Chaco Canyon is a kind-of small cafe and bakery in Greenwood. (It also has two other locations: West Seattle and Queen Anne.) There’s a little play area at the back. On most of the tables there were pumpkins! Everything was vegan and organic. There are no stairs to go inside and there are two gender-neutral restrooms. We didn’t have to wait to place our order. It was pretty quiet. There is a mural on one wall and some paintings on another one.
I don’t know how the restaurant owners chose the name, but Chaco Canyon is also the name of really important ruins that used to be the largest buildings in North America until the 19th century. It used to be a major cultural center where a lot of people used to live. Chacoans no longer live there, but it’s still really important to their descendants, who are the Hopi and Pueblo people. It’s also a National Historical Park.1
At the cafe (not the Historical Park) I got French Toast with whipped margarine with maple syrup in it, maple syrup, and bananas. It was very thin bread that was really crusty around the edges, but it wasn’t burned. There was powdered sugar on it and it was chewy and crunchy around the edges.
I also had some of my papa’s Mushroom Galette, which was what I thought I was going to get in the first place, but then I saw French Toast and decided to get that. A galette is like a pie with the crust folded over the top, but not all the way. It was really good and the edges were crumbly. We also got pumpkin bread. It looked like it had chocolate in it but it didn’t actually, there were walnuts in it and pumpkin seeds on the outside. My cousin got avocado toast with cucumber on top. I didn’t try any of that, but she liked it (except the cucumbers.) My papa also got an amazing creamy potato soup, I ate a lot of that, and some fresh carrot, ginger, and kale juice; I also liked that.
I recommend Chaco Canyon for breakfast or lunch. Next time, I’m going to get the creamy potato soup.
FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD and FOOD 