King's Deli & Grocery — Restaurant in Seattle

TOP SECRET SOFT SERVE ICE CREAM: You would never know that this little deli/convenience store tucked away in the Central District sells delicious soft serve ice cream in the summertime. These are your standard, no-fuss soft serve, and I love them. Creamy and light texture, not overly sweet, and no hefty outrageous prices. I think they cost $4/cone. The size in the photo is a small which is plenty big enough for me.

I'm a bit of a soft serve junkie, and some of the places I've been to recently include Indigo Cow, The Pastry Project, MOTO Pizza, and Temple Pastries' new ice cream and sandwich shop (that opened on July 5, 2024) and had some of their strawberry sumac vegan soft serve. Out of all of them, I think King's Deli has the best b/c it's simple and unfussy. And the price can't be beat. The atmosphere is nothing special but that's OK by me.

One caveat, be sure to call them before you go just to make sure the soft serve machine is ON. Sometimes when I've stopped by they haven't turned the machine on yet, and I have to come back though in the summertime, it's usually on all the time.

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Kind of hit or miss with the selection. I've gotten ice cream that was freezer burnt before, but then other stuff is fine. Normal convenience store selection of snacks, but also some grocery staples like milk. Very reasonably priced. During the summer they have soft serve cones for like 75 cents. They also serve lunch food like fried chicken, but I've never tried it. It's nice to have a close option I can walk to when I need something...

Tried and true, this corner store is family owned, and serves up hot tenders, JoJo's, chicken wings, corn dogs and more. My kids and myself have been coming here for two years, never any issues with expired goods, and the grocery selection includes stuff commonly found in Ethiopian cuisine, like lentils, teas, and spices, to American snacks like Doritos, grandma's...