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Ristretto Stone Is the Silverdale Coffee Shop That Roasts

Ristretto Stone Is the Silverdale Coffee Shop That Roasts Its Own Beans and Invented the Coffee Flight

Coffee as a Tasting Experience, Not Just a Morning Ritual Most coffee shops in Kitsap County offer a menu of espresso drinks and call it a day. Ristretto Stone in Silverdale built its identity around something considerably more interesting: the idea that coffee can be tasted and compared the way wine is, that the differences […]

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Asian Market Silverdale Is the Local Grocery Store That Makes Kitsap Feel Like Home for Thousands of Families

Asian Market Silverdale Is the Local Grocery Store That Makes Kitsap Feel Like Home for Thousands of Families

There is a grocery store on Myhre Place in Silverdale that most people outside the Filipino, Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese communities in Kitsap County have never set foot in. Those who have describe it the same way: once you find it, you keep coming back. Asian Market Silverdale has been quietly serving one of Kitsap

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Candyland Café Drive-Thru Delights

Candyland Cafe: Silverdale’s Sweetest Coffee Stop

A Coffee Stand That Earns Its Name There is a small drive-through coffee stand on NW Amanda Loop in Silverdale, tucked near Island Lake Park, decorated in bright pastel colors, and serving drinks with names that sound more like dessert menu items than morning beverages. Candyland Cafe, also known as Island Lake Coffee, opened in

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Kitsap Crafters Market The Best Kind of Surprise Inside Kitsap Mall

Kitsap Crafters Market Is the Hidden Mall Store That’s Actually a Dozen Local Businesses in One

The Best Kind of Surprise Inside Kitsap Mall Most people walk through Kitsap Mall with a specific destination in mind, a chain retailer, a department store, a food court stop. Very few stumble into the kind of genuinely local, handmade, one-of-a-kind shopping experience that used to define what retail felt like before every storefront looked

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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

🐝 Local Business Spotlight  ·  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 🏆 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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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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