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
Goldfinch Tavern
Located in the Four Seasons Hotel, Ethan Stowell's Goldfinch Tavern (named after the state bird of Washington) serves "Pacific Northwest cuisine, simply prepar…
99 Union St
Seattle Waterfront
206-749-7070
Seattle Waterfront
206-749-7070
Linda's Tavern
Under the baleful watch of a taxidermied buffalo, Capitol Hill has hung out at Western-themed Linda's with shots and pitchers of beer for two-plus decades now,…
707 E Pine St
Capitol Hill
206-325-1220
Capitol Hill
206-325-1220
Lowell's
Located in the Pike Place Market, Lowell’s has unbeatable waterfront views on all three floors. It also serves excellent Bloody Marys starting at 7 a.m., as we…
1519 Pike Place
Pike Place Market
206-622-2036
Pike Place Market
206-622-2036
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
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
Unicorn
The Unicorn, with its absurd name, rampant stripes, salvaged carousel panels, and menagerie of taxidermy, is insane. The bar serves Jell-O shots, and the place…
1118 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
206-325-6492
Capitol Hill
206-325-6492
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
Deluxe Bar & Grill
The Deluxe Bar and Grill has been in the same location since 1962, and along the way has managed to amass a very loyal following. People especially like the sa…
625 Broadway E
Seattle
206-324-9697
Seattle
206-324-9697
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
Joule
Joule relocated from its original location on 45th into a refurbished warehouse on Stone Way in late 2012; chef/owners Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi’s Korean-in…
3506 Stone Way N
Wallingford
206-632-1913
Wallingford
206-632-1913
Westward
Formerly helmed by Joshua Henderson, who recently sold the restaurant to restaurateur Renee Erickson, this waterfront restaurant is a little bit Northwest, a l…
2501 N Northlake Way
Wallingford
206-552-8215
Wallingford
206-552-8215
Ivar's Salmon House
Out front, a walk-up fish-’n’-chips-’n’-chowder bar faces Northlake Way. Inside, Ivar’s Salmon House is a beautiful cedar replica of a Pacific Northwest longho…
401 NE Northlake Way
Northlake
206-632-0767
Northlake
206-632-0767
Koa
The University District is packed with cheap eats for cash-strapped students, but one of the most underrated and soul-soothing options might lie within Koa, a …
4754 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
Northeast Seattle
Ma'ono
In Hawaiian, “ono” means “delicious,” and “ma” is a prefix that means going toward, facing, or making. Ma’ono in West Seattle is the reincarnation of the marve…
4437 California Ave SW
Junction
206-935-1075
Junction
206-935-1075
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Renee Erickson runs this celebrated Ballard oyster bar, which also serves local clams and mussels, craft cocktails, frites, and specialty meats, and everybody …
4743 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-395-9227
Ballard
206-395-9227
Kauai Family Restaurant
The most authentic Hawaiian food in town—loco moco, Spam musubi, poi, saimin, plate lunches/dinners, macaroni salad—is found in a strip mall in Georgetown, and…
6324 Sixth Ave S
Georgetown
206-762-3469
Georgetown
206-762-3469
Ray's Boathouse
Ray’s is a waterfront-dining institution; the downstairs has an unimpeachably upscale (if standard-issue) atmosphere, the upstairs has a less-expensive cafe me…
6049 Seaview Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-3770
Ballard
206-789-3770
Baranof
The Baranof is a crusty old diner that feels like it’s been open forever, complete with an awesome nautical-themed dive bar that’s open from 6 a.m. until 2 o’c…
8549 Greenwood Ave N
Greenwood
206-782-9260
Greenwood
206-782-9260
