Thanks for the tips @betsysch68 ! I haven’t posted my trip report yet. Though we already left Seattle by the time we saw your tips. It’ll be useful for future travellers though.
Armory Food Court- agreed. no amazing food. pretty meh in fact. When we went, there’s a Spirit of Africa festival going on, which made the food court loads more interesting.
We went to the 15th Ave Un Bien. We thought they were pretty nice sandwiches but not sure if its worth a detour from the farmers’ market. We did enjoy the locks quite a bit. Bad planning on my part- La Carta de Oaxaca closes on Sundays when the market is on.
Il Corvo- jeez, the line was long. We were on vacation and somehow we only got to the line at 11:45am. Bad planning. The line was at least 40 minutes long. I did enjoy the architecture of your library immensely prior to Il Corvo.
And we went to Bainbridge after lunch and the Klondike National Park exhibit. It was somewhat impromptu, and it was rainy all afternoon. But its an enjoyable ferry ride to and from. Nice stroll on the Bainbridge main street. Hitchcock didn’t have space without reservation though, unfortunately.
Never go to San Juan Island around 7/4. Lots of places are closed. Duck Soup- closed. Market Chef- closed. Bakery San Juan- closed. Streets- closed for parade. LOL. Foodwise because of this, it was somewhat disappointing.
Here are all the restaurants we went to :
Seattle:
Serious Pie and Biscuit
Armory- Skillet/ Senagalese food catered by Le Teranga
Adana
Un Bien
Monsoon
Le Pichet
Stateside
Il Corvo
Ba Bar
Burlington/ Mt Vernon:
Taqueria La Bamba
Taste of Thai by Wipa
(Sarkall’s only has Cambodian noodle soup in the evenings, and we aren’t there in the evenings)
San Juan Island:
Hermosa
Golden Island Thai (we desperately wanted to avoid, but everything was closed, and they were open and fast and we haven’t eaten breakfast)
Friday Harbor House
Oysters:
Westcott Bay Shellfish Co on San Juan Island
The oyster resell place next to La Bamba in Mt Vernon.
Unfortunately our schedule was so tight that we never got a chance to head to Blau or the Old Edison Inn that @kaleokahu you suggested. We couldn’t miss the ferry. The above places were right next to where we were so that’s why i picked up oysters there.
Ashford:
Copper Creek- small snack only, unfortunately
Seattle, near airport:
Juba- Somalian. Probably the most unusual-to-me meal on the entire trip. Somalian food has some similarities with Ethiopian dishes, but its definitely not Ethiopian. And it has influences from Italy because of the colonial past.
My grandiose idea of gourmet picnics inside Cascades and Rainier didn’t quite pan out. 
We did eat a lot of Rainier cherries, however, while we were driving around the national parks. Loads of roadside stands.
I will write about these places when I have a moment.
