“Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons.”
- Jim Bishop

Featured At Our Espresso Bar this Season - PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE

What sets the mood for the Holiday Season more than a warm, luscious beverage that wafts up with the irresistible fragrances of espresso and delicate spices while it warms your hands and tummy?

Ken's Market Queen Anne has a wonderful little Espresso Bar that serves the best Pumpkin Spice Lattes this side of McGraw Street. It is a wonderful, festive coffee drink made with a mix of traditional fall spices, steamed milk and espresso, topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spice. Can you think of a better way to perk up your shopping experience than with this season's best beverage offering? Stop in and say "Hello" to Joe. He will have you first smiling and then enjoying the whole shopping experience.

True PEAR-fection

At Ken’s Market Queen Anne, our goal is to bring you the best tasting Bartlett Pears from local Washington growers who harvest at just the right time, allowing the fruit to hang on the tree until they are ripe, full of flavor and ready for our loyal customers to eat. Bartlett Pears are the only pear that change color from green when they are tart and crunchy, and ripen to a golden yellow that softens to a juicy, sweet and aromatic fruit. Pears ripen from the inside out, so try carefully squeezing the neck of a pear to test for softness. That is how you know a pear is at its peak and ready to eat. Not only are pears delicious, but they are also great from a nutritional standpoint as an excellent source of fiber and vitamin C.

Traditionally, Bartletts are known as a canning pear, but they are so much more. Try eating right out of your hand like an apple for a healthy snack, fresh sliced into a salad or present pear slices on a platter with cheeses and nuts. Bartletts are great for baking into a tart, and quick breads. For a warm way to start the day, try them in the morning poached or baked in a ramekin. Recipe: For baked pears, set in a ramekin whole, and core removed. Add 3 tablespoons brown sugar into the cavity, dot with 1/2 tablespoon butter, chopped nuts, and sprinkle with ready-made pumpkin spice (available in our spice section) or sprinkle with your favorite spices like cinnamon, nutmeg, ginger or any combination of those. Then bake in the oven at 350 for 30 to 40 minutes. Top with whipped cream and serve with toast to dip into the juices that surround the pear. This is a great way to start any day, but especially on these cold autumn mornings!

Where does this fabulous fruit come from? Well let us tell you a little story. Oh, and it is true!

In 17th Century England, a schoolmaster named John Stairs sold some pear cuttings to a grower named Williams, who immodestly named the resultant variety of pear after himself. The Williams Pear became a staple variety throughout the country.

At the end of the 18th century, the pear tree was brought to the New World. Enoch Bartlett, a merchant and farmer from Dorchester, Massachusetts, acquired the farm where the pear trees were planted. Mr. Bartlett named this pear after himself (he didn’t know the pear already had a name), and from then on, throughout the United States and Canada, the Williams Pear became known as the Bartlett Pear. Many years later, in 1828 when a new batch of pear trees arrived from England, it was realized the Bartlett Pear was the same as the Williams Pear, but by this time the name had stuck!

Real Cocktails, Perfectly Canned

Experience true cocktail craftsmanship with SABÉ's premium canned cocktails, featuring an innovative 60% premium sake and 40% spirit blend that delivers exceptional smoothness and authentic flavors. These bartender-quality drinks offer true cocktail strength without being watered down or overly sweet, giving you premium cocktail quality at an exceptional value. Made with all-natural ingredients, SABÉ offers classic favorites like their balanced Margarita, spicy-fresh Moscow Mule, minty Mojito, and crisp Grapefruit Paloma. Just chill and pour over ice for an instant craft cocktail experience that rivals your favorite bar.

Read more about SABÉ canned cocktails.

Craft the Perfect Bloody Mary at Home

Discover the secret to a spectacular Bloody Mary with our featured duo: Seattle Pickle Co.'s zesty mix and smooth Tito's Handmade Vodka. We've got the inside scoop on creating a drink that'll have your taste buds dancing. Read more to elevate your cocktail game today!

Featured Beer, Wine & Spirits

The Vincent - Board Track Racer

from Mark Ryan Winery, Woodinville WA

SEATTLE PICKLE Co. BLOODY MARY MIX

from Seattle Pickle Co., Seattle, WA

TITO'S HANDMADE VODKA

from Fifth Generation, Inc., Austin, TX

SABÉ Canned Cocktails

from SABÉ Beverages, Manhasset, NY

Four Roses Bourbon

from Four Roses Distillery, Lawrenceburg, KY

Legendary Customer Service

Customer service is what we're really all about. We can help you find the right bottle of wine, or our butcher will cut your steak to your specifications, or our friendly deli staff will create your lunch sandwich to order so it's exactly what you are craving, all with a smile and a shared laugh. We stock hand-selected, high quality products as part of our commitment to service. We proudly feature restaurant-quality soup, sandwiches and deli entreés made on-site. We make sure we offer lots of healthy options in our grocery items, including organic, gluten-free and low-glycemic. Our products are locally sourced whenever possible. We feature high-quality, pasture-raised beef, free-range chicken and wild caught Pacific salmon.

