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Many regulars skip right past the rest of the menu to get to the restaurant's selection of local Penn Cove mussels. They're served seven different ways, from a traditional white wine sauce to the signature coconut green curry. Even the kids' menu offers mussels in butter sauce. Located right on the waterfront, with windows framing views of Penn Cove and Mount Baker, Front Street also offers fare like burgers and pasta for non-shellfish lovers.
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.
Langley's most popular gathering spot occupies a second-story space on 1st Street, right above the Star Store Grocery. Northwest-inspired French cuisine is the headliner here; classic bistro dishes like steak frites, salade Niçoise, and confit of duck leg are favorites.
