Alaska Herring Week 2017 will take place June 19-25. As of June 21, 2017, the following restaurants and groceries have committed to participate in Alaska Herring Week 2017. More are being added all the time. Please stay look here for participants’ dish updates, and stay tuned to our “Menu Items, Photos & News Blog” page for news, updates and what each establishment will be serving! (* = late addition)
Grocers (all have fillets available):
- Central Coop Meat & Seafood Dept.
- Pre-brined Alaska herring fillets for easy use with any Alaska Herring Week recipes
- Freshy’s Seafood Market
- Old Ballard Liquor Co.
- Wild Salmon Seafood Market
Restaurants:
- Altstadt
- Herringsalat. Beet pickled herring, quark marinated herring, beet sauerkraut puree, strawberry and rhubarb pickles, egg
- Steckerlfisch. Grilled smoked herb oil marinated herring, zucchini hazelnut spätzle salad with sage vinaigrette, pickled cherries
- Art of the Table
- Pickle-Fried Herring, wild ramp parfait, lovage pesto, cucumbers, radishes, peas
- Bar Melusine
- Herring en escabeche, fried potatoes, pimenton aioli
- Barking Frog
- “holding on to spring,” featuring grilled and chilled herring, pickled ramps and green strawberries, fennel, watercress, preserved lemon, macadamia-ramp pesto, olive oil aioli, and chive. (recipe)
- Bitter/Raw
- Beer Battered Herring Fishwich, caper tartar sauce, smoked pickles, red onions, butter lettuce
- Blueacre Seafood
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Alaska Herring Tartare, with celeriac, honeycrisp apple, golden beet & pickled onion. Served with three seed crostini & horseradish cream
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- Café Campagne
- Alaska Herring rillettes tartine
- Café Hitchcock
- Alaska Herring Boquerones with Pickled Vegetables, Lemon & Moroccan Olive Oil (recipe)
- Cafe Juanita
- Herring in Saor on Crostini with Shaved Fennel (recipe)
- Central Coop Deli
- Lemon Dill Grilled Herring (recipe)
- Ciudad
- Grilled and Chilled Alaska Herring Salad, with Muhamarra, Shaved Leek, Watercress, Preserved Lemon, Pumpkin Seed Oil
- Collections Café at Chihuly Glass and Garden
- Charred Citrus Cured Herring, with Compressed Melon, Marcona Almond Butter, Heirloom Tomatoes, Banyuls Vinaigrette and Orange Leek Ash (recipe)
- Dahlia Lounge
- Smoked Herring Salad with butter lettuce, potato, cucumber, and herb aioli
- Damn The Weather
- Herring Pastrami Tartine with Sauerkraut and Pickled Mustard Seed (recipe)
- Etta’s
- Alaska Herring with allspice-pickled fennel, horseradish cream, and caraway breadcrumbs (recipe)
- Fare Start
- Herring Fritters, Roasted Tomato Vinaigrette, Cuttlefish Ink Aioli
- Herring Po’Boy, Creole Mayo, Mama Lil’s Peppers, Butter Lettuce, Served with Grilled Corn Salad
- Herring Unagi, “Onigiri” Grilled Rice Ball, Kumquat, Jalapeño and Daikon Sprout
- Freshy’s Seafood Shack
- Smoked Herring Tacos, served on a 6” corn tortilla with fresh Pico d Gallo and cabbage garnish, Red Salsa on side
- Hitchcock Deli – Bainbridge
- Scandinavian-Style Pickled Herring Tartine (recipe)
- Hitchcock Deli – Georgetown
- Scandinavian-Style Pickled Herring Tartine (recipe)
- Hitchcock Restaurant
- Herring “Boquerones” (recipe)
- Issian Japanese Stone Grill
- Stone Grilled Alaska Herring with Miso Glaze (recipe)
- Joule
- Heirloom Tomato Salad with Herring Miso Bagna Cada and Thai Basil (recipe)
- Lark
- Beer Battered Herring Fishwich, caper tartar sauce, smoked pickles, red onions, butter lettuce
- Le Petit Cochon
- Herring Rillette Fritters
- Lionhead
- Sichuan-dressed Alaska Herring with Walla Walla onions, radish, and cucumber
- Little Uncle
- Crispy Fried Whole Alaska Herring, doused with palm sugar and fish sauce, topped with sour green mango, chilies and lime (recipe)
- Luc
- Butter Poached Alaskan Herring, Black Garbanzos, Charred Romanesco, Castelvetrano Olive Relish (recipe)
- Mean Sandwich
- Teriyaki herring sandwich with vegan kimchi and burnt scallion mayo (recipe)
- Old Ballard Liquor Co.
