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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
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
Wicked Good Grinders
Wicked Good Grinders offers a menu of cheesesteaks and other East Coast-style sandwiches, like the eggplant parm, chicken parm, handmade meatball, and more. Th…
Downtown Seattle
206-556-5534
Starbucks Reserve Roastery & Tasting Room
A massive, 15,000 square-foot space, billed as a temple to “coffee education.” There’s a full roasting operation, coffee made via six different brewing methods…
1124 Pike St
Seattle
206-624-0173
Seattle
206-624-0173
Trophy Cupcakes
Trophy amps up the cupcake indulgence factor by piling on lots of tasty frosting and offering a variety of flavors (rotating every day of the week and every se…
600 Pine Street
Pike Pine Retail Core
206.632.7020
Pike Pine Retail Core
206.632.7020
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
Harried & Hungry
H&H has soup, salad, sandwiches, and pizza that you can order online and pick up at their downtown café, or have it delivered. They also cater breakfasts and l…
1415 3rd Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-264-7900
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-264-7900
The Raygun Lounge
Brought to you by Gamma Ray Games, the Raygun Lounge provides a space to geek out and drink beer with fellow geeks, whether your vice is DnD, Magic, “gayming,”…
501 E Pine St
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Seattle Coffee Works
One of the only active coffee roasters in downtown, Seattle Coffee Works roasts expressive and ethically sourced coffees inside their cafe just steps away from…
107 Pike St
Pike Place Market
206-340-8867
Pike Place Market
206-340-8867
Fonte Cafe & Wine Bar
Across from the Seattle Art Museum downtown, Fonté has the feel of an upscale chain with its pearl-toned leather banquettes and contemporary sleekness, but it'…
1321 First Ave
Seattle Waterfront
206-777-6193
Seattle Waterfront
206-777-6193
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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
Shug's Soda Fountain and Ice Cream
A retro-style, pastel-colored dream of a shop, all built around a restored 1930s-era soda fountain, featuring egg creams, sodas made with housemade syrups, 15 …
1525 First Avenue
Pike Place Market
206-602-6420
Pike Place Market
206-602-6420
Slab Sandwiches and Pie
Slab completes Chef Jonathan Sundstrom’s triumvirate of restaurants in Capitol Hill’s Central Agency Building, joining the reopened and revamped Lark and its n…
1201 10th Ave
Seattle
206-790-0967
Seattle
206-790-0967
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
Tat's Delicatessen
There’s nothing scientific or precise about Tat’s enormous, sloppy sandwiches; they’re just slapped together with the belief that more is always better. And at…
159 Yesler Way
Pioneer Square
206-264-8287
Pioneer Square
206-264-8287
Molly Moon's Ice Cream
Molly Moon’s offers gourmet handmade ice cream, with special flavors rotating seasonally and an unchanging list of “classics,” including Scout mint, salted car…
917 E Pine St
Capitol Hill
206-708-7947
Capitol Hill
206-708-7947
Nirmal’s
There’s a dearth of good Indian food in Seattle; after eight years in New York, I was spoiled. But Nirmal’s in Pioneer Square is nearly as good as what you fin…
106 Occidental Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Pioneer Square
206-388-2196
Upper Bar Ferd’nand
Upper Bar Ferd’nand, like its sibling Bar Ferd’nand in Melrose Market, is a wine bar and bottle shop serving small-batch wine from family-owned wineries around…
1424 11th Ave
Seattle
206-693-2434
Seattle
206-693-2434
