Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve most likely already heard of JuneBaby. Even if you don’t live in Seattle, news about this special spot is making its rounds around the country – most recently in The New York Times (no big deal) as well as in the May issue of Food & Wine mentioning JuneBaby as one of their 2018 Restaurants of the Year!
Let’s just get down to business here – you have to order one of the breads to start! We chose the Antebellum Wheat Buns with honey butter and I’m still thinking about them. Damn they were good! Next we went straight to main courses because…we ordered three plates for the two of us (gasp!). Thursday’s special is Mac n’ Cheese with Benton Ham. Whaaaaat?!?! I can never pass up Mac n’ Cheese…it’s a serious weakness of mine. Aside from that little number I ordered the Fried Catfish and my husband got the Chicken Fried Steak. Nom nom nom. Oh yes, and we got dessert too. The sweet potato ice cream sandwich. Delicious!
They are open Wednesday through Sunday and don’t take reservations unless you are a large party (8-12). When we went we were told the wait was going to be 45-60 mins. Conveniently their sister restaurant Salare is right down the street, so they suggested going there for a drink/cocktail while we waited and that they would text us when our table was available. I kid you not, we had JUST gotten our drinks and they texted…10 mins or so…so don’t be discouraged if they say it’s going to take a while because chances are it might be a lot sooner than you think. Something else to mention is that yes, this is Southern food at it’s best which typically is fried and on the heavy side, but I felt great after dinner and didn’t wake up tasting it.
The Good Eater 