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
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
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
Li'l Woody's
Li’l Woody’s serves good burgers made with Painted Hills beef, with the basic model starting at less than $5 (and it serves them until 3 a.m. on Fridays and Sa…
1211 Pine St
Capitol Hill
206-457-4148
Capitol Hill
206-457-4148
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
Temporarily Closed
The Pike Pub at Pike Brewing Company
Despite the swarms of tourists encircling its Pike Place Market location and the mountains of beer kitsch inside their bar, locals should be visiting this land…
1415 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
Pike Place Market
206-622-6044
Cafe Campagne
Cafe Campagne is exceedingly pleasant, with soft yellow lights, blond-wood banquettes, framed vintage prints on the walls, and attentive waitstaff. The menu is…
1600 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-728-2233
Pike Place Market
206-728-2233
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
Licorous
Licorous is the restaurant Lark's femme little sister, and the advice to ladies of yore preparing to go out—get completely dressed, then remove one acces…
928 12th Ave
Central District
(206) 325-6947
Central District
(206) 325-6947
E. Smith Mercantile
“Like the Moonshine in Papa Smith’s bathtub, we are Handmade, Small Batch, and All American,” says E. Smith’s website (their capitalization). The front of the …
208 1st Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-641-7250
Pioneer Square
206-641-7250
Hook & Plow
Hook & Plow is at the Marriott Waterfront, which describes it as "American"—it's where Todd English's Fish Club and then Restaurant 2100 (no one knows) used to…
2100 Alaskan Way
Seattle Waterfront
(206) 256-1040
Seattle Waterfront
(206) 256-1040
Skillet Capitol Hill
The Capitol Hill outpost of Skillet diner offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, each good. People go crazy for the gargantuan cinnamon roll, the "Serious Toast" …
1400 E Union St
Capitol Hill
206-512-2001
Capitol Hill
206-512-2001
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
Olympia Pizza & Spaghetti House III
This old-school place has thick-crust Greek pizza and gigantic pasta dishes—nothing gourmet, but heaven for stoners. For those who like the liquor, there…
516 15th Ave E
Stevens
206-329-4500
Stevens
206-329-4500
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
Athina Grill
At some restaurants, the entrées are what stand out. But at Athina's, though they are good, their sauces and appetizers are the real show-stoppers. Make sure t…
528 Queen Anne Ave N
Uptown
206-284-3868
Uptown
206-284-3868
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
Perihelion Brewery
Beacon Hill’s first brewery, with 12 taps of rotating beer, cider, and mead, specializes in Belgian ales, including saisons brewed with fruit. The menu of “Nor…
2800 16th Ave S
Greater Duwamish
206-200-3935
Greater Duwamish
206-200-3935
How to Cook a Wolf
How to Cook a Wolf is the Upper Queen Anne branch of Ethan Stowell’s lauded upscale Italianate restaurant empire. The name is the title of an M.F.K. Fisher boo…
2208 Queen Anne Ave
East Queen Anne
206-838-8090
East Queen Anne
206-838-8090