Why You'll Love It

Gary and and Susan Southwick think you should be rewarded for stepping out of your food comfort zone. That’s why they founded Preservation Kitchen: so you can experience the créme de la créme of regional cooking without the pretentiousness that can come with fine dining. Don’t worry about pronouncing dishes wrong; you won’t get any haughty looks here.

Gary and Susan really couldn’t have picked a better location for Preservation Kitchen. The 1916 Kaysner Estate—formerly home to Bothell’s mayor—perfectly mirrors the regional dishes like the wild boar ragu with its woodsy surroundings and rustic design. In fact, it’s so cozy you might forget you don’t actually live there while you treat yourself to delights like seared salmon with a butternut squash purée.