The Best Places to Eat in Redmond, by the Record
The best places to eat in Redmond, by the professional record: 50 Top Pizza and Seattle Met have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Spark Pizza comes out on top.
Kobuta & Ookami and LUMI Dessert Cafe hold the next two places. Seattle Met shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. Spark Pizza
Neapolitan-American Pizza
A Redmond pizza shop doing something genuinely tricky: making a Neapolitan-leaning crust that doesn't alienate the kid who just wants pepperoni. The dough is airy and light, and the menu ranges from classics to specials to a Sunday-only New York style, a range designed so that nobody at the table has to negotiate. Named among 50 Top Pizza USA's excellent pizzerias, it draws the kind of crowd where everyone finds something and nobody feels like they compromised.
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Rank 2. Kobuta & Ookami
Japanese
A katsu shop born from the owners' off-hours obsession with Japanese cutlets, this Redmond spot keeps things focused: pork, chicken, cheese, all fried to a crunch you can hear across the room. The chef pulls from Tokyo tradition and Vancouver's izakaya scene, so the cutlets land in dark chocolate curry, bubbling nabe, or buried under enough grated Parmesan to require a snow shovel. A focused, casual lunch counter doing one thing with real conviction.
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Rank 2. LUMI Dessert Cafe
Korean Dessert
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