Terra Plata
From Tamara Murphy—former chef/owner of Brasa, organizer of Burning Beast,—Terra Plata’s menu is world-ranging deliciousness made with local/sustainable/etc. f…
1501 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-325-1501
Capitol Hill
206-325-1501
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
Tavolàta (Capitol Hill)
The second location of Tavolàta, the popular Belltown restaurant from prolific restaurateurs Ethan and Angela Stowell, this one on Capitol Hill. The Stowells a…
501 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-420-8355
Capitol Hill
206-420-8355
Matt's in the Market
Matt's is an intensely pleasant place to be, overlooking the Pike Place Market with views of the big clock and glinting slices of the Sound—there aren't too ma…
94 Pike St
Pike Place Market
206-467-7909
Pike Place Market
206-467-7909
Lola
"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on business within downtown Seattle has forced us to make this incredibly difficult decision to temporarily close our loca…
2000 Fourth Ave
Belltown
206-441-1430
Belltown
206-441-1430
Palace Kitchen
Hands down the best of Tom Douglas’s 436 Seattle restaurants, the Palace Kitchen will please both out-of-town visitors and jaded locals. It’s a longtime (since…
2030 Fifth Ave
Belltown
206-448-2001
Belltown
206-448-2001
Quinn's Pub
The people behind Restaurant Zoe created this Capitol Hill gastropub, offering (relatively) affordable, prettied-up versions of country foods people have been …
1001 E Pike St
Seattle
206-325-7711
Seattle
206-325-7711
Pink Door
The light in the rosy dining room makes everyone look good, but it’s the outdoor deck with its Puget Sound view that draws giant crowds when the weather’s righ…
1919 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
116 First Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-555-1234
Pioneer Square
206-555-1234
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
Skillet Capitol Hill
The Capitol Hill outpost of Skillet diner offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, each good. People go crazy for the gargantuan cinnamon roll, the "Serious Toast" …
1400 E Union St
Capitol Hill
206-512-2001
Capitol Hill
206-512-2001
The Sitting Room
The Sitting Room feels like a European cafe—it’s cozy in winter and airy in summer, and it has you-look-gooood lighting and a zinc-topped bar. It’s a fine plac…
108 W Roy St
Uptown
206-285-2830
Uptown
206-285-2830
Vendemmia
Given chef and owner Brian Clevenger’s past work experience—Staple & Fancy Mercantile,Tavolata, Cicchetti, Serafina—it’s no surprise Vendemmia’s menu features …
1126 34th Ave
Central District
206-466-2533
Central District
206-466-2533
Cafe Flora
Cafe Flora was born in 1991 of a utopian dream. It was to be—according to the harmonious views of three Madison Valley friends—the perfect restaurant: communit…
2901 E Madison St
Madison Valley
206-325-9100
Madison Valley
206-325-9100
How to Cook a Wolf
How to Cook a Wolf is the Upper Queen Anne branch of Ethan Stowell’s lauded upscale Italianate restaurant empire. The name is the title of an M.F.K. Fisher boo…
2208 Queen Anne Ave
East Queen Anne
206-838-8090
East Queen Anne
206-838-8090
Eden Hill
Chef Maximillian Petty, a Northwest native who built a solid culinary reputation in Austin, brings his avant-garde New American cuisine to Queen Anne. The menu…
2209 Queen Anne Ave N
West Queen Anne
206-708-6836
West Queen Anne
206-708-6836
The Whale Wins
At Renee Erickson’s the Whale Wins, almost everything is wood-fired, and while the menu may seem simple, North African flavors add interest. Of note: marrow bo…
3506 Stone Way N
Wallingford
206-632-9425
Wallingford
206-632-9425
mkt.
Ethan Stowell’s Tangletown restaurant is his smallest one, with 28 seats and a streamlined look, including a roll-up garage door (for when the weather gets nic…
2108 N 55th St
Wallingford
206-812-1580
Wallingford
206-812-1580
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