TRACE
Replacing the W Hotel’s Earth & Ocean—which produced such chefs as Lark’s Johnathan Sundstrom, Brian McCracken and Dana Tough of the Coterie Room/etc., and Mar…
1112 Fourth Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Downtown Seattle
206-264-6000
Zaika
This colorful Indian fusion bar and restaurant aims to bring an Indian influence to the happy hour scene, with cocktails and bites like apricot chicken seekh k…
1100 Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-432-9355
Capitol Hill
206-432-9355
Jemil's Big Easy
New Orleans native Jemil Aziz Johnson—chef/owner way back when of La Louisiana in the Central District—captains this mobile Cajun/Creole emporium. It's "The Re…
Downtown Seattle
206-428-8305
Spice King
This Seattle outpost of the Renton-based Indian restaurant Spice King features the same menu of Indian staples, including samosas, pakoras, curries, tandoori, …
213 Pike St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-3525
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-3525
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
Life On Mars
This relaxed, 70s-inspired bar from John Richards (John in the Morning on KEXP), Amy Richards, Steve Severin (Neumos, Barboza, The Runaway) and Leigh Sims (Wak…
722 E Pike St
Pike/Pine
206-323-9166
Pike/Pine
206-323-9166
Where Ya At Matt
Where Ya At gets its name from the New Orleans greeting “Where yat?”—owner/cook (and New Orleans native) Matt Lewis spells it out because he thinks it looks be…
Various locations
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square
Anar
Anar, from the owners of Capitol Hill’s excellent Mamnoon, is also steeped in Middle Eastern flavors and traditions, but with a decidedly healthy focus: house-…
2040 Sixth Avenue
Belltown
Belltown
Ben & Esther's
The popular Portland-based vegan Jewish deli chain Ben & Esther's serves bagels (available with dairy-free schmears or as sandwiches with toppings lik…
907 E Pike Street
Seattle
Seattle
Cinnamon Works
This Pike Place scratch-bakery staple, which has been around over 35 years, features cookies, quick breads, muffins, rolls, and more and has plenty of gluten-f…
1536 Pike Pl
Pike Place Market
(206) 583-0085
Pike Place Market
(206) 583-0085
Spice Box
The menu at this Indian restaurant includes samosas, pakoras, soups, salads, a special house curry with a spiced onion-based gravy, butter masala, rogan josh (…
1520 Broadway
Seattle
206-353-1699
Seattle
206-353-1699
Kastoori Grill
In the former 94 Stewart space, Nepalese sisters Bina and Sudha Bogati serve Nepalese, Tibetan, and Indian cuisine claiming to be the most authentic in Seattle…
94 Stewart St
Pike Place Market
206-973-3434
Pike Place Market
206-973-3434
Biscuit Bitch at Caffé Lieto
Do not plan to do any heavy lifting or swimming for several hours after you've ingested one of Biscuit Bitch's nigh-monstrous (and yummy) creations, like the "…
1909 1st Ave
Pike Place Market
206-441-7999
Pike Place Market
206-441-7999
Nirmal’s
There’s a dearth of good Indian food in Seattle; after eight years in New York, I was spoiled. But Nirmal’s in Pioneer Square is nearly as good as what you fin…
106 Occidental Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Plum Bistro
Plum Bistro is a pleasantly upscale, 100 percent vegan restaurant. Even for a lifelong vegetarian, a visit to Plum can feel like a taste-test in a laboratory o…
1429 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Plum Chopped
Chop't is the newest project from chef and owner Makini Howell, who is also behind Plum Bistro, Sugar Plum, Plum Pantry, Quickie Too, and the Plum Burgers food…
1429 12th Ave
Seattle
206-838-5333
Seattle
206-838-5333
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
Wild Ginger McKenzie
The well-known pan-Asian restaurant Wild Ginger will open its third location in South Lake Union on August 18, inside a luxury apartment building called McKenz…
2208 8th Ave
Belltown
Belltown