2 Best Restaurants in Vashon Island, The Puget Sound Islands

This is where sophisticated foodies swoon over delectable and highly authentic Thai dishes. The ambience is scene-y (atypical for Vashon): dark with fully paneled walls in mahogany and teak—wood that owner May Chaleoy had shipped from Thailand, where it previously lived in the interior of a 150-year-old home.

This all-day restaurant's unusual name comes from its former life as a mom-and-pop hardware shop—it occupies the oldest commercial building on Vashon, and certainly looks like a relic from the outside. Inside, you'll find a bistro-meets-upscale-diner serving "Northwest Americana" cuisine, with classic dishes ranging from rustic French toast for breakfast to buttermilk-fried chicken and chicken marsala for dinner. Behind the restaurant, a beer garden called The Yard offers cocktails and "boozy slushies," local craft beers, and elevated bar food like smoked sandwiches and rockfish tostadas.