Cafe Juanita
Kirkland, WA · Italian
Tier 2 · Provenance-Transparent What the tiers mean
Why it's listed
Holly Smith's long-running Northern Italian house on Juanita Creek in Kirkland puts Japanese Wagyu in two places on the same card. The omnivore tasting menu, $225 with wine pairings offered alongside, opens with a Wagyu A5 Miyazaki cruda on rye crostino with egg yolk crema, served as a choice against a yellowtail crudo. The enhancement list adds a Wagyu A5 Miyazaki New York with potato ripieno, foraged mushrooms and Madeira brodo, at 2.5oz or 5oz, either as a supplement or a substitution. Both lines name the Miyazaki prefecture and the A5 grade. Courses change daily.
Wagyu on the menu
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Miyazaki
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
- Japanese
- Brand / Prefecture
- Miyazaki
- Grade
- A5
- Producer
- Not listed
Menu rotates This kitchen changes its menu, so the cuts above may vary by night. Confirm with the venue before booking around a particular one.
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Evidence on file
“choice of Wagyu A5 Miyazaki cruda, rye crostino, egg yolk crema or Yellowtail crudo, Lucques olives, caper, peperoncino di Controne, brown butter almond”
cafejuanita.com “Wagyu A5 Miyazaki New York, potato ripieno, foraged mushrooms, Madeira brodo 2.5oz supplemental 95, or substitution 50 5oz supplemental 190, or substitution 145”
cafejuanita.com “Cafe Juanita 9702 NE 120th Place Kirkland, WA 98034 Phone: (425) 823-1505 ... Hours: 5:00 pm - 9:00 pm Tuesday and Wednesday; 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm Friday and Saturday. Closed Sunday, Monday and Thursday.”
cafejuanita.com
Quoted from the sources checked when this listing was verified.
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Common questions
- Does Cafe Juanita serve real Wagyu?
- Yes, and it says where the beef comes from. Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, WA publishes enough detail on its own materials to identify the Wagyu it sells, which is the standard this directory calls verified, last checked on August 23, 2026. That means a named Japanese brand or prefecture with its grade, an American breed status with a named producer, or an Australian producer with a marbling score.
- What kind of Wagyu does Cafe Juanita serve?
- Its menu discloses Miyazaki A5. Each of those is taken from the venue's own current materials rather than from a review or a listing site, and the evidence behind it is quoted further down this page.
- How was Cafe Juanita verified?
- By reading the venue's own current material, its menu, its site or its ordering system, and quoting the line that names the beef. Reviews, aggregator copies and press mentions are not accepted as the source, because they go stale silently. Verification is assisted by AI and every claim is stored with the page it came from, last confirmed on August 23, 2026.