Have a look at what people are saying about Volunteer Park Cafe.

“…the city's best house-baked pastries…”
—Seattle Magazine, "Best Restaurants"

“…Volunteer Park Cafe’s got charm in spades…but it’s the home style cooking that’s addicting…” —Seattle Magazine

“ Burke, the mastermind behind the cafe’s savory selections, celebrates food while respecting the original form of the ingredient.” —Edible Seattle

“ We can’t remember what sufficed for food before Ericka…turned their Volunteer Park Cafe into the Capitol Hill comfort-food haven…chef Burke provides potpies and mac and cheese that can change your views on dieting.” —Seattle Metropolitan

Chocolate Ginger Cookie – “…this cookie offers the grown-up heat of freshly grated ginger in perfect balance with dark chocolate chunks.” —Seattle magazine, “Best Desserts”

“Heaven on the Hill” —The Stranger

“…chunky chocolate brownies and extra nutty peanut butter cookies—the kind that glue your mouth shut and roll your eyes to the back of your head.” —Seattle Metropolitan

“…it (Volunteer Park Cafe) offers what the 21st-century families who frequent it crave – fresh, wholesome, home-style food, preferably prepared by someone else.” —Seattle Times

“Ok, it’s not a bite, but the melon mint lemonade is the very definition of cool and refreshing.” —Seattle PI, “The Weeks Best Bite”

“The sandwich was nothing short of sublime. It was everything that I wanted it to be. The prosciutto was salty, the yoke perfectly runny and the bread was buttery and crisp…“ —Conscious Choice

“Favorite BLTs” —Seattle magazine

“…a roast beef panini, thin slices of tender meat, salty tang of rough-chopped green-olive paste, smoothness of gorgonzola, sweetness of caramelized onions…bears picture-perfect toasty grill indentations; the grease factor ideal. It is a sandwich of admirable complexity and massive goodness…” —The Stranger

" I spent a leisurely hour eating and reading, leaving just before they closed, already planning my next late afternoon lunch in the cafe."—Seattle.net

“ Volunteer Park Cafe’s pot pie is the comfort food par excellence.” —NW Source