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 […]
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
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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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 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:
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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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,
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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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