White Center

Explore

Southgate Roller Rink—home to the Rat City Rollergirls—is a fun place to roll to the music, and Roxbury Lanes is a favorite spot for bowling and arcade games. Steve Cox Memorial Park offers playing fields, a playground, and a community garden, and in White Center Heights Park, a pedestrian bridge and public art installations provide a soothing setting for birdwatching. Also explore Seola Park, a lush ravine with deciduous trees, including a grove of madrones.

Eat and Drink

Intimate Tomo specializes in sublime modern Japanese-American fare, and light-filled Greenbridge Cafe serves locally sourced Pacific Northwest–Latin American lunches. Atole chuco (blue-corn porridge) and pupusas are popular at Salvadorean Bakery & Restaurant, while Cocina Casera draws raves for braised chicken and vegan-chorizo empanadas. Fill up on beer, bratwursts, and Asian linguica at Psycho Sally’s Sassy Sausages and cocktails and sandwiches at Can Bar.

Shop

Many community retailers specialize in foods and gifts imported from around the world, including K for W Supermarket for Asian groceries, Roba’s African Store, and Castillos Supermarkets, which stocks Latin American goods. Fans of disc golf can buy gear at Emerald City Discs to use nearby at Ralph Williamson Memorial Disc Golf Course, which is also known as Lakewood King County Disc Golf Course.