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Fearless Critic restaurant review
Seattle
Breads, Sweets, Coffee
Café

Hours
Wed–Sun 7:00am–3:00pm

Features Kid-friendly, outdoor dining
Bar None
Credit cards Visa, MC

Ballard
5909 24th Ave. NW
Seattle, WA
(206) 789-1463
Café Besalu
Neck-and-neck with Bakery Nouveau for best croissants in the city

Café Besalu shares many characteristics with the city’s most-fawned-over French bakery, Bakery Nouveau: you won’t find many croissants this French without a passport. The place has long lines on weekends and during breakfast rushes. The space is sweet—and mid-morning on calmer weekdays a pleasant place to read the paper—but it’s…

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