Rhododendron
The Rhododendron Cafe is the full-service restaurant and bar located within The Inn at Virginia Mason. They offer breakfast and brunch, lunch, dinner and drink…
1006 Spring St
First Hill
206-223-7654
First Hill
206-223-7654
Lotus Asian Kitchen & Lounge
Across from Vito’s—where the First Hill Bar & Grill finally retired after 34 glorious, divey years—Lotus is brought to us by Ridgley Kuang, owner of Green Leaf…
901 Madison St
First Hill
206-623-6333
First Hill
206-623-6333
Tap House Grill
Despite the beer/respect mission, the Tap House Grill seems all too aware that its expense-account/tourist demographic is largely lager-dependent and taste-ave…
1506 Sixth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-816-3314
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-816-3314
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
Purple Cafe and Wine Bar
Heavy Restaurant Group (Lot No. 3, The Commons, and Barrio) owns four Purple Cafe and Wine Bars, all of which feature an impressive global wine selection (over…
1225 Fourth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-829-2280
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-829-2280
Chan
Korean-born chef and entrepreneur Heong Soon Park says that his restaurant Chan's name means "all the food except for the rice." He's making locally sourced Ko…
724 Pine Street
Pike Place Market
425-658-2626
Pike Place Market
425-658-2626
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
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
Yard House
The Yard House seems to be in the business of many—so many beers, so many menu items, so many square feet, so many TVs. With nearly identical Yard Houses in mo…
1501 Fourth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-2087
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-682-2087
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
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
The Bookstore Bar & Cafe
Attached to the posh Alexis Hotel, this cozy, book-lined bar and cafe has lots of dark wood and a wide-ranging menu of small plates from PBS sweetheart Caprial…
1007 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646
Seattle Waterfront
206-624-3646
Radiator Whiskey
Matt's in the Market has installed this shrine to brown liquor in the former architect's office across the hall, with Tyler Palagi (Spring Hill, Smith) and Cha…
94 Pike Street
Pike Place Market
206-467-4268
Pike Place Market
206-467-4268
Matt's in the Market
Matt's is an intensely pleasant place to be, overlooking the Pike Place Market with views of the big clock and glinting slices of the Sound—there aren't too ma…
94 Pike St
Pike Place Market
206-467-7909
Pike Place Market
206-467-7909
Place Pigalle
Place Pigalle is a delicious secret. Even locals who frequent the Market don't know it's there: one of the classiest, most romantic joints in town since 1982, …
81 Pike St
Pike Place Market
206-624-1756
Pike Place Market
206-624-1756
Alibi Room
Aside from the overall hilarity of the music selections (everything from Hall & Oates to the Bee Gees), the insular nature of the small space and the camarader…
85 Pike St #410
Pike Place Market
206-623-3180
Pike Place Market
206-623-3180
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