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Heidis Teriyaki Express Silverdales Hidden Gem Since Day One

Heidi’s Teriyaki Express: Silverdale’s Local Favorite

Heidi’s Teriyaki Express: The Family-Owned Silverdale Restaurant That Loyal Customers Call the Best in Kitsap County There is a strip mall on NW Bucklin Hill Road in Silverdale, across from Staples and Jo-Ann Fabrics, that does not look like much from the outside. But ask anyone who has lived in Kitsap County for more than […]

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The Silverdale Bakery That Won 9 Awards Its First Year

Bee Hill Bakery Opened on Valentine’s Day, Had No Idea What It Was Getting Into and Won 9 Best-of-Kitsap Awards Anyway

๐Ÿ Local Business Spotlight ย ยทย  Silverdale, WA A customer-facing kitchen, a hydroponic garden wall, local espresso, craft beer, and a marketplace full of Kitsap makers, all inside one Silverdale bakery that admits it learned everything the hard way. Silverdale WA Bakery Local Marketplace Best of Central Kitsap Gluten Free Small Business Kitsap County ๐Ÿ† Voted

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Breaking the curse in the brewery

This Silverdale Brewery Is Trying to Break a 100-Year Curse, and It Might Just Be Working

The Most Haunted Address in Silverdale’s Business History There is a building on Byron Street in Old Town Silverdale, steps from the waterfront, that has swallowed businesses whole for the better part of a century. Its story starts in the early 1900s, when the small farming community of Central Kitsap earned itself an unlikely nickname:

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Family bakery warmth at dawn

Every Morning at 2 a.m., This Poulsbo Family Wakes Up to Make Kitsap’s Best Donuts by Hand

The Alarm Goes Off at 2:00 a.m. While Poulsbo is still dark and quiet, the marina lights reflecting off Liberty Bay, the downtown streets empty, the Scandinavian storefronts of Little Norway shuttered until morning, a family kitchen is already humming. The dough is being mixed. The ingredients are being measured by feel as much as

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Sugar Studios Cafe Is Old Town Silverdale Most Charming Hidden Gem

Sugar Studios Cafe Is Old Town Silverdale’s Most Charming Hidden Gem

Tucked along Lowell Street in Old Town Silverdale, steps from the waterfront park, there is a small cafe that most people in Kitsap County have never heard of, despite the fact that almost everyone who finds it describes it as one of the best discoveries they’ve made in the area. Sugar Studios Cafe is a

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Cardtropolis TCG Is the Family-Run Silverdale Card Shop That Kitsap's Pokemon and Magic Players Call Home

Cardtropolis TCG Is the Family-Run Silverdale Card Shop That Kitsap’s Pokemon and Magic Players Call Home

There is a particular kind of loyalty that builds around the best local game shops, the kind where players show up not just to buy cards but to sit down, compete, trade, and spend an evening with people who share the same obsession. Cardtropolis TCG, a family-run trading card shop on Ridgetop Boulevard in Silverdale,

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Austin Chase Coffee Is the Silverdale Cafe Locals Call the Last of a Dying Breed

Austin Chase Coffee Is the Silverdale Cafe Locals Call “the Last of a Dying Breed

There is a category of coffee shop that has almost disappeared from the Pacific Northwest,  not a drive-through stand, not a chain with a loyalty app, not a trendy minimalist pour-over bar, but a genuine sit-down cafe where the staff know your name, your order, and something about your week. In Silverdale, that cafe is

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Avalon Comics and Games Has Been Silverdale's Gathering Place for Geeks

Avalon Comics and Games Has Been Silverdale’s Gathering Place for Geeks, Collectors and Gamers Since 2008

There is a particular kind of store that becomes more than a store over time, one where regulars don’t just come to buy something but to belong somewhere. Avalon Comics and Games, located inside Kitsap Mall in Silverdale, has been that kind of place for the peninsula’s comic book readers, tabletop gamers, collectors, and hobbyists

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Naturally 4 Paws in Silverdale is Kitsap County's only holistic pet store, founded in 2006 after owners lost their dog to poor nutrition. Raw food, grooming, training and more

Naturally 4 Paws: Silverdale Pet Store With Heart

Naturally 4 Paws: The Silverdale Pet Store Born From One Family’s Heartbreak and a Promise to Do Better Some businesses are built on opportunity. Others are built on something more personal, a loss, a lesson, and a determination that what happened to you will not happen to someone else. Naturally 4 Paws, Kitsap County’s only

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Two Sisters Fine Jewelry Has Been Handcrafting Bremerton's Most Personal Pieces Since 2004

Two Sisters Fine Jewelry Has Been Handcrafting Bremerton’s Most Personal Pieces Since 2004

There is a meaningful difference between jewelry that is purchased and jewelry that is made, and in Manette’s downtown, that difference has a specific address. Two Sisters Fine Jewelry, located in Bremerton’s most charming neighborhood since 2004, is run by Deborah Hughes, a GIA Graduate Gemologist and bench jeweler with more than 30 years of

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