Discover Burien’s 2026 Empty Bowls fundraiser resulted in two $12,000 checks being presented to both the Highline Area Food Bank and the White Center Food Bank, while also delivering trophies to this year’s Best Soup winners.
The annual fundraiser was held at the Burien Community Center on Friday, Jan. 30, and raised $24,000 for the local food banks.
Winners of “Best Soup” awards included:
- 1st Place Restaurant Soup: Smarty Pants Garage, with a cheesy chicken enchilada soup.
- 1st Place Facility Soup: Village Concepts of Burien, also known as El Dorado West, with a curry miso mushroom soup.
- 1st Place Vegan Soup: The Tin Room Bar, for vegan soup with a butternut squash bisque.
Discover Burien also credited a wide range of participating businesses and facilities for helping make the event possible, including:
- The B-Town Blog
- Village Concepts Communities West Seattle
- Pigfish Café
- Solstice Senior Living
- Lavish Roots Catering and Hospitality
- St. Anne Hospital
- Huckleberry Square
- Normandy Park Senior Living
- El Centenario Mexican Restaurant
- Melton’s BBQ
- Burien Elks Lodge
- Centro Neighborhood Kitchen
- Azteca Mexican Restaurants in Burien
- 909 Coffee and Wine
- Elliott Bay Brewing Co.
- Angelo’s of Burien
- Ivar’s
- Treat Cookies
- Lowrider Cookie Company
- Bakery Nouveau
- Maven Meals
- Grand Central Bakery
- Burien Press
“Thank you to everyone who participated, we raised $24,000 for the food banks,” organizers said.
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