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122 Cherry St. Seattle, WA 98104

206-622-3375

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Best Lunch Counter
Award Winner 2011

Cuisine(s): Deli, Salads, Sandwiches, Soups, Traditional

Hours: Mon-Fri 10am-3pm

Price: $

Payment Types: MasterCard, Visa, cash
Attire: Casual

Features: Catering, Delivery, Takeout, Wheelchair Accessible

Serving: Lunch

Alcohol: None
Reservations: Accepted, Not Necessary

Parking: Street

Description

Bakeman's is a subterranean cafeteria on Cherry Street known mainly for its homemade meatloaf sandwiches and Soup Nazi demeanor of its longtime proprietor, Jason Wang. The meatloaf is fairly rudimentary: The beef is pressed until smooth, and seasoned with a mix of spices that taste something like onion soup mix. Made fresh each morning, it has a slightly sour flavor that calls out for ketchup. Seated on house made white bread with a plug of lettuce shreds, the meatloaf has a blue-collar appeal that helps the basement cafeteria sell hundreds of sandwiches every weekday.

2011 | Best Lunch Counter

James Wang would really like you to try his pie. He knows that you probably just stopped in to his store, Bakeman's Restaurant near Pioneer Square, for one of his signature meatloaf sandwiches, or maybe fresh-roasted turkey with cranberry sauce on wheat. But by the time you get to the cash register with your food (a trip that averages about 45 seconds), Mr. Wang will have told you all the reasons why a slice of homemade apple or cherry pie will truly complete your lunch. Not that the advic... More »

100 Favorite Dishes: Meatloaf Sandwich at Bakeman's

By Hanna Raskin | Tue, May 8, 2012

Before "local" and "organic" had reputations as words which could mean anything, "meatloaf" might have been the most nebulous term in the culinary canon. Any kind of animal flesh molded into a loaf sh... More »
Bottomfeeder: Archers of Loaves

By Mike Seely | Wed, May 19, 2010

Its nights may still belong to loud-music lovers, but Pioneer Square has seen better days. That's a tough point to dispute even for the neighborhood's most summery boosters. Elliott Bay Book Co. has fled to Capitol Hill, and an eastward gallery mi... More »
Meatloaf Crucial to Pioneer Square's Renaissance

By Mike Seely | Mon, May 17, 2010

Its nights may still belong to loud music lovers, but Pioneer Square has seen better days. That's a tough point to dispute for even the neighborhood's most summery boosters. Elliott Bay Book Co. has f... More »
Our Favorite Restaurants 2010

By Seattle Weekly staff | Wed, April 07, 2010

All Purpose Pizza "Kid-friendly" is a hyphenated poison pill for many restaurants. Especially ones that, with some pies going for nearly $30, clearly cater to the well-heeled crowd at the tippy-toe of the Jackson Street corridor. But don't let tha... More »
Sandwiches!

By Jill Lightner | Wed, May 22, 2002

A GOOD SANDWICH is a humble creature. It knows its place yet is confident of our affections; it has no need of regular praise. A sandwich provides the comfort of familiarity, like Granny's lap. On your first day at school, a sandwich says, "Don't ... More »

Main Menu

Soups
3 Or 4 Choices Daily, All Hearty And Homemade

Bowl $2.25
Cup $2.75

Soups

Bowl $2.25
Cup $2.75

Hot Chili

Salads

$2.25

Tossed Green

$2.25

Homemade Potato

$2.25

Four Bean

$2.25

Fresh Fruit Salad

Sandwiches
All Made On Our Homemade Bread

$4.50
Cranberry Sauce $0.25

Turkey
fresh oven roasted

$4.50

Roast Beef

$4.50

Corned Beef

$4.50

Pastrami

$4.50

Baked Ham

$4.50

Meat Loaf
our famous recipe

$3.75

Tuna Fish

$3.75

Liverwurst

$3.75

Egg Salad

$3.75

Chopped Black Olive

$3.75

Cheese

$2.75

All 1/2 Sandwiches

$0.40

Cheese Slicce

$0.40

Tomato Slice

$0.75

Potato Chips

Whole $0.75
Half $0.50

Dill Pickle

Daily Special
with salad

Desserts

$2.50

Hot Apple Pie

$2.50

Assorted Pie

$1.25

Carrot Cake

$1.25

Our Homemade Cake

$0.50

Beverages

$2.00

Bottle Fruit Juices

$0.90

Canned Soda Pops

$0.90

Lemonade Or Iced Tea

$0.90

Coffee Or Tea

$0.90

Hot Chocolate

$0.90

Milk

$1.25

V - 8 Juice

$2.00

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Bakeman's

122 Cherry St. Seattle, WA 98104

206-622-3375

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2011 | Best Lunch Counter

By Hanna Raskin | Tue, May 8, 2012

By Mike Seely | Wed, May 19, 2010

By Mike Seely | Mon, May 17, 2010

By Seattle Weekly staff | Wed, April 07, 2010

By Jill Lightner | Wed, May 22, 2002