A brand new Seattle restaurant named probably the greatest on the planet

In the central Seattle neighborhood is Communion, a black-owned restaurant that popped up during the pandemic and worked incredibly well against all odds.

The restaurant, which has existed for four years, was named one of the 12 best in the world by Conde Nast Traveler.

Communion is about sharing dishes and stories and creating an experience of “fellowship, homage and culinary exploration of blacks”.

The spot serves soul food with an Asian and East African twist, sourced from the communities that make the area unique.

Conde Nast Traveler’s Allison Williams had this to say:

The roots go deep in the Central Restaurant of chef Kristi Brown, from her decades of catering in Seattle to her physical location in the city’s historically black neighborhood at the site of the first black-owned bank in the Pacific Northwest. Brown established himself as a soul food master on the city’s food scene long before chef Edouardo Jordan’s JuneBaby arrived. Now her first restaurant is bringing her signature black-eyed hummus and peas to the masses. The menu also references Seattle’s Asian and East African communities with dishes like the fried catfish po’mi – po boy meets banh mi. Though Brown and her co-owner, son Damon Bomar, opened during a pandemic, the duo dared to build a restaurant around a communal table – a sign of their confidence in their mix-pot ethos.

Those who wish to make a reservation for communion can do so online. The restaurant also offers take-away dishes over toast.

Community

Place: 2350 E Union Street, Seattle
Phone: 206-391-8140
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