Davids & Co

The loaded sweet potato is a must! Not to mention it is huge, delicious and only $ 5!!! Where can you buy a filling lunch for $ 5? {the answer in no where}
They also have punch cards, buy four lunches and get the fifth free which is also unheard of. I plan on filling my card with potato punches.

Tasty, but not BBQ. I had the brisket & potato salad. Four stars for having a great pot roast, but I don’t think anybody in any part of the country would consider this BBQ. There was no smokey flavor, and it was shredded. No sauce, no rub. It wasn’t overly dry or tough, but it also did not melt in your mouth like a good slow-​cooked brisket should. The potato salad was tasty and had grapes in it. Service was friendly and quick. Overall, I’d go back for good food, but I can’t recommend it as a BBQ place since that was not BBQ.

What horrible service! We were treated like cattle hearing us around like they did. I’m just glad they didn’t break out the electric prods! Then the communication was terrible. Go here… no, go over there… No, they don’t know what they’re talking about. You need to go back where you were before. Then, after all the rude confusion the food and drinks were not fit to feed a pig. Needless to say-​we wont waste our time or money here again!

It’s an upscale BBQ café where the dining tables are in the lobby area of Benaroya Hall. It’s like Harried and Hungry in the sense that it’s a catering company. I observed the customers in line. Most of them were in their retirement years. I ordered the smashed potato salad. It had grapes. The chicken was okay. The mac and cheese was okay as well. While I was eating I wished they played classical music in the lobby area since the atmosphere was stale and grey. I probably won’t return since Chuck’s Hole in the Wall and Mad Oven are closer to me.

Wow unexpected find, bbq in downtown. Had brisket with beans and tasted amazing.
And the price, more than reasonable.

Came to David’s and Co with a friend for their special opening event and thought it was OK. I enjoyed the brisket and smoked mac & cheese. The brisket was tender and smoked well. The mac & cheese wasn’t overly cheesy and cooked a little longer to my liking. The kale in the mac & cheese is a great combination. I wasn’t impressed with the baked beans but did enjoy the Jicama slaw. I didn’t find anything I must go back and have again but I may go back and try the chicken some time.

Skip the blueberry cheesecake (hardly any flavor, awful graham cracker crust) but do try the lasagna with lemon ricotta.

Sad they changed the menu and no longer offer the small sandwiches. I ordered the chicken sandwich and it is bland and extremely messy.
The girls working behind the counter are nice.

I haven’t been to Benaroya Hall in a few years and was sad to see that Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant was gone. However, it was satisfying to see that the void was replaced by a modern, PacNW chic, and well designed little bar-​style café called Davids & Co.
There was no line so I decided to grab a quick bite and was acknowledged and waited on immediately (much appreciated). I asked to partake in the smoked salmon ceasar salad (to go) which was swiftly made to order using fresh local ingredients. The salad comes with a lite and unique ceasar dressing (Yum!), a lemon wedge, smoked salmon, a hard boiled egg and some delicious croutons. The lettuce is fresh and crispy, cut to the perfect bite size and shows no signs of wilt. There are also two types of cheese hidden within the dressing — some chunks of cream cheese (YES!) and the standard ceasar dressing parm shreds. As carbs are my arch nemesis, I usually avoid nomming on croutons (Ha, JK), but the croutons involved here are better than usual and tasted freshly baked or like they were prepared by Keebler elves. Smoked salmon was on point and not at all fishy. It could maybe be a little less salty, but definitely had a nice subtle smoked flavor to it. I was not sure what to expect with the smoked salmon and was assuming the actual to be «real» salmon chunks, but it was instead the smoked salmon strip sorts of things — That’s not to say strips don’t molecular-​ly constitute real salmon, but it’s more like the strip model gives companies license to serve you less and call it more (or good enough). This was exactly the unfortunate case in this situation as I was faced with two pathetic rolls of salmon (mouthwatering rolls, but still). I have no problem paying 13 dollars for a salad, but two rolls of salmon is really not enough, especially if you put the word «salmon» in the name of the thing. By that definition, you might as well call it «egg ceasar salad.» I don’t want to draw comparisons between this place and Wolfgang Puck’s, but they used to have a grilled jumbo shrimp salad and, well, you can see where this is going…
Also, I had a coconut cookie thingy. It had shreds of real coconut in it, but it was extremely stringy and not all that pleasant to consume.
Bottom line: Davids & Co has great branding and their ingredients are fresh, but some of the way the ingredients are blended or prepared is questionable.

This place just opened up yesterday (9÷7÷14) at Benaroya Hall next to the Starbucks near the bus terminal on 3^rd and University. They are managed by an amazing local catering company called Tuxedos and Tennis Shoes!
The food is absolutely delicious with plenty of healthy options (like curried butternut squash soup) and even better. I would say their menu is Seattlefied American. Think lots of fresh in-​season ingredients like kale and salmon.
I would recommend this place to ANY downtown lunch-​goer. Also, they are going to be open before Seattle Symphony concerts — can’t wait to try their dinner options!
Do Try:
Tomato Basil Soup (Dairy-​free!)
Salads (Their salads in general are very good.)
Mini-​Sandwiches (I always get sick of a whole one so these are great!)
Spiced Nuts (You won’t regret it.)
Skip:
Meatloaf Sandwich (It’s served cold. Go for the Meatloaf entrée instead — it’s much better.)