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Show WA love this holiday season by purchasing a gift card for local food and drink or find a delicious to-go destination in your area.
Purchasing a gift card this season can be a gift to both your loved ones, and to a local business.
Every gift given, can be a gift given twice.
It’s 2020, let’s start with booze. Heritage Distilling Co. in Gig Harbor is among the top premier craft distilleries in the United States, making a variety of whiskeys, vodkas, gins, aquavit, and rums from as many local ingredients as possible. Whidbey Island Distillery is a family-owned business, featuring a Blackberry Liqueur that has been awarded the prestigious Platinum Medal (98 points) by the Beverage Testing Institute and is the single highest rated spirit (of any kind) in North America. A lovely ferry ride away in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island Distillery makes prize-winning apple brandy, Spy Hop gin, and a range of sweet liqueurs and infused brandies.
All over the state, you can find delicious gifts for beer and cider lovers. In Bellingham, Twin Sisters Brewing Company offers award-winning brews along with delicious food in a unique space. A gift card from Finnriver Cidery in Chimacum Pick gives loved ones the pick of over 30 ciders and dessert wines or might provide inspiration for a future visit to the 80-acre organic farm. Give the gift of endless options at Chuck’s Hop Shop in Seattle, where beer lovers can peruse 1,000+ bottled beers and 50 taps.
Washington State is The New Epicenter of Wine and you can’t go wrong buying a gift card to any of the spectacular wineries in our state. Offering something for every palate, Maryhill Winery in Goldendale produces nearly 40 different wines at affordable prices. Until they’re able to open the doors of their gorgeous Seattle and Walla Walla tasting rooms again, Browne Family Vineyards’ staff will be available to assist via phone or email to answer questions and help with online orders, and they also curbside pickup and home delivery in the Walla Walla and Seattle areas. Founded in 2008 on Bainbridge Island, Amelia Wynn Winery is a small lot winery that produces award-winning Bordeaux, Rhone, Italian, and Spanish varietal wines.
A dining gift card offers the perfect escape for those tired of cooking at home, and in Washington, you can keep it super local. Utilizing local coastal growers, it doesn’t get much more “farm to table” than the fine dinners at The Depot in Seaview. Prohibition Gastropub in Spokane is a community-minded business that makes all their meals fresh to order, and feature as many local and sustainably sourced ingredients as possible. The owners of Chelsea Farms Oyster Bar in Olympia are 2nd generation shellfish farmers and they carry on their parents’ mission of sustainable shellfish farming while creating a space to sell and celebrate the local bounty of the tides.
Treat yourself to something sweet! Or if you’re feeling generous, treat someone else with a gift card to one of these tasty spots! In Spokane, Hello Sugar is a product of Lilac City and a unique dwelling where people come together through a shared, enjoyable experience; donuts made to order, served fresh and covered in glitter. Try the famous Belgium-inspired Liége waffles at the Syrup Trap in Vancouver. Dawn’s Delectables dessert and sandwich shop in historic downtown Centralia showcases Dawn’s passion for baking and serving up great food.
Check a few of the options for those who love to combine delicious food and drink with a Washington experience. Give a letterpressed gift certificate to The Pantry in Seattle, where they are offering to-go meals, a wine club, and virtual cooking classes until it’s safe for folks to gather around the table in the community kitchen again. Plan a future day of indoor rock climbing followed by a cold beer and hot pizza at the Riverfront Rock Gym and Café in Wenatchee. Buy a gift card for holiday cocktails or food from Etsi Bravo in Pullman and dream of dancing in a room full of people again.
To end this exhausting year, buy a gift card fueled by caffeine. Blue Star Coffee Roasters in Twisp is a wholesale provider of world-class, hand-roasted coffee to the Methow Valley and beyond. In Long Beach, the family-owned Beach House Teas exclusively blends small-batch, artisan loose leaf teas while being mindful of where they source ingredients, and taking advantage whenever possible of local or seasonal ingredients. Indaba Coffee in Spokane is a social benefit coffee company that provides supportive employment to the marginalized population, internships to at-risk youth, and a meal for every bag sold.
Imagining a day where you can leave the house with your kids again, plan ahead with a gift card to one of these family-friendly restaurants. In Pullman, Paradise Creek Brewery welcomes kids and offers tasty beers for the adults. Family run and family-friendly, Oak Table in Sequim makes food from scratch with the freshest ingredients in an enchanting location. At La Fiamma in Bellingham kids can witness the display of a pizza’s progression through the kitchen while adults can relax in our heated outdoor dining area and catch an amazing sunset over the San Juan Islands.
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-Diana Thibado
