Salt and Straw
This artisan Portland ice creamery has attracted a loyal cult following. Flavors are often made in collaboration with local producers, like Rachel's Ginger Bee…
714 E Pike St
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
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
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
Uli's Famous Sausage
This artisan sausage and meat shop founded by German master butcher Uli Lengenberg is an enduring Pike Place favorite.
1511 Pike Pl
Pike Place Market
206-839-1000
Pike Place Market
206-839-1000
Skillet Regrade
The fourth location of Skillet, the popular diner that serves fresh, locally-sourced comfort food, doesn’t stray from the familiar. There’s the burger with ba…
2050 Sixth Ave
Belltown
(206) 512-2002
Belltown
(206) 512-2002
Lost Lake Cafe & Lounge
Capitol Hill finally has a place to eat that is open all day and all night (besides the iconic but less-than-delicious IHOP). This 24-hour diner in the former …
1505 10th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-323-5678
Capitol Hill
206-323-5678
Sweet Alchemy
This WSDA-certified creamery is focused on small-batch, organic, locally sourced ice cream. The shop sources its milk from the family-owned farm Fresh Breeze O…
1424 11th Ave
Seattle
206-482-1700
Seattle
206-482-1700
Shake Shack
The highly anticipated first Seattle location of Danny Meyer's wildly popular fast-casual burger chain features locally inspired menu items like the Montlake D…
2115 Westlake Avenue
Belltown
206-279-2313
Belltown
206-279-2313
Rhein Haus
Twentysomethings jostle for position around this prefab German beer hall's sprawling main bar. Inoffensive pick-up lines and mini bottles of Underberg are swif…
912 12th Ave
Central District
206-325-5409
Central District
206-325-5409
Altstadt Bierhalle & Brathaus
Altstadt, owned by former Belltown street taco entrepreneur Lex Petras, is arguably Seattle’s first stab at upscale German food. And it hits the mark. Certainl…
209 First Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-602-6442
Pioneer Square
206-602-6442
Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery
Autumn Martin, former Canlis pastry chef and Theo head chocolatier (and fourth-generation Washingtonian), makes all-organic desserts from carefully sourced, lo…
1650 E Olive Way
Capitol Hill
206-258-2591
Capitol Hill
206-258-2591
Insomnia Cookies
A Philadelphia-based chain called Insomnia Cookies, which offers nighttime delivery and late-night hours to sate nocturnal cookie cravings, is set to open a lo…
2224 First Ave
Belltown
Belltown
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
Jade Garden
Some say Jade Garden makes Seattle’s best dim sum, and they just might be right. It’s big and bright and loud and always crowded—expect to wait on weekends at …
424 Seventh Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-622-8181
Chinatown-International District
206-622-8181
Purple Dot Cafe
Well-loved dim sum spot serving up the classics. Try the black pepper steak with rice or the baked spaghetti.
515 Maynard Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-496-0112
Chinatown-International District
206-496-0112
Portage Bay Cafe
A tasty place to go for an all-American, local/organic/sustainable-focused breakfast or brunch, including cage-free eggs from Olympia, hams and sausages made i…
391 Terry Ave N
South Lake Union
206-462-6400
South Lake Union
206-462-6400
Moto Pizza
Chef Lee Kindell runs this pizzeria serving naturally fermented Detroit-style pies, made with a trusty 100-year-old sourdough starter. For dessert, there's hou…
3131 Western Ave
Belltown
Belltown
Mecca
On one side, the Mecca is an old-timey counter-and-booth-style diner, for those times when only dependable diner food can hit the spot—and dependable it is. On…
526 Queen Anne Ave N
Uptown
206-285-9728
Uptown
206-285-9728
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…
1101 34th Ave
Central District
206-701-6240
Central District
206-701-6240
14 Carrot Cafe
Located next to the Eastlake Zoo Tavern, the 14 Carrot has been serving standard-issue breakfast and brunch for years and years.
2305 Eastlake Ave E
Eastlake
206-324-1442
Eastlake
206-324-1442