Ken's Market Queen Anne is locally owned and managed by 3 guys who grew up working here, so the grocery business is in their blood. They are passionate about making this the best store it can be and providing the highest level of service and product quality.
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Your Go-To on Game Day

Ken's Market Queen Anne has everything you need for a terrific game day get-together. We have delicious sandwiches and appetizers from our deli, burgers, sausages and dogs for the grill, chips, pretzels and other snacks for munching, and lots of choices for beers. Whether you are hosting friends and neighbors, tailgating or watching the game at your place, stock up on party supplies at Ken's. GO HAWKS!

It's Pot Roast Time

Simple flavors and a nostalgic sense of warmth define the harvest season. Celebrate Autumnal Abundance with a hearty meal featuring a rich and savory Pot Roast from Painted Hills beef.

Ken's Market Queen Anne is proud to offer you premium beef cuts from Painted Hills. You might like to know that Painted Hills beef is 100% all natural, contains no nitrates, no preservatives, no added growth hormones and no antibiotics. Their pasture raised cattle are all fed a 100% vegetarian diet. This is what lends to the naturally flavorful and tender quality of their beef.

Our pot roasts are trimmed, boneless chuck roll and a bit marbled for extra flavor. They are usually cut to approximately 2 lbs, however if you need a larger size, call us, we'd love to custom cut a roast just for you.

Honeycrisp Apples

The superstar fruit of the Fall season has to be the Honeycrisp Apple, which we are fortunate to have grown locally in Washington. And boy have we got them! These warm-hued yellow, red and green apples are as crisp and colorful as the season's changing leaves. With a flavor that is the perfect balance of sweet and tart, Honeycrisps pair perfectly with a variety of Autumn cravings from caramel or candied apples to apple pie and tarts. Try them as baked apples for breakfast. Pureé them and make a homemade gourmet apple sauce. Add them to buckwheat pancakes, to fruit salads like the Waldorf or as a great garnish in green salads. They are delicious roasted with a simmering pork roast. For a healthy after-school treat, try slicing and baking them for crisp apple chips.

The celebrated combination of caramel and apples signifies the glorious onset of Autumn. Stave off the first chill of the season with a warm mug of caramel apple cider, topped with whipped cream and a cinnamon stick. For an adult version, spike this hot apple cider with 2 oz of Tuaca, an Italian liqueur (do not stir). Top with fresh whipped cream, sprinkle with pumpkin pie spice or ground cinnamon, garnish with a cinnamon stick. Smells and tastes remarkably like a hot apple pie!

HALIBUT - We have the freshest catch!

Stop in and ask Joe, our fishmonger, for a beautiful cut of healthy, versatile and juicy halibut. Caught in the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest and selected by Joe down at the docks, right off the boats. It doesn’t get any fresher than this!

Halibut has a firm, white flesh with a delicate, mild flavor. It is also a highly nutritious fish. It is full of high-quality protein but low in fat compared to other types of fish. Halibut is rich in omega-3 fatty acids and a good source of calcium and B vitamins. These nutrients offer a variety of benefits, including reducing inflammation, improving heart health, and supporting brain function.

Halibut can be prepared so many ways. My favorite recipe for moist, flaky halibut is easy to prepare and clean up too:

BAKED HALIBUT
Pat the halibut dry with a paper towel. Place halibut filet on a large section of foil (a little longer and about 4 times the width of the fish), sprinkle both sides with a pinch of garlic salt and white pepper and top with a thin slice of lemon. Then close the foil over the fish loosely in a tent, making an air pocket above the fish. Place foil wrapped fish on baking sheet and bake at 350° for 10 to 12 minutes until no longer translucent, but white and firm. The fish will be flaky, moist and delicious. You may want to pour any juices left in foil over fish to serve. You will be in seafood heaven! This gourmet delight pairs perfectly with a chilled Pinot Gris from our wine selection.

Espresso Bar

Seattle is a coffee town so what market would be complete without an espresso bar? We have a wide range of coffee and espresso drinks available, with a great selection of flavors we can add to make it just the way you like it.

Outside the store is our drive-up espresso, just park, hop out, and place your order at the window, no need to go into the store. Our experienced barista will create your custom latte to order. During the summer we offer iced lattes and frosty blended coffee drinks. We also have bakery items available to complement your espresso drink. The coffee beans we use for our espresso are from Seven Coffee Roasters. Seven is a local company who roasts their beans nearby in Ballard, so they are super fresh. If you're not a coffee drinker, we can brew you some tea. We carry a variety, including black, chai, herbal and green tea.

When you're running short on time in the morning, stop in, grab a coffee and pair that with a breakfast cookie from Erin Baker's, chock-full of nutrients, low in sugar and hearty enough to keep you going until lunch.

There are bistro tables and chairs available for when the weather's nice. Relax and enjoy your breakfast or lunch from our deli - al fresco, along with coffee, a latte or tea.

Inside the store, near the cashier, is our coffee bar, with excellent drip coffee. At any one time, we feature up to 6 different kinds of hot brewed coffee from various local roasters, such as Seven, Zoka Coffee, Stamp Act Coffee, Lighthouse Roaster, Radial Coffee Roasters, Queen Anne Roasters, and Ladro Roasters.