Category: Cafe

New Summer Menus!

All the fresh summer flavors are here! Our new Boathouse and Cafe menus are filled with sustainable local seafood and seasonal ingredients. Here’s a peek, come try them all this summer! Cafe Charred Corn & Crab Salad shredded romaine, lime aioli, cherry tomatoes, avocado, cotija cheese, jalapeno, cilantro Warm Brie strawberry-balsamic, fresh strawberries, basil, toasted hazelnuts, rosemary croccantini Tanner Crab Cluster fried Yukon gold potatoes, …

Shop Ray’s 50th Anniversary Apparel!

Today officially marks 50 years of Ray’s Boathouse! On June 23, 1973 we opened right here on Shilshole Bay with fresh sustainable seafood, excellent hospitality and some incredible views to cap it all off. To commemorate this milestone we’re unveiling limited edition Ray’s 50th anniversary apparel starting today! Retro Ray’s hoodie – yellow 50th T-shirt 50th Hoodie …

Try Our 50th Anniversary Beer Collabs!

Try our three 50th anniversary collaboration beers on tap in the Cafe while supplies last! We partnered with beloved Seattle craft breweries Fremont Brewing, Georgetown Brewing and Stoup Brewing to create three celebratory beers. Raise a glass and sip on these as we cheers to 50 years! ‘Catch Some Rays’ IPA – Georgetown Brewing, 6.9% ABV. Custom brewed to celebrate 50 years of …

Ray’s Father’s Day Specials Sunday, June 18!

Take Dad, or the Father figure in your life, out for a special celebration on Father’s Day Sunday, June 18, 2023! Treat him to lunch or dinner at Ray’s and enjoy these delicious food and drink specials. Father’s Day Menu Specials: Boathouse: Applewood Grilled NY Strip Steak fried marble potatoes, roasted sweet peppers, ramp butter. Our …

June Seafood Spotlight: Copper River Salmon!

Try our 50th anniversary Copper River Salmon special this June!  Did you know this spring marks the 40th anniversary of Copper River Salmon in Seattle?! In 1983 Ray’s was one of just a few local restaurants to receive the first shipment of fish from Cordova, AK absolutely dripping with incredible, fatty salmon oil. They grilled it simply …

Celebrating 50 Years this June!

We’re 50!! Thank you to everyone who has spent the last six months celebrating with us (and to many, the last 50 years). This June we’re diving into our 50th summer season so grateful for this community. Though our roots in Ballard date back to the 1930s, the Boathouse and Cafe that you all know and love …

May Seafood Spotlight: Sablefish!

Try our two new Northwest Sablefish specials this May in celebration of our 50 years!  Sablefish (aka black cod) is a rich, buttery fish that has been on our menu since the early days. Many of you know and adore our Sablefish in Sake Kasu, a now iconic dish which has remained a guest favorite for …

Ray’s Boathouse Toasts 50 Years With Ste. Michelle Via Historic Tasting

Article reprinted with permission from Great Northwest Wine. April 4, 2023 by Eric Degerman Douglas Zellers, co-owner and general manager of Ray’s Boathouse in Seattle, orchestrated a tasting of Ste. Michelle red wines that would have been on the wine list in the early days of his restaurant that opened in 1973. (Photo courtesy of …

April Seafood Spotlight: Alaskan Halibut

Enjoy two Alaskan halibut specials at Ray’s Boathouse and Cafe this April in celebration of our 50th year! Halibut has been a guest favorite since day one at Ray’s. This meaty yet tender fish has the most incredible flavor and is perfection on the grill or pan seared until crisp on the outside and juicy on the inside. This April …

Seattle Cocktail Week at Ray’s March 26-April 2!

Join us at Ray’s to imbibe during Seattle Cocktail Week! From March 26-April 2 we’ll be offering four special cocktails created by Ray’s bartender LeAnne Burk, so make sure to join us in the Boathouse or Cafe to try them all! Foreign Relations Monkey 47 Gin, yuzu, lime leaf, simple, topped with bubbles Checking Out Plantation Stiggins pineapple rum, Plantation …

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Boathouse Summer Happy Hour!

Join us nightly at Ray’s first floor Boathouse for Summer Happy Hour! Monday-Friday 5-6pm and Saturday-Sunday 4:30-6pm. We have the best selection of delicious, fresh Northwest seafood, cocktails, wine and beer. Happy Hour Food Ray’s Clam Chowder house smoked bacon, red potato Spinach Strawberry Salad arugula, toasted pecans, feta, balsamic poppy seed dressing, shallots Crispy Fried Calamari mini sweet peppers, green …

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