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Thanksgiving Dinner at Café Flora

by Pam Koons
For an upscale, healthy Thanksgiving dinner, take your preschooler out to eat at Seattle’s Café Flora, and enjoy fresh, seasonal ingredients around a soothing, indoor waterfall garden. Café Flora is Seattle's oldest, gourmet organic restaurant, catering to families wanting to put a healthier twist on their preschooler’s Thanksgiving dinner. With two new children’s menus and an abundance of locally-grown ingredients, Café Flora will be sure to put a festive smile on your family's Thanksgiving dinner.
What Your Preschooler will Like about Café Flora
Feel good about what your preschooler is eating! At Café Flora, the staff takes ‘kid cuisine’ very seriously. The Thanksgiving holiday season is a perfect chance to showcase the restaurant’s culinary creativity, paying special attention to taste, freshness, appearance, and variety.
Does your preschooler have special food allergies?
If your preschooler has allergies or challenges, Café Flora is sensitive to many food-related needs. The Chefs will substitute ingredients wherever possible to accommodate your preschooler. Give them a call the day before to arrange for that “special touch”.

Order a ‘Food Face’ for your preschooler. Café Flora specializes in Food Faces for preschoolers. Try ordering one of their fruit faces, pancake faces, or even a fun pizza face, and see what arrives! With yummy goodies such as alphabet carrot soup, black bean burger with yam fries, and apple cinnamon bread pudding, your preschooler will enjoy having many unique food choices.
Cafe Flora knows sometimes it’s hard to wait.
Look for the play shelf that has crayons, coloring menus, books and games, which your preschooler can bring to the table. Ask to eat by the restaurant’s garden fountain in the sky-lit atrium, making for a very peaceful place to share a Thanksgiving dinner.
What Parents will Like about Café Flora
Cafe Flora has grown-up food, too! Each year, a special seasonal Thanksgiving “prix fixe” menu is designed, showcasing local, traditional foods with a festive Café Flora touch. Look for dishes using unusual ingredients such as farro, juniper berries, persimmon, porcinni and pecan.
What Parents Should Know about Café Flora
Call now for a reservation.Reservations are not necessary for normal dining, but they are required for your Thanksgiving dinner. Dress is normally casual, but note that the atmosphere will be stepped up for Thanksgiving.
General Information about Café Flora
Café Flora 2901 E. Madison St. (directions)
Seattle, WA.
206.325.9100
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