- Swedish Pickled Herring Plate, featuring five different herring preparations, housemade flatbread and butter, including Classic Pickled Herring with Onion, Skagit Strawberry Herring, Salted Tarragon Herring, Coriander Cream Herring and Smoked Herring in Lemon-Chive Cream (recipe)
- Smoked-Then-Fried Herring & Mash: Spice-Brined herring is cold smoked, then breaded, fried till crispy, and served with yukon jacket mash and dilly cucumber salad Teriyaki herring sandwich with vegan kimchi and burnt scallion mayo (recipe)
- Orfeo
- Pickled Alaska Herring Panzanella with roasted beets, micro arugula and sweet corn shoots
- Osteria la Spiga
- Aringa Truccata – smoked herring, Moscato onions, marinated beets, orange and lemon wheels and wild arugula pesto (recipe)
- Poppy
- Alaska Herring with radish and charred scallion salad and radish green salsa verde (recipe)
- Porkchop & Co.
- Chopped Alaska Herring Toast (recipe)
- Purple Café & Wine Bar – Woodinville
- Grilled herring, smoked shiitake, asparagus, lobster consommé, and scallions (recipe)
- Ray’s Boathouse & Café
- Fried Herring with Potato Blini & Pickled Radish (recipe)
- Revel
- Herring Fish Cake, basil-lime leaf sauce vert, pickled serrano, steamed buns
- Salted Sea
- *Sea Wolf
- Pickled Alaska Herring on Sea Wolf Rye Cracker, with ricotta, shaved kohlrabi, cucumber and jalapeno
- Sky City At The Needle
- Grilled Alaska Herring Toast
- Wild Alaskan Herring with Tomato Dashi
- SLAB Sandwiches & Pie
- Beer Battered Herring Fishwich, caper tartar sauce, smoked pickles, red onions, butter lettuce
- Steelhead Diner
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Buccatini Pasta con Aringhe; or Buccatini Pasta with Herring with Fennel, Golden Raisins, Toasted Pine Nuts & Saffron
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- Swedish Club
- Terra Plata
- Pan-Fried Herring on silky beet crema, topped with crispy-fried horseradish and fresh dill
- Thackeray Café & Bar
- Vodka Battered Herring, house salt n’ vinegar chips, farm herbs, tom-olive tartar (recipe)
- The Harvest Vine
- Arenque (a.k.a, Keith Haring Herring), olive oil poached herring with piquillo peppers, piparras, cured black olives and alioli (recipe)
- The Herbfarm
- Herring smoked over hazelnut shells, turnips and rhubarb from the garden, and a vinaigrette loaded with shiso, lovage and flowering coriander.
- The Walrus & The Carpenter
- Smoked Herring Pate with Ballymole bread
- The Whale Wins
- Fried Herring Fillets topped with bread and butter pickles and dill, served with horseradish cream and a salad of salted cabbage, fresh grated beets, currants and date vinegar
- Tilth
- Smoked Herring Pate + house pickles, frisée salad, radish (recipe)
- *Yoroshiku
- Wafu Herring Risotto (recipe)
Festivals:
Participant list subject to change without notice.
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