22 Food Reasons Seattle Is Winning At Life | HuffPost Life

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Are you a Seahawks fan? Send this to your friends who are rooting for the Patriots, and then read about how New England food could give Seattle food a run for its money.

If you think Starbucks is the best that Seattle food-and-drink has to offer, we've got 22 reasons why you're absolutely wrong. Denizens of the Northwest know that the Emerald City has a treasure trove of food gems, from the loads of fresh seafood to Molly Moon's ice cream and coffee cups that don't wear a Starbucks logo. Seattle's rich food culture rivals the deep dish pizza in Chicago, New York bagels, and the shave ice in Hawaii, to name just a few.

We picked the brains of food-loving Seattleites to present you with a list of the city's most phenomenal eats. Did we miss anything? Let us know in the comments section below!

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Before You Go

New England Food

New England has perfected the hot dog bun.(01 of22)

It's all about the top cut, that way you can set it down without having it fall over and everything topple out. You can also easily butter and grill these types of buns which means they can (and should) be filled with lobster. (credit:joyosity/Flickr)

We have more ice cream stands in the summer than billboards on the highway.(02 of22)

That's because New England is home to some of the best dairy cows and fresh ingredients. (credit:Alison Spiegel)

There's Chicago pizza. New York pizza. And then New Haven APIZZA.(03 of22)

New Haven's claim to fame is not Yale, but its pizza -- which the locals have loving renamed apizza. It rivals the best styles in the country, even Lena Dunham thinks so. (credit:Nick Sherman/Flickr)

Our chedda is betta.(04 of22)

Sure, Wisconsin makes excellent cheese curds and is a master of cheese making in general, but Vermont makes some of the best cheddars this world has ever known. Grafton or die, bitches. (credit:sisterbeer/Flickr)

Portland, Maine has dominated the weird chip flavor game.(05 of22)

No one can top sour cream and clam flavored chips. Or grilled cheese and ketchup. Or fries and gravy. No one. (credit:NoWin/Flickr)

We're the home of the Fluffernutter, HELLO.(06 of22)

Peanut butter and jelly is fine, but peanut butter and marshmallow creme? It's the stuff childhood dreams are made of. The first versions of the famous Marshmallow Fluff was created during the early twentieth century -- in the great state of Massachusetts -- and the irresistable Fluffernutter soon followed. (credit:IbÃ¡n/Flickr)

The rest of the country might have chocolate milk, and even strawberry milk, but New England has COFFEE milk. (07 of22)

Coffee milk is a drink made with sweetened coffee concentrate and milk -- mixed just like you would chocolate milk, only with coffee. You can find the syrup, and make it yourself -- Rhode Island's Autocrat Coffee is a popular choice -- or you can buy the milk already mixed and sold in the dairy aisle. New Englanders are so into it that Rhode Island made it their official drink in 1993. (credit:Wikimedia: Jessamyn)

They don't call it a NEW ENGLAND clambake for nothing.(08 of22)

You might be able to host a clambake anywhere sand can be found, but the idea came from us New Englanders -- the original masters. Naturally, we will always do it best. (credit:joyosity/Flickr)

A true New Englander brings their own jar of real maple syrup to breakfast.(09 of22)

We have so much of the stuff. (Plus, we'd rather starve than eat fake maple syrup.) (credit:Monica Donovan via Getty Images)

America's love affair with burgers is all thanks to New Haven, CT.(10 of22)

Louis' Lunch in New Haven is famous for being the birthplace of American burgers. You can still get a burger there today -- just as it was served over 100 years ago. While it's a far cry from the burgers the country enjoys these days, it's a little taste of history everyone should experience. (credit:brent875/Flickr)

TWO WORDS: Maple Creeme.(11 of22)

This is soft serve made with maple syrup in it. Life doesn't get better than this. (credit:powerskirt/Flickr)

Del's frozen lemonade is the official taste of summer.(12 of22)

By now, most people have heard of Del's. It's a frozen lemonade drink that pretty much defines the taste of summer. It's such a popular beverage that it almost took coffee milk's place as Rhode Island's official drink. Almost. (credit:smcgee/Flickr)

Manhattan doesn't know a thing about chowder.(13 of22)

New Englanders know how to make it creamy, like the kind you find all over the coast of Massachusetts AND they know how to make it broth-y, the version Rhode Island has perfected.

(They also know that you never add tomatoes. Ever.) (credit:Michiey/Flickr)

TRUTH: The world would be a sadder place without Ben & Jerry's. (14 of22)

Vermont, we owe you everything. (credit:Qfamily/Flickr)

Cape Cod Potato Chips actually come from Cape Cod.(15 of22)

And you can take a tour of the factory when you're there and eat lots of chips. It's just one more piece of evidence that Cape Cod is heaven on earth. (credit:Joe Shlabotnik/Flickr)

Moxie wouldn't exist without Maine.(16 of22)

The word AND the soda. Dr. Augustin Thompson, the founder of this beverage, made up the word Moxie to name his drink -- now the official state drink of Maine -- and it has stuck. The soda isn't sweet by today's soda standards, some even say it's bitter, but it remains a favorite with locals. (credit:JeepersMedia/Flickr)

New York might have popularlized the hot dog, but Rhode Island is making them famous.(17 of22)

You haven't had a hot dog until you've had one Rhode-Island style. Known as New York System Wieners, these dogs are shorter, traditionally made with made of veal and pork, and topped with a seasoned meat sauce that isn't quite chili and isn't really gravy -- but is damn good. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)

We gave the country Dunkin' Donuts.(18 of22)

The first shop was opened in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts. Now there are over 10,000 franchises. You. Are. Welcome. America. (credit:Angelo/Flickr)

CRAN-BER-RIES.(19 of22)

This native New England fruit has defined the landscape of MA. Southeastern Massachusetts alone has over 14,000 acres of working cranberry bogs -- harvesting millions of cranberries each year and making everyone's Thanksgiving table complete. (credit:Philippe Bourseiller via Getty Images)

The Wellfleet Oyster Festival that takes place every year is a testament to our great seafood.(20 of22)

Long considered some of the world’s best, New England's Wellfleet oyster are a source of pride. (credit:Amy Steigbigel via Getty Images)

Belgium might have Godiva, but New Hampshire has given us Burdick.(21 of22)

And their adorable chocolate mice. (credit:sushiesque/Flickr)

LOBSTER ROLLS.(22 of22)

Connecticut AND Maine style. *mic drop* (credit:og-vision via Getty Images)

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