The Silverwater Café was established in 1989. We started as a little café with a staff of ten. Our business has gradually grown over the years, and we find ourselves now housed in our own building, with a staff of up to 55 in the busy season. Many of the staff members have been with us from the beginning, continually raising the levels of experience and dedication. We have catered over a hundred weddings, dozens of private parties and office parties. Anniversaries, graduations, engagements, retirements, holidays... we have done them all.
We love what we do. We strive to continue to perfect our craft, bringing inspiration to one another on a daily basis, so that we can incorporate it into our work, and, ultimately, to you. We believe that life is about good food and good friends.
The restaurant is owned by Alison Hero and David Hero. Alison has been cooking professionally since she was 12. She oversees the kitchen, and the production for catering. David is the lead baker, baking all of the wedding cakes and desserts for the restaurant. Our first cookbook, "Golden Moments at the Silverwater Café" was published in 1999. It contains over 125 of our most popular recipes, plus many entertaining stories about the staff and customers over the years. It is a bit of a scratch book, as well as a cookbook.
We also carry a line of spice blends. Originally developed for use in our kitchen, by popular demand we now sell them retail.
Getting to the Silverwater
The Silverwater Café is located right in the heart of downtown Port Townsend's Historic District It is on the corner of Washington and Taylor Streets, across from Haller Fountain and next to the Rose Theatre.
Silverwater Café 237 Taylor St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 - (360) 385-6448
The Washington State Ferries site has schedules and fares for getting to Port Townsend:
Seattle
to Bainbridge Island (Winslow)
Seattle
to Bremerton
Edmonds
(north of Seattle) to Kingston
Port
Townsend to Keystone
On printed ferry schedules make sure to check that it covers the period when you'll be traveling!
PTguide has directions for coming from any point on the compass.
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We have owned the Silverwater since 1989. We believe in supporting the community in which we live. We appreciate the products that we are able to purchase locally from all of these wonderful establishments and people:
- Line-caught Coho salmon and Alaskan Ling Cod from Cape Cleare Fisheries
- Ice Cream from Elevated Ice Cream (hormone-free)
- Beef, pork and chicken from Evergreen Meats
- Seafood from Omega Seafood and Key City Fish
- Locally grown exotic mushrroms from Moon Hill Mushrooms
- Shellfish from Scow Bay Oyster Co.
- Hand-crafted artisan cheeses from Mt. Townsend Creamery
- Organic bread from Pane d'Amore
- Hand-crafted teas from Wild Sage
- Locally brewed beer from Port Townsend Brewing Co.
- Flowers from Petals Flower Shop
- Wine from our local wineries, Sorenson Wines and Fairwinds Winery
- Beautiful produce from hard working local farmers
- Our T-shirts and bags are printed at Badd Habit
- Our printing is done at Star Copy and S.O.S.
In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint we recycle everything we can. Our pre-consumer vegetable scraps, brewed teas and coffee grounds go back with our farmers to their compost piles. Our used fryer oil is being turned into fuel. We serve filtered water.