Seattle eatery cooks up confidence while helping people transition out of homelessness

Farestart’s restaurant has been closed to the public for the last four years. On Thursday evening, however, they unveiled their newly remodeled space.

SEATTLE — King County data shows more than 16,000 people are homeless currently – the most that’s ever been reported in King County and Seattle.

But a creative way to get folks back on their feet is being reintroduced to Seattle’s downtown area.

FareStart, a Seattle nonprofit that’s been an institution since the early 1990s, is a training kitchen for the disadvantaged and those transitioning out of homelessness. The group’s restaurant had been closed since 2020 and reopened June 27.

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