Bimbos Cantina
Bimbo's has fat, tasty burritos and pretty good everything else. Sometimes crowded, which means a wait, and sometimes the service is infuriatingly slow, but th…
1013 E Pike St
Seattle
206-322-9950
Seattle
206-322-9950
Tacos Chukis
Capitol Hill’s favorite taqueria just added a second location, in Dexter Avenue’s sunless canyon of new apartment buildings. The new spot is a little sleeker, …
219 Broadway Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-328-4447
Capitol Hill
206-328-4447
Carmelo's Tacos
This family-owned, Mexico City-style taqueria inside Hillcrest Market has a menu of tacos, including asada, al pastor, campechano (a blend of chorizo, asado, p…
110 Summit Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-659-0159
Capitol Hill
206-659-0159
U:Don
Chef/owner Tak Kurachi specializes in house-made Sanuki-style udon noodles made with organic wheat flour imported from Japan; you go along a laboratory-style c…
1640 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-466-1471
Capitol Hill
206-466-1471
Maekawa Bar
Tucked away upstairs on King Street next door to its better-known sister, Fort St. George, this small International District Izakaya (Japanese style gastropub)…
601 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-622-0634
Chinatown-International District
206-622-0634
Shiro's
As of April 2014, the marvelous sushi master Shiro isn't at Shiro's anymore—he sold his interest in the business to partners, including one from the less-than-…
2401 Second Ave
Belltown
206-443-9844
Belltown
206-443-9844
Ten Sushi
Where the Genki Sushi above the QFC on Mercer used to be, it’s another, better conveyor-belt place run by former Genki manager and sushi chef Shinichiro Takaha…
500 Mercer St
Uptown
206-453-3881
Uptown
206-453-3881
Tacos El Asadero
It wouldn’t be so bad mistaking this place for the similarly named El Asador a few blocks north. That’s a taco truck (and a very good one). But what you’re loo…
3517 Rainier Ave S
Mount Baker
206-722-9977
Mount Baker
206-722-9977
Samurai Noodle
Samurai has shoyu and dipping-ramen dishes, but the tonkotsu is the thing—rich, unimpeachably tasty pork ramen with thick, perfectly cooked slices of pork. You…
4138 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-547-1774
Northeast Seattle
206-547-1774
Fonda La Catrina
Fonda la Catrina, and its adjacent fish-focused sister restaurant El Sirenito, are true Georgetown gems. Fonda serves contemporary, slightly fancier versions o…
5905 Airport Way S
Greater Duwamish
206-767-2787
Greater Duwamish
206-767-2787
Corazon Taqueria
Where the little Puerto Rican place El Pilon used to be in Columbia City, it's a taqueria that's friendly and notably cheap, with very tasty food that's made w…
5303 Rainier Ave S, Suite B
Rainier Valley
206-557-7921
Rainier Valley
206-557-7921
Tarasco Mexican Restaurant
Tarasco is a neighborhood joint with reportedly standard-issue Mexican food, but the friendly staff, pool tables, enthusiastic karaoke, and general lack of pre…
1452 NW 70th St
Ballard
206-782-1485
Ballard
206-782-1485
Gordito's Healthy Mexican Food
If volume is your dining priority, you can hardly do better than this cheap and cheerful Mexican joint's famous $10.85 "grande burrito," more commonly known as…
213 N 85th St
Greenwood
206-706-9352
Greenwood
206-706-9352
Samurai Noodle
Samurai has shoyu and dipping-ramen dishes, but the tonkotsu is the thing—rich, unimpeachably tasty pork ramen with thick, perfectly cooked slices of pork. You…
606 Fifth Ave S
South Park
206-624-9321
South Park
206-624-9321
Tiko Riko
Stranger reader Kate M. would like you to know that in addition to Guanaco's and the Salvadorean Bakery, "there is another option for fresh, hand-crafted pupus…
10410 Greenwood Ave N
Greenwood
206-784-0203
Greenwood
206-784-0203
Gordito's Healthy Mexican Food
If volume is your dining priority, you can hardly do better than this cheap and cheerful Mexican joint's famous $10.85 "grande burrito," more commonly known as…
1909 Hewitt Ave
Everett
425-252-4641
Everett
425-252-4641
