Cupcake Royale
Cupcake Royale was started in 2003 in Seattle as the first cupcake bakery and cafe outside of New York City, and has since expanded from the original Capitol H…
108 Pine St
Pike Place Market
206-443-8674
Pike Place Market
206-443-8674
The Crumpet Shop
The crumpets here are fresh and buttery, offered with a variety of toppings from sweet to savory. Pair a crumpet with a piping hot bowl of soup and be full wit…
1503 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-682-1598
Pike Place Market
206-682-1598
Pike Place Fish
It's the guys who throw the fish in the Pike Place Market—and if you can get through the tourists, they (commendably) sell 100 percent sustainable seafood.
86 Pike Place
Pike Place Market
206-682-7181
Pike Place Market
206-682-7181
Market Grill
Fresh fish, grilled to order and served right into your hungry hands, is not an easy thing to find for cheap downtown. Get yourself to the Market Grill, tucked…
1509 Pike Pl #3
Pike Place Market
(206) 682-2654
Pike Place Market
(206) 682-2654
Capitol Cider
Capitol Cider is a handsome, old-fashionedy pub serving lots of kinds of hard cider—30 on tap—along with the usual drinky suspects, plus non-holier-than-thou g…
818 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-397-3564
Capitol Hill
206-397-3564
Mee Sum Pastry
Pike Place Market is a jewel box, and Mee Sum Pastry is my favorite gem. The small take-out-only shop sells cheap Chinese eats: barbecue pork sticks, crab rang…
1526 Pike Pl
Pike Place Market
206-682-6780
Pike Place Market
206-682-6780
Ben & Esther's
The popular Portland-based vegan Jewish deli chain Ben & Esther's serves bagels (available with dairy-free schmears or as sandwiches with toppings lik…
907 E Pike Street
Seattle
Seattle
Cinnamon Works
This Pike Place scratch-bakery staple, which has been around over 35 years, features cookies, quick breads, muffins, rolls, and more and has plenty of gluten-f…
1536 Pike Pl
Pike Place Market
(206) 583-0085
Pike Place Market
(206) 583-0085
General Porpoise Doughnuts
Doughnuts here are made fresh daily with farm eggs and filled with seasonal jams, jellies, curds, and custards. There are classics like dark chocolate and vani…
1020 E Union St
Seattle
206-900-8770
Seattle
206-900-8770
Le Panier
Le Panier is a French-style bakery in Pike Place Market with pastries and sandwiches.
1902 Pike Place
Pike Place Market
206-441-3669
Pike Place Market
206-441-3669
Little Oddfellows
Restaurant and nightlife maven Linda Derschang (Linda’s, King’s Hardware, Smith, Tallulah’s) has taken over the space inside Elliott Bay Book Company that was …
1521 10th Ave
Seattle
206-323-1511
Seattle
206-323-1511
Quinn's Pub
The people behind Restaurant Zoe created this Capitol Hill gastropub, offering (relatively) affordable, prettied-up versions of country foods people have been …
1001 E Pike St
Seattle
206-325-7711
Seattle
206-325-7711
Pink Door
The light in the rosy dining room makes everyone look good, but it’s the outdoor deck with its Puget Sound view that draws giant crowds when the weather’s righ…
1919 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
Pike Place Market
206-443-3241
Piroshky Piroshky
This Pike Place Market staple serves glorified Russian hot pockets, and they’re fucking delicious. They’ve got sweet and savory options. Of the sweet, it’s har…
1908 Pike Place
Pike Place Market
206-441-6068
Pike Place Market
206-441-6068
Honest Biscuits
After several successful years selling his biscuits at farmers' markets around town, Art Stone has opened a brick-and-mortar location of Honest Biscuits, servi…
1901 Western Ave Suite E
Pike Place Market
206-682-7179
Pike Place Market
206-682-7179
Oddfellows Cafe + Bar
Created by bar maven Linda Derschang (of Linda's, etc.), Oddfellows is a crowd-pleasing Capitol Hill fixture. The space—a giant, high-ceilinged, beautifully be…
1525 10th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-325-0807
Capitol Hill
206-325-0807
Rubinstein Bagels
Many Seattleites scorn the city's dearth of quality bagels, but baker Andrew Rubinstein is aiming to change that with his bagel company Rubinstein Bagels, wher…
2121 6th Ave
South Lake Union
206-550-1666
South Lake Union
206-550-1666
Elliott's Oyster House
You can eat oysters on the half shell all year long, and Elliott’s shipshape, brass-railing bar (and lovely Sound-side outdoor deck during summertime) is just …
1201 Alaskan Way, Pier 56
Seattle Waterfront
206-623-4340
Seattle Waterfront
206-623-4340
Ivar's Acres of Clams
Old-timey jaunty-cap-wearer Ivar Haglund lives on as a local legend, and rightfully so—he once staged an octopus prizefight, and when a thousand gallons of syr…
1001 Alaskan Way
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-6852
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-6852