Lotus Asian Kitchen & Lounge
Across from Vito’s—where the First Hill Bar & Grill finally retired after 34 glorious, divey years—Lotus is brought to us by Ridgley Kuang, owner of Green Leaf…
901 Madison St
First Hill
206-623-6333
First Hill
206-623-6333
Sushi Kanpai
Located near the corner of Eighth and Marion, Sushi Kanpai has reasonably priced sushi that people like quite a bit.
900 Eighth Ave
First Hill
206-588-2769
First Hill
206-588-2769
Foreign National
From the owners of the upscale Vietnamese-influenced Stateside, Foreign National, located next door, serves cocktails such as a “Long Thailand” iced tea and “d…
300 E Pike Street
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Stateside
One of the best restaurants in Seattle, Stateside is consistently great, wearing its Vietnamese-French mash-up on its sleeve. The crispy duck fresh rolls are d…
300 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Capitol Hill
206-557-7273
Café Frieda
This cafe inside the Frye Art Museum features scratch-made sandwiches, salads, and seasonal soups, in addition to coffee from Caffe Vita, pastries from Macrina…
704 Terry Ave
First Hill
206-432-8210
First Hill
206-432-8210
Kafe Berlin
Kafe Berlin is a German-influenced cafe located fittingly on the first floor of the German Heritage Building on First Hill. They serve German sausages and pret…
613 Ninth Ave
First Hill
206-623-4242
First Hill
206-623-4242
HoneyHole
Serving big, sloppy hot sandwiches, HoneyHole will quiet any stomach grumbling for comfort food. For your grumbling liver, they also have a semi-tiki-themed fu…
703 E Pike St
Seattle
206-709-1399
Seattle
206-709-1399
La Lot Restaurant & Bar
La Lot is named after the betel leaf used in the generally delicious, cigar-shaped beef la lot and elsewhere in Vietnamese cooking. While the restaurant is on …
925 Stewart St #102
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-8812
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-8812
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
Fonte Cafe & Wine Bar
Across from the Seattle Art Museum downtown, Fonté has the feel of an upscale chain with its pearl-toned leather banquettes and contemporary sleekness, but it'…
1321 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-777-6193
Seattle Waterfront
206-777-6193
Nijo
Nijo's tiny, modern bar, is very purple. The chef is from Mashiko, but the location is on a dull block that tends to be an energy vortex. A glass clamshell hol…
83 Spring St
Seattle Waterfront
206-340-8880
Seattle Waterfront
206-340-8880
Comet Tavern
The Comet’s done a fine job of getting people drunk since 1948. More recently—for a long time—it was a place to see hearing-impairing punk bands, get beer spil…
922 E Pike St
Seattle
206-322-9272
Seattle
206-322-9272
Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant
From the owners of the enormously popular Tamarind Tree, Long is another, fancier Vietnamese spot. “Long” is pronounced laong—it’s Vietnamese for dragon. The J…
1901 2nd Ave
Pike Place Market
(206) 443-6266
Pike Place Market
(206) 443-6266
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
Delicatus
Considering the rough-hewn wooden walls and reclaimed artisan-chic flair, it looks like Quinn’s wandered down from Capitol Hill, had drunken sex with Jimmy Joh…
103 First Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-623-3780
Pioneer Square
206-623-3780
The Rhino Room
The Rhino Room is a huge bar/club on Capitol Hill with lots of kingly booths, sky-high ceilings, and a decor scheme you might call neo-deco-Egypto-minimalism, …
1535 11th Ave
Seattle
(206) 258-3900
Seattle
(206) 258-3900
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
Cherry Street Public House
Cherry Street Public House comes to us from Ali Ghambari, owner of the Cherry Street Coffee House cafes, of which there are now ten (as of 2017). For the past …
210 Occidental Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-387-4523
Pioneer Square
206-387-4523