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Marble cafe tables inside a wine shop looking out at Melrose Market set the scene at Cafe Suliman, a Middle Eastern lunch spot where Pacific Northwest ingredients quietly take over the menu. The toast is famous enough to anchor a meal, and smaller bites like pickled gigante beans and carrot-lentil dip let you graze your way through without committing to a plan. The chef earned a James Beard Emerging Chef semifinalist nod in 2026.
The awards strongest first
- Eater Best Counter
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Emerging Chef · Ahmed Suliman
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots
One number, weighted & current 81
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Chicken with freekeh
“Along with more substantial mains like chicken with freekeh or black cod in tahini-yogurt sauce, the impressive (and slightly messy) toast is often the star here”
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Black cod in tahini-yogurt sauce
“Along with more substantial mains like chicken with freekeh or black cod in tahini-yogurt sauce, the impressive (and slightly messy) toast is often the star here”
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Whipped nettle butter
“easy to mix and match into a meal with smaller nibbles like whipped nettle butter, pickled gigante beans, or carrot and red lentil dip”
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Pickled gigante beans
“easy to mix and match into a meal with smaller nibbles like whipped nettle butter, pickled gigante beans, or carrot and red lentil dip”
Seattle Met
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