Summer Dog
OMG, floating hot dog cart! Find it via Twitter on sunny days on Lake Washington or Lake Union until the end of September.
Downtown Seattle
206-607-7181
Top Pot Doughnuts
Top Pot’s got 40 kinds of lusty, busty, rich doughnuts approved by President Barack Obama, and the cafes are comfortable triumphs of design. Also: good drip co…
1206 Madison Street
First Hill
206-708-7244
First Hill
206-708-7244
Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room
A massive, 15,000 square-foot space, billed as a temple to “coffee education.” There’s a full roasting operation, coffee made via six different brewing methods…
1124 Pike St
Seattle
206-624-0173
Seattle
206-624-0173
Piroshki on Madison
The piroshki—savory pies, filled with things like chicken, cabbage, rice, and mushrooms, as well as potatoes and cheese—here are wonderful. But the borscht—a h…
1219 Madison St
First Hill
206-624-1295
First Hill
206-624-1295
Stateside
One of the best restaurants in Seattle, Stateside is consistently great, wearing its Vietnamese-French mash-up on its sleeve. The crispy duck fresh rolls are d…
300 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Trophy Cupcakes
Trophy amps up the cupcake indulgence factor by piling on lots of tasty frosting and offering a variety of flavors (rotating every day of the week and every se…
600 Pine Street
Pike Pine Retail Core
206.632.7020
Pike Pine Retail Core
206.632.7020
Sweet Iron Waffles
Counter-serve space serving yeasted, liège-style waffles made with brioche dough, with sweet and savory toppings.
1200 3rd Ave, Suite 110
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-3336
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-3336
Urbane Market
Urbane Market is across the lobby from Urbane restaurant. It sells the fine work—dry goods, wine and beer, coffee, to-go items—of local purveyors and hosts foo…
1635 8th Avenue
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-676-4420
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-676-4420
Café Frieda
This cafe inside the Frye Art Museum features scratch-made sandwiches, salads, and seasonal soups, in addition to coffee from Caffe Vita, pastries from Macrina…
704 Terry Ave
First Hill
206-432-8210
First Hill
206-432-8210
Marseille
This new natural wine-centric shop has opened in Capitol Hill's Melrose Market and also serves brunch, lunch, and dinner, with fresh dishes like escabeche of m…
1531 Melrose Ave
Seattle
206-659-1845
Seattle
206-659-1845
Homegrown Sustainable Sandwich Shop
We’ll let Homegrown speak for itself: “Our goal at Homegrown is not only to create sandwiches out of sustainable ingredients but also to make sandwich creation…
1531 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-682-0935
Capitol Hill
206-682-0935
Meaty Johnson's BBQ
This Capitol Hill barbecue joint sells brisket and pulled pork by the pound, quarter chickens, Uli's hot links, St. Louis ribs, chili, mac and cheese, coleslaw…
1201 Pine St
Seattle
206-588-1471
Seattle
206-588-1471
Frye Art Museum
For decades, the Frye, founded in the early 20th century by a Seattle meat-packing family, was a sleepy place full of gilt frames and orthopedic shoes. In rece…
704 Terry Ave
First Hill
206-622-9250
First Hill
206-622-9250
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
Sky View Café
Up on the 73rd floor of Downtown’s Columbia Center tower is this café, operated by Ravishing Radish Catering. The menu looks uninspired, but if you find yourse…
701 5th Ave, 73rd floor
Downtown Seattle
206-860-7449
Downtown Seattle
206-860-7449