Oak
This Beacon Hill place that can contain children and also has a cocktail lounge for grown-ups. The Oak's beer comes from local breweries; its menu focuses on o…
3019 Beacon Ave S
Beacon Hill
206-353-7070
Beacon Hill
206-353-7070
Scoop Du Jour Ice Creamery
Scoop du Jour, which has a long history in the Madison Park neighborhood, serves brightly colored local sherberts and ice creams, as well as lunch fare like bu…
4029 E Madison St
Madison Park
206-325-9562
Madison Park
206-325-9562
Madison Kitchen
Madison Kitchen—a soup/salad/sandwich counter conveniently located near Madison Park beach—is the project of former chef turned social worker turned chef (and …
4122 E Madison St
Madison Park
Madison Park
Ezell's Famous Chicken
What might be the best fried chicken in the country, sold over-the-counter (and on wheels). Oprah has it FedExed directly to her mouth. Also: dinner rolls so g…
4436 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-686-3772
Rainier Valley
206-686-3772
Molly Moon's Ice Cream
The southernmost (and most recent) Molly Moon's outpost, this space sits in the heart of Columbia City, flanked by Columbia City Bakery, Geraldine's Counter an…
4822 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
Rainier Valley
The Spice Room
The Spice Room serves good Thai food in a good-looking setting in Columbia City, with good service, too—people love it, and so will you. Our friend Jill says t…
4909 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-725-7090
Rainier Valley
206-725-7090
Chelsea Deli
The Chelsea Deli is located in the recently spruced-up Weed building—the top of the building says WEED in art-deco-style letters—which is exactly the right hom…
4908 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-725-3456
Rainier Valley
206-725-3456
Paris Bakery and Deli
Paris Bakery and Deli is, contrary to what you'd expect, a banh mi joint in Columbia City that bakes its own baguettes in-house (and is rumored to provide them…
5020 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-767-0130
Rainier Valley
206-767-0130
Bua 9 Thai Cuisine
Owned by the previous owner of Lotus Thai in the Central District, this Thai place serves pad kee mao, larb, roti with peanut sauce, and mango sticky rice, amo…
5020 Rainer Ave S
Columbia City
206-323-9445
Columbia City
206-323-9445
Full Tilt Ice Cream
The various Full Tilts offer a rotating menu of more than a dozen flavors—including raspberry ripple, toasted coconut, corn and chili, vanilla bean, and mint c…
5041 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-226-2740
Rainier Valley
206-226-2740
Emma's BBQ
Hillman City gets a new BBQ joint, Emma's BBQ. It has all the good-but-not-good-for-you things you expect from a BBQ place—in giant portions.
5303 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
12 Scoops
Try creative ice cream concoctions like fried vanilla (available on weekends) or strawberry graham cracker. Also on the weekends, they offer banana splits.
4267 S Orcas St
Rainier Valley
206-723-3190
Rainier Valley
206-723-3190
Q Bakery
Supercheap, good banh mi and French bread near the Viet Wah on MLK (and the supercheap, good Western Bakery and Dim Sum).
3818 S Graham St
Rainier Valley
206-725-9193
Rainier Valley
206-725-9193