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
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
Peasant Food Manifesto
Urging its customers to "get back to what's important" and declaring that "we are all more alike than we think," the Peasant Food Manifesto food truck is on a …
Downtown Seattle
206-595-9273
Outlier
Hats off to Chef Shawn Applin, whose media preview menu for Outlier proved to be a genuine pleasure, from perfectly al dente carrots in the Vadouvan curry, to …
1101 4th Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-624-7755
Downtown Seattle
206-624-7755
All Water Seafood & Oyster Bar
In the former BOKA space, a new seafood and oyster bar inspired by the history of the all-water trade route in the 1800s that took gold-mining prospectors to S…
1010 First Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-357-9000
Downtown Seattle
206-357-9000
Contour
For those who embrace the late-night Pioneer Square scene (that is to say, the dense fabric of dance-centric clubs and DJ spots littering the neighborhood with…
807 First Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-447-7704
Downtown Seattle
206-447-7704
Cafe Hitchcock
Joining Bainbridge Island sibling eateries Hitchcock and Hitchcock Deli, Cafe Hitchcock adds a more daytime-friendly feel to the group, with espresso, sandwich…
818 First Ave Seattle, WA 98104
Downtown Seattle
206-467-5078
Downtown Seattle
206-467-5078
Staple & Fancy Mercantile
Brought to you by Ethan Stowell (Anchovies & Olives, How to Cook a Wolf, Tavolàta, and more) Staple & Fancy has a local, seasonal, Italianate “staple” menu wit…
4739 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-1200
Ballard
206-789-1200
Barnacle
Renee Erickson’s teeny-tiny, Euro-style bar is attached to her renowned restaurant the Walrus & the Carpenter (making it the best-named place ever). Its short …
4743 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-706-3379
Ballard
206-706-3379
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Renee Erickson runs this celebrated Ballard oyster bar, which also serves local clams and mussels, craft cocktails, frites, and specialty meats, and everybody …
4743 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-395-9227
Ballard
206-395-9227
Portalis
Laid-back and welcoming enough for the wide-eyed novice, yet sufficiently sophisticated and well-stocked for the experienced pro, this rustic-chic Ballard wine…
6754 15th Ave NW
Ballard
206-783-2007
Ballard
206-783-2007
Stoneburner
It's another concept from the restaurant-concepters (and, presumably, rakers-in-of-money) James Weimann and Deming Maclise, who've been concepting since 2009 w…
5214 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-695-2051
Ballard
206-695-2051
Percy's and Co.
Percy’s and Co., with its “apothecary-style” cocktails, sounds gimmicky, but Percy’s is very handsome and very comfortable, especially if you sit in one of the…
5233 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-420-3750
Ballard
206-420-3750
The Noble Fir
Seattle’s great-outdoors-related tavern is appropriately outfitted in plenty of beautiful wood, with a library of hiking books so customers can gain “renewed i…
5316 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-420-7425
Ballard
206-420-7425
GROG
This "sailor-inspired cocktail bar," specializing in punchbowls of grog and small plates "drawing influence from different stops that spice merchants traveled,…
5405 22nd Ave NW
Ballard
206-783-5410
Ballard
206-783-5410
Ray's Boathouse
Ray’s is a waterfront-dining institution; the downstairs has an unimpeachably upscale (if standard-issue) atmosphere, the upstairs has a less-expensive cafe me…
6049 Seaview Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-3770
Ballard
206-789-3770
