Purple Cafe and Wine Bar
Heavy Restaurant Group (Lot No. 3, The Commons, and Barrio) owns four Purple Cafe and Wine Bars, all of which feature an impressive global wine selection (over…
1225 Fourth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-829-2280
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-829-2280
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
Measure
Measure serves small plates, wine, and cocktails on the third floor of Benaroya Hall starting two hours before performances there. While the menu is to be upda…
200 University Street, 3rd Floor
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-215-4747
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-215-4747
Andaluca
Andaluca's decor is generic-upscale-intimate (dark wood, low ceiling, not-too-heated flamenco music, and so forth), but fine Spanish-influenced food and remark…
407 Olive Way
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-382-6999
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-382-6999
The Bookstore Bar & Cafe
Attached to the posh Alexis Hotel, this cozy, book-lined bar and cafe has lots of dark wood and a wide-ranging menu of small plates from PBS sweetheart Caprial…
1007 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646
Upper Bar Ferd’nand
Upper Bar Ferd’nand, like its sibling Bar Ferd’nand in Melrose Market, is a wine bar and bottle shop serving small-batch wine from family-owned wineries around…
1424 11th Ave
Seattle
206-693-2434
Seattle
206-693-2434
Black Bottle
If architecture firms have cafeterias, they probably look like this. People are here to hang out rather than hit on each other relentlessly, and they’re here t…
2600 First Ave
Belltown
206-441-1500
Belltown
206-441-1500
Smith
Smith is a pub-with-upscale-grub on Capitol Hill’s 15th Avenue, brought to you by Linda of Linda’s/King’s Hardware/Oddfellows Cafe. The hunting-lodge interior …
332 15th Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-709-1900
Capitol Hill
206-709-1900
Triumph Bar
From sommelier brothers Jim and Brandon Marsh, it’s a very slick-looking bar with a big wine list—25 glass pours, 300 bottles, lots of it Italian—that they wou…
114 Republican St
Uptown
206-420-1791
Uptown
206-420-1791
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
Bottlehouse
Bottlehouse is a wine bar and “shoppe” located upstairs from Madrona’s urban winery, Wilridge (which makes special Bottlehouse blends). The motto: “Dwell, Drin…
1416 34th Ave
Central District
206-708-7164
Central District
206-708-7164
5 Spot
With its ever-changing menu—half of which rotates every three months or so—the 5 Spot focuses on different American regional cuisines. There's also standard di…
1502 Queen Anne Ave N
East Queen Anne
206-285-7768
East Queen Anne
206-285-7768
Paragon
A Belltown alternative on top of Queen Anne with tons of 'tinis and an upscale new American menu. Live music is featured each night, and there's never a cover.
2125 Queen Anne Ave N
West Queen Anne
206-283-4548
West Queen Anne
206-283-4548
The Barrel Thief
This Fremont place offers "a chill atmosphere in which to explore and enjoy wine, spirits, and small plate food," with the spirits category including "botanica…
3417 Evanston Ave N #102
Fremont
206-402-5492
Fremont
206-402-5492
Art of the Table
At the heart of Wallingford’s Art of the Table is the Supper Club—weekend reservations-only dinner parties (either communal or private-table seating) with loca…
3801 Stone Way N
Wallingford
206-282-0942
Wallingford
206-282-0942
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
Ada's Restaurant & Bar
Ada's (not to be confused with the cafe-bookstore in Capitol Hill), is an upscale neighborhood spot serving New American-style dishes near the Woodland Park Zo…
5910 Phinney Ave N
Phinney Ridge
206-397-3253
Phinney Ridge
206-397-3253
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
