Lotus Asian Kitchen & Lounge
Across from Vito’s—where the First Hill Bar & Grill finally retired after 34 glorious, divey years—Lotus is brought to us by Ridgley Kuang, owner of Green Leaf…
901 Madison St
First Hill
206-623-6333
First Hill
206-623-6333
Elephant & Castle
The Elephant & Castle's interior is spacious and comfortable, and is home to a well-stocked bar and a subterranean private room for big parties. Avoid Thursday…
1415 Fifth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-624-9977
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-624-9977
Bernard's on Seneca
Bernard's is a strange but great 1970s/medieval bar and lounge with edible German and American food, located in the subterranean reaches of downtown's Hotel Se…
317 Seneca St
Downtown Seattle
206-623-5110
Downtown Seattle
206-623-5110
Six Arms
A beer and pub-grub standby with hodge-podge decor on Capitol Hill.
300 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-223-1698
Capitol Hill
206-223-1698
Yard House
The Yard House seems to be in the business of many—so many beers, so many menu items, so many square feet, so many TVs. With nearly identical Yard Houses in mo…
1501 Fourth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-2087
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-2087
Kafe Berlin
Kafe Berlin is a German-influenced cafe located fittingly on the first floor of the German Heritage Building on First Hill. They serve German sausages and pret…
613 Ninth Ave
First Hill
206-623-4242
First Hill
206-623-4242
The Pine Box
Headed by Ian Roberts (a founder of Seattle Beer Week and former bar manager at Brouwer’s), the Pine Box enlivens its (gorgeous) mortuary setting with more tha…
1600 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
HoneyHole
Serving big, sloppy hot sandwiches, HoneyHole will quiet any stomach grumbling for comfort food. For your grumbling liver, they also have a semi-tiki-themed fu…
703 E Pike St
Seattle
206-709-1399
Seattle
206-709-1399
Japonessa Sushi Cocina
The restaurant that replaced Union downtown: Japonessa Sushi Cocina. The head chef: Billy Beach, formerly of Umi Sake House and Kushibar (the owner also runs i…
1400 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-971-7979
Pike Place Market
206-971-7979
Green Room
The Showbox's side bar, the Green Room, is a comfortable place to hang out before your show starts. They have smaller touring acts play there a few times a mo…
1426 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-628-3151
Pike Place Market
206-628-3151
Redhook Brewlab
The Redhook Brewlab, located in Capitol Hill's Pike Motorworks building, will feature 16 taps of rotating small-batch beers, brewed on site by Redhook Head Bre…
714 E Pike St
Seattle
206-823-3026
Seattle
206-823-3026
Von's 1000 Spirits
Von’s 1000 Spirits Gusto Bistro (formerly just Von's, at Sixth and Pine serves burgers (they call them “Hamburgs”), pizza (they call them “Frics” in the French…
1221 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-621-8667
Seattle Waterfront
206-621-8667
Patagōn
This upscale Argentinian-inspired restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the ground floor of the downtown Charter Hotel Seattle. Executive chef Anth…
1610 2nd Avenue
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-256-7500
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-256-7500
Knee High Stocking Co.
Knee High Stocking Co. is a tiny bar on Olive Way that's a speakeasy, but, you know, with a liquor license. There's no sign, and reservations (by text message …
1356 Olive Way
Capitol Hill
206-979-7049
Capitol Hill
206-979-7049
Garage
Come to Garage for bowling and billiards (cheap during the daily happy hour) in a pretty, late 1920s setting with unusual and above-average pub food that inclu…
1130 Broadway
Seattle
206-322-2296
Seattle
206-322-2296
Temporarily Closed
The Pike Pub at Pike Brewing Company
Despite the swarms of tourists encircling its Pike Place Market location and the mountains of beer kitsch inside their bar, locals should be visiting this land…
1415 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
The Bookstore Bar & Cafe
Attached to the posh Alexis Hotel, this cozy, book-lined bar and cafe has lots of dark wood and a wide-ranging menu of small plates from PBS sweetheart Caprial…
1007 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646