Agua Verde Cafe
Begin by paddling away from the Agua Verde Paddle Club with someone you like. Proceed in tandem to marvel at the water, at the Montlake Bridge as seen from ben…
1303 NE Boat St
Northeast Seattle
206-545-8570
Northeast Seattle
206-545-8570
Portage Bay Cafe
A tasty place to go for an all-American, local/organic/sustainable-focused breakfast or brunch, including cage-free eggs from Olympia, hams and sausages made i…
4130 Roosevelt Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-547-8230
Northeast Seattle
206-547-8230
Shultzy's Sausage
Shultzy’s used to be a tiny, crowded storefront where you had to fight your way up to the grill, manned by friendly and sausage-mad college guys. Now it’s a ni…
4114 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9461
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9461
Chili's South Indian Restaurant
Chili’s stands out—and not just because it serves South Indian cuisine, which you usually have to drive east to Bellevue to find. Its dosas—large, thin, crepe-…
4220 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633 1458
Northeast Seattle
206-633 1458
Wann Yen
The owners of beloved weekday lunch spot Thai Curry Simple, Mark and Picha Pinkaow, have opened Wann Yen, a vibrant temple dedicated to Thai shaved-ice dessert…
1313 NE 43rd St
Northeast Seattle
206-432-5902
Northeast Seattle
206-432-5902
Sushi Thai Yummy Yummy
At this cheap-eats place on the Ave, both sushi and Thai dishes are on offer (as well as lots of yummy, presumably).
4545 University Way
Northeast Seattle
206-708-7816
Northeast Seattle
206-708-7816
Thai Tom
There’s always a nonsensically long wait for a table at Thai Tom, but it makes perfect sense once you’ve been there. The food is pretty much straight Thai clas…
4543 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9548
Northeast Seattle
206-548-9548
Somtam Thai
It’s a Thai place where Detention (and before that, the U-District Po Dog) used to be.
4736 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-524-6339
Northeast Seattle
206-524-6339
Broadfork Cafe
The owners who previously bought the U-District location of Chaco Canyon Cafe have re-opened the place as their own venture, with a similarly organic, sustaina…
4757 12th Ave NE
Northeast Seattle
206-522-6966
Northeast Seattle
206-522-6966
Morsel
Giant, cloudlike biscuits are Morsel’s specialty; their “Cheesy Biscuit” with roasted tomato jam is what garlic bread wishes it could be. And their cappuccino,…
4754 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-268-0154
Northeast Seattle
206-268-0154
Evergreens
Salads! Evergreens makes them with produce that’s sourced “hyperlocally” in the “biggest bowls in town.” They have unfortunately cutesy names—“The Cobbsby Show…
4609 Village Terrace NE
Northeast Seattle
206.524.0741
Northeast Seattle
206.524.0741
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…
2623 NE University Village St
Northeast Seattle
206-523-0622
Northeast Seattle
206-523-0622
Araya's Place
It’s Thai vegan heaven, on the Ave and in Madison Valley (in the semi-hidden little house where fancy-pants Rover’s used to be). Deep-fried spring rolls are ex…
5240 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-524-4332
Northeast Seattle
206-524-4332
