The Hill’s top five chocolate chip cookies
Article and photos by Nicole Lisson
- The Capitol Hill Times -
With an over abundance of restaurants on Capitol Hill, choosing where to eat is easy. The hard part is where to find dessert or, specifically, a home baked chocolate chip cookie without turning your oven on. This past week, I have eaten my weight in cookies to find the best of the best and have emerged five pounds heavier. It was worth it though, because I have found the five best chocolate chip cookies in all the land. Now go on and get cookie wasted.
Volunteer Park Café
1501 17th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
This café’ serves up chocolate chip cookies ($2.74) the size of your head. When you take a bite, a crispy outside gives in to a gooey middle while a mix of milk and dark chocolate chips give you the best of both worlds. They are reminiscent of Toll House, taken up a notch. Your inner kid will thank you.
North Hill Bakery
518 15th Avenue East
Seattle, WA 98112
North Hill Bakery has secured their location on 15th for 12 years due to their traditional scratch baking methods and cozy atmosphere. They’re chocolate chip cookies are beautifully unfussy. It has an all around crispy exterior, a rich buttery flavor and is dotted with milk chocolate chips. The chewy bliss of these fluffy cookies will bring a smile to your face. At only $1.25, they are a bargain.
Crumble and Flake
1500 E Olive Way
Seattle, WA 98112
Only open for a few short months, Crumble and Flake has become the hottest new bakery on the Hill. Some of their most popular items are sold out in the first two hours after they open their doors. However, lucky for you, their overlooked cookies are usually still available. The chocolate chip cookie ($2.00) is soft and chewy, studded with pecans and Belgian chocolate chips. It can stand alone with or without milk, which says volumes about the melt-in-your-mouth goodness of these tasty treats.
Oddfellows Café + Bar
1525 10th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
Owned by the bar scene mogul, Linda Derschang, Oddfellows is called Capitol Hill’s living room for homemade baked goods. Using the perfect combination of the finest ingredients, this gourmet chocolate chip cookie ($2.19) is chewy with a crisp outside. Huge chunks of chopped up chocolate speckle the dough. Rumor has it; it is one of Derschang’s favorite items on the menu.
Columbia City Bakery
4865 Rainer Ave. S
Seattle, WA 98118
Every Sunday, Columbia City Bakery sells its baked goods at the Broadway Farmers Market from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. These lip smacking, irresistible chocolate chip cookies, otherwise known as The Columbia Super Chip ($1.25), have a base note of caramel from the toffee bits with a rich and luscious interior. Dark chocolate chips give the right amount of bitterness to the buttery flavor.
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