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The Pike Place Market mac, baked in a cast-iron skillet with Beecher's Flagship cheddar and Just Jack. Oprah named it one of her favourite things in 2008.
Kurt Beecher Dammeier opened Beecher's Handmade Cheese at 1600 Pike Place in 2003, with the curds-and-press operation visible behind glass. The mac and cheese, code-named World's Best, debuted that year on the counter menu: penne tossed in a sauce of Beecher's Flagship cheddar, Just Jack and a touch of cream, then portioned and re-baked to order. In 2008 Oprah Winfrey put it on her annual Favourite Things list and the line outside the shop has not shortened since. A New York City outpost opened in Flatiron later.
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Matt's in the Market in Seattle is the Pike Place Corner Market room with windows over the clock: a Pacific Northwest kitchen sourcing five floors down.
OrderThe catfish sandwich at lunch, on Macrina sourdough with house remoulade.
TipLunch counter seats walk in at 11:30 and turn quickly; dinner needs a reservation, especially for window tables.
Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle's Pike Place is the Kurt Beecher Dammeier creamery: curds made behind glass, Flagship cheddar and the World's Best Mac.
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