebrating with the "Freedom Bagel," a version of their plain bagel swirled with red, white, and blue.
Various locations
Byen Bakeri
North Queen Anne's beloved Nordic cafe and bakery has baked up some festively splattered star-shaped cookies for the holiday. (They'll be closed on the Fourth, so be sure to load up on confections beforehand.)
Queen Anne
Cupcake Royale
Be the belle of your barbecue by showing up with the local cupcakery's "patriotic dozen," with six chocolate and six vanilla cupcakes flecked with sprinkles and decked out with vanilla buttercream, sprinkles, and a jaunty star.
Various locations
Dahlia Bakery
Tom Douglas's reliable bakery will be open on the Fourth for all your last-minute baked good needs, with offerings such as their special July triple-berry pie with blackberries, blueberries, and raspberries encased in a flaky, buttery crust.
Downtown
Icebox
This ice cream cake company's jazzy Independence Day Cake, made with vanilla cake, strawberry Molly Moon's ice cream, raspberry and blueberry compote, and cream cheese buttercream frosting comes complete with its very own sparkler on top. Pick-up is available at Molly Moon's Columbia City and Redmond locations.
Columbia City and Redmond
Lady Yum
The macaron maven has cranked out some red, white, and blue vanilla bean confections—stop by before they close early on the Fourth.
Various locations
Macrina Bakery
The bakery mainstay will help stock your party with treats like sugar cookies iced to resemble a juicy watermelon and other summer fruit. (They'll be closed on the Fourth, so drop by beforehand.)
Various locations
Molly Moon's Ice Cream
Ten percent of the proceeds from the local ice cream chain's "Shoot for the Stars" sundae, comprised of the brand's signature "melted chocolate" ice cream, chocolate shell, milk sauce, sun butter "moon rocks," house-made whipped cream, a Chukar cherry, and star sprinkles, will benefit the Girl Scouts of Western Washington.
Various locations
The Nest
The lofty view at this schmancy rooftop bar above the downtown Thompson Hotel is best paired with a reddish Freedom of Peach cocktail with Ketel One peach vodka, a bright Blue Hawaiian cocktail with Banks 5 Rum, and the light Rochambeau with Martini and Rossi bitters.
Downtown
Trophy Cupcakes
As a fun take on a classic flag cake, the gourmet cupcake bakery's "stars and stripes dozen" features four vanilla cupcakes festooned with sparkly blue sanding sugar and sugar stars and eight red-and-white-striped chocolate cupcakes frosted with vanilla buttercream and rimmed with sprinkles to resemble the star-spangled banner when lined up.
Various locations
Unicorn
The "Americorn" cocktail, a powerful potion of watermelon schnapps, bubblegum vodka, sour, Sprite, and blue lemonade vodka (layered for a red, white, and blue effect and topped with a maraschino cherry), is par for the course at the extravagant rococo-circus-explosion that is the Unicorn.
Capitol Hill
