Primo
Primo is a pizza place located in the most beautiful room in town—gorgeous domed ceiling, a sparkling chandelier, detailed dark woodwork, pretty pillars. The h…
1106 Eighth Ave
First Hill
206-547-7466
First Hill
206-547-7466
Union Square Grill
A snug little bar below street level where the staff is ultra professional and the clientèle is mostly professional, too. And it's a good meeting point for ACT…
621 Union St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-224-4321
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-224-4321
Fireside Room at Sorrento Hotel
Bring a date (or your grandparents) and sink into the inviting and timelessly opulent lounge inside the classic Sorrento Hotel. Many things here are tasseled a…
900 Madison St
First Hill
206-622-6400
First Hill
206-622-6400
Daawat Indian Grill and Bar
I’m a deep lover of Indian food, but I live in a city that only has a few decent Indian restaurants. And the closest of these to my place of work on Capitol Hi…
820 Pike St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-7272
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-7272
Temporarily Closed
Vito's Restaurant & Lounge
After a sad absent spell, Vito’s reopened in the fall of 2010, returned to its old-school Italiano-style glory by Hideout/Vital 5 maestro Greg Lundgren, with d…
927 Ninth Ave
First Hill
206-397-4053
First Hill
206-397-4053
Frolik Kitchen + Cocktails
Five stories up in the Motif Seattle hotel, Frolik has downtown Seattle's largest outdoor patio at 4,000 square feet, with ping-pong and shuffleboard tables pl…
1415 Fifth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-971-8015
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-971-8015
Rumba
This Capitol Hill bar cuts across a continent, bringing sun-starved Seattleites directly to the shores of the Caribbean Sea. The bar snakes around the room lik…
1112 Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-583-7177
Capitol Hill
206-583-7177
Mamnoon
Mamnoon serves upscale and bold, perfectly seasoned Lebanese/Syrian food, including a selection of delicious, freshly baked flat and leavened breads. If you do…
1508 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-906-9606
Capitol Hill
206-906-9606
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
Taylor Shellfish Farms Oyster Bar
The good people here aim to provide you with the freshest oysters, clams, mussels, geoducks, and scallops, brought to Seattle throughout the week directly from…
1521 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-501-4321
Capitol Hill
206-501-4321
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
The Brooklyn Seafood, Steak & Oyster House
The Brooklyn offers seafood and steak served amid old-school-style elegance—it’s bustling in the oyster-bar front, cushioned (albeit with dated upholstery) in …
1212 Second Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-224-7000
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-224-7000
Oliver's Lounge
I can never get enough of Oliver's Lounge (405 Olive Way). I'm deeply in love with this bar's windows. These windows are huge and have a view of Macy's (whose …
405 Olive Way
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-8700
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-8700
The Pine Box
Headed by Ian Roberts (a founder of Seattle Beer Week and former bar manager at Brouwer’s), the Pine Box enlivens its (gorgeous) mortuary setting with more tha…
1600 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
Mezcaleria Oaxaca
La Mezcaleria Oaxaca features dishes like fish tacos, chile relleno, and carne asada plates, plus cocktails made with the smoky spirit they're named for. Pro t…
422 E Pine St
Seattle
(206) 324-0506
Seattle
(206) 324-0506
The Diller Room
The Diller Room is in the old (very old) Diller Hotel. The place plainly does not care whether it's fashionable or not, but the hotel’s original wallpaper, a S…
1224 First Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-4042
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-467-4042
Saint John's Bar and Eatery
Saint John’s Bar and Eatery—on Capitol Hill, where the Rosebud used to be—is brought to you by Val Kiossovski (who’s in Kultur Shock), Billy Gould (Faith No Mo…
719 E Pike St
Seattle
206-245-1390
Seattle
206-245-1390
Maximilien
A few steps past the fish-throwing insanity at Pike Place Market, you’re greeted in French in a dim, quiet room, its walls covered in antique mirrors, its view…
81 Pike St Suite A
Pike Place Market
206-682-7270
Pike Place Market
206-682-7270