Gather Kitchen + Bar

Gather is a nice little restaurant that has the overall feel of a trendy gastropub but the prices and food quality of a finer dining experience. It's not really what I expected when I walked in, and I think that that might play a role in how dead the restaurant was early on a Saturday evening (although trendy little quirks like making up happy hour drinks and then not actually explaining them on the menu probably don't help). The service was good (probably assisted by the fact that we were literally the only diners until nearly the end of our meal) and the food was honestly amazing. Although I enjoyed my visit, I'm not sure whether I'll be back. Gather fills kind of an awkward niche for me where it's not priced for a casual dinner but doesn't have the ambiance of a fine dining establishment, so I guess it will depend on what I'm looking for in future. All I can say is that if the price is no issue, the food is absolutely worth checking out.

We decided to day to head to Ballard for brunch and I'm so glad we did. This restaurant is so great! The hostess and waitress today at brunch was awesome. They are so nice and the restaurant is a new favorite when I come to visit. The eggs Benedict with chorizo was so good. The chorizo was just the right spice and the poached egg was absolutely mouth watering and perfect. It is one of the few places I've been they still do a coffee press and it is so worth the wait. You would be crazy not to like this place. We had such a great time. Hats of to the two chefs what a great menu with so many unique choices but you all cooked the meal to perfection.

TLDR: Good brunch spot, a bit expensive, spacious interiors, reserved parking. Food & Drinks: They don’t seem to offer Coffee drinks as a option on their menu which is surprising for a brunch place. I’m usually looking for a dose of mocha when I show up for Brunch, but I made do With their mimosa which was great! They give you your own personal Prosecco with a choice of either grapefruit or orange juice and you can mix your own mimosa the way you like it. For food we got the Eggs benedict with dungeness crab which was fantastic. The Hollandaise sauce perfectly complimented the well poached eggs and crab. Also got the Spanish Omlete, which was a loaded omlete complete with a piece oyster, chorizo and potatoes. However it did have a bit of over powering flavour of smoked peppers which I did not like. Ambience: They have spacious, well decorated interiors. Service: They let us in just 15 mins before close time and provided great service. They have reserved parking in a parking lot near by, so don’t forget to get your parking ticket validated. Price: This is a bit on the expensive side. Dishes range from 15-20 dollars. Drinks are around 8-10$. Cost us ~72 for 2 people including tip.

I went here for Happy Hour and it was great!! $3 off small plates, $2 off house cocktails & draft beer, and $7 house wine. We got the Braised Pork Shoulder Sopes, the Semolina Gnocchi, and a tuna tartare. 10/10 would order each of them again. They were all rich so it ended up being enough food for dinner even though they're starters.