W Hotel Seattle
The swank W invites you to "lounge in the Living Room, our main floor with a jaw-dropping, three-story fireplace covered in nearly 1,000 stainless steel tiles …
1112 Fourth Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Oddfellows Cafe + Bar
Created by bar maven Linda Derschang (of Linda's, etc.), Oddfellows is a crowd-pleasing Capitol Hill fixture. The space—a giant, high-ceilinged, beautifully be…
1525 10th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-325-0807
Capitol Hill
206-325-0807
Delicatus
Considering the rough-hewn wooden walls and reclaimed artisan-chic flair, it looks like Quinn’s wandered down from Capitol Hill, had drunken sex with Jimmy Joh…
103 First Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-623-3780
Pioneer Square
206-623-3780
Ba Bar
You can get yourself fed—with the one of the city’s best bowls of pho, no less—from the morning till the wee hours at this stylish Vietnamese mini-chain, with …
550 12th Ave
Central District
206-328-2030
Central District
206-328-2030
Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
Autumn Martin, former Canlis pastry chef and Theo head chocolatier (and fourth-generation Washingtonian), makes all-organic desserts from carefully sourced, lo…
1650 E Olive Way
Capitol Hill
206-258-2591
Capitol Hill
206-258-2591
Hood Famous Cafe and Bar
The beloved Ballard bakeshop, famous for its Filipino-inspired specialties such as ube cheesecake, has expanded to the International District with a new locati…
500 Fifth Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Chinatown-International District
206-485-7049
Regent Bakery & Cafe
Regent stocks their brightly lit cases with cakes (green tea mousse), pastries (chocolate croissant, fruit tarts, stuff with hot dogs sticking out), and other …
1404 E Pine St
Capitol Hill
206-743-8866
Capitol Hill
206-743-8866
Marination Ma Kai
Marination’s brick-and-mortar location at the Alki water-taxi dock (“ma kai” means “near the sea” in Hawaiian) has all the island-fusion favorites familiar to …
1660 Harbor Ave SW
North Admiral
206-328-8226
North Admiral
206-328-8226
Sebi's Bistro
Whenever we’re in need of the hug only Eastern European food provides, we hightail it over to Sebi’s in Eastlake, which never disappoints with its lightly butt…
3242 Eastlake Ave E
Eastlake
206-420-2199
Eastlake
206-420-2199
Agua Verde Cafe
Begin by paddling away from the Agua Verde Paddle Club with someone you like. Proceed in tandem to marvel at the water, at the Montlake Bridge as seen from ben…
1303 NE Boat St
Northeast Seattle
206-545-8570
Northeast Seattle
206-545-8570
Shultzy's Sausage
Shultzy’s used to be a tiny, crowded storefront where you had to fight your way up to the grill, manned by friendly and sausage-mad college guys. Now it’s a ni…
4114 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9461
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9461
Ma'ono
In Hawaiian, “ono” means “delicious,” and “ma” is a prefix that means going toward, facing, or making. Ma’ono in West Seattle is the reincarnation of the marve…
4437 California Ave SW
Junction
206-935-1075
Junction
206-935-1075
The Other Coast Cafe
The “other” coast is the East Coast (get it?!). The meats are thin-sliced and tasty, the lettuce etc. is fresh, and the bread is great (baguette-ish but withou…
5315 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-0936
Ballard
206-789-0936
Bongos Cafe
Bongos serves delicious Caribbean food with zero pretensions, and the restaurant, tucked into a triangular plot of land on Aurora, just off Green Lake, is prac…
6501 Aurora Ave N
Phinney Ridge
206-420-8548
Phinney Ridge
206-420-8548
Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
Autumn Martin, former Canlis pastry chef and Theo head chocolatier (and fourth-generation Washingtonian), makes all-organic desserts from carefully sourced, lo…
5427 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-453-3792
Ballard
206-453-3792
Ballard Choice Deli & Grocery
This combination bar-restaurant-bakery-convenience store has teriyaki, yakisoba, deli hoagies, coffee, wine, and 30 beers on tap, all in one stop.
6415 Eighth Ave NW
West Woodland
206-789-0211
West Woodland
206-789-0211
The Fat Hen
Seattleite Linnea Gallo and her Italian-born husband, Massimo, run the Fat Hen, in Ballard. The space is small but airy and lovely, with marble-topped cafe tab…
1418 NW 70th St
Ballard
206-782-5422
Ballard
206-782-5422
Ristorante Picolinos
Picolinos invites you "to enjoy and experience authentic Italian food in the warmth and comfort of the restaurant." They also have a lot of Italian wine, a lar…
6415 32nd Ave NW
Ballard
206-781-8000
Ballard
206-781-8000
Georgia's Greek Restaurant & Deli
Georgia’s is a cute little family-run joint with a lengthy menu of tasty Greek standards. The octopus, served in a white wine sauce, is outstanding. Also: brea…
323 NW 85th St
Greenwood
206-783-1228
Greenwood
206-783-1228