Thanks to Bethany Jean Clement and Moira Macdonald at the Seattle Times for their nice words about Cafe Presse and Le Pichet! We also wish we were on the beach in France, bien sur!
Here are all the great photos and a link to the article!
You asked and we listened! As of April 15th, Le Pichet and Café Presse are both open from Thursday through Sunday!
Special today at Café Presse: Steak Tartare!
Served with a salad of curly and red chicories, red onion, pine nuts and a blood orange vinaigrette. Choose appetizer portions served with grilled baguette slices or main course portion with pommes frites.
Available this weekend while supplies last.
We are getting ready to reopen! Hope everyone will come by and say “HI”, it has been way too long! Starting Friday March 5, both Le Pichet and Cafe Presse will be open for indoor and outside dining, take-out and delivery.
As we prepare to reopen, please be assured that we are following all recommendations from the Washington State Department of Health to keep our staff and guests safe. This includes requiring all employees and guests to where masks except while seated and eating, implementing routine sanitizing procedures, checking temperatures when our staff comes to work, increasing ventilation and air circulation in enclosed spaces and keeping everyone 6 feet apart.
Our Valentine’s Day Take-out Dinner is a 4-course meal designed for Two featuring our famous WA State natural free-range whole roasted chicken!
Customize your meal with a bottle of red, white or sparkling wine.
Available for Take-Out only, to pick up at Café Presse on Sunday 2/14/21
AT THE TIME YOU RESERVE between 4pm and 7:30pm.
Order deadline: 5pm on Tuesday 2/9/21
Rillettes de poisson fumé
Poached and smoked fish spread, with herbs, capers and lemon mayonnaise, served with red wine pickled onion and bread from Grand Central Bakery
Salade aux deux chicorées et aux oranges sanguine
Curly endive, red Treviso, purple daikon radish, blood orange and grain mustard-citrus vinaigrette
Poulet rôti
Washington State natural free-range roasted chicken roasted with butter and sea salt,
served with a ragout of French green lentils simmered with, red wine, sage, chestnuts, Savoy cabbage and winter squash
Gateau aux chocolate
Classic French chocolate cake served with Cognac caramel sauce and crème fraîche
For this special menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS PLEASE.
Café Presse is once again doing Sunday Supper! This month, the date is Sunday January 24th and we have put together a 3-course meal for two that is full of Café Presse and Le Pichet all-time favorites. Why not add a bottle of wine to your dinner? Our wine director has selected three different bottles, each of which will go great with your Sunday Supper.
Available for Take-Out only, to pick up at Café Presse on Sunday 1/24/21
AT THE TIME YOU RESERVE between 3:30pm and 7pm.
Reserve your dinner and pick-up time by 5pm on Tuesday 1/19/21
Salade verte
Bibb lettuce tossed with hazelnuts and hazelnut-mustard vinaigrette
Poulet rôti, pommes frites et mayonnaise
Whole Washington State natural free-range chicken, roasted to your order, with pommes frites and mayonnaise
Gâteau de riz « a la Grand-Mère »
Rich caramelized rice pudding cake served with fresh cream and poached pineapple
For this special menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS PLEASE.
Ring in 2021 with our festive New Year’s Eve Take-out Dinner designed to serve two. This special 4-course meal features favorite dishes from Cafe Presse’s menu and includes a demi-baguette from Grand Central Bakery.
Each meal also comes with party hats, noisemakers and confetti so you will be ready to fête the New Year at midnight. Why not customize your meal by adding a bottle of red, white or sparkling wine?
Pick up at Café Presse between 5pm and 8pm on Thursday 12/31/20 .
Orders must be placed by 5pm on Sunday 12/27/20.
Assiette de charcuterie
Chef’s selection of house-made and artisan cured meats, served with cornichons and Dijon mustard
Salade de chicorée au bleu d’Auvergne et aux noix
Curly endive tossed with mustard-champagne vinaigrette, toasted walnuts and bleu cheese
Poulet rôti, pommes frites et mayonnaise
Whole Washington State natural free-range chicken, roasted to your order, with pommes frites and mayonnaise
Marquise au chocolat
Dense chocolate mousse terrine served with red wine-cherry compote and chocolate-cinnamon whipped cream
For this special menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS PLEASE.
The Thanksgiving Take-Out Dinner from Cafe Presse has sold out! Thanks so much to everyone who ordered, we really appreciate your support!
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This Thanksgiving, Café Presse will be closed for dine-in. But we are preparing a French take on the traditional Thanksgiving dinner, featuring our famous whole roasted WA State free-range chicken. All dishes are fully cooked. Choose to pick up your meal either hot and ready-to-eat OR ready for you to reheat, including simple reheating instructions. AND why not add a bottle of wine to your dinner?
Available for Take-Out only, to pick up at Café Presse Thursday 11/26/20 between 2pm and 5pm. Orders must be reserved by 2pm on Monday 11/23/20.
Poulet rôti
Washington State free-range natural chicken roasted to order with butter and sea salt.
Ecrasée de pommes de terre au thym et aux oignons
Yukon Gold potatoes crushed with thyme, caramelized onions and butter
Sauce velouté au fond de volaille
Creamy chicken gravy finished with crème fraiche
Haricots verts sautés au gras du canard aux échalotes
Green beans roasted with duck fat and topped with crispy shallots
Sauce aux canneberges a l’orange
Cranberry compote made with orange zest, cinnamon stick and bay leaf
Tarte aux noix
Caramelized mixed nut tart served with whipped cream
For this special menu, NO SUBSTITUTIONS PLEASE.
Clearly 2020 has been a year unlike any other, so our annual cafe-style Fête de Beaujolais Nouveau at Le Pichet just wont be possible this year. But we still want to welcome the first wine of the year!
Thursday November 19, 2020
join us at Café Presse and Le Pichet
2020 Beaujolais Nouveau, by the glass, pichet or bottle (supply is limited this year so come early!)
Special 3 course Beaujolais regional menu available in addition to our regular menu
Reserve your table for lunch or dinner
Le Pichet 206.256.1499 Cafe Presse 206.709.7674
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