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We asked which burger on the peninsula is the best and left the whole field to readers. Ten towns made it in, from Kingston to Sequim. Whatever is still standing on November 4 gets the 2026 seal for its front window.
Round one closes Wednesday, September 23.
Vote in round one →Three of the eight first round matchups. An island derby, a Poulsbo derby, and a top seed that got there by acclamation: Kingston sent ten nominations and every one of them named the same burger.
Readers cast 143 votes in the round of 16, and five of the eight matchups went to the lower seed. Whatever is still standing on November 4 gets the 2026 seal for its front window.
The quarterfinals close Wednesday, October 7.
Vote in the quarterfinals →All four quarterfinals. A&H Curbside Grill took 89% of the vote against the three seed, the biggest margin of round one. The closest was Field House over The Brass Kraken, 54% to 46%.
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Places we actually drove to, ordered from, and photographed, not a scraped listing.
Markets, festivals, live music, and the seasonal stuff you’d only hear about by word of mouth. See this weekend →
Trailheads, tide pools, and hole-in-the-wall corners that never show up in a search.
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Each issue opens with an original watercolor guide to the peninsula: a trail map, a menu decoder, a seasonal ranking. No stock photos, ever.
25 things every local should do, one for every season, from Hurricane Ridge to Jul in Poulsbo, both the West Sound and the Olympic Peninsula. Yours free when you subscribe.
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