Japonessa Sushi Cocina
The restaurant that replaced Union downtown: Japonessa Sushi Cocina. The head chef: Billy Beach, formerly of Umi Sake House and Kushibar (the owner also runs i…
1400 First Ave
Pike Place Market
206-971-7979
Pike Place Market
206-971-7979
Nijo
Nijo's tiny, modern bar, is very purple. The chef is from Mashiko, but the location is on a dull block that tends to be an energy vortex. A glass clamshell hol…
83 Spring St
Seattle Waterfront
206-340-8880
Seattle Waterfront
206-340-8880
Plum Bistro
Plum Bistro is a pleasantly upscale, 100 percent vegan restaurant. Even for a lifelong vegetarian, a visit to Plum can feel like a taste-test in a laboratory o…
1429 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Aburiya Bento House
This new Belltown sushi spot offers bento boxes and sushi rolls, with happy hour options like nigiri and sashimi sampler boxes and "poke cups" (poke served in …
2100 Western Ave Suite B
Belltown
206-453-4685
Belltown
206-453-4685
Momiji
The team behind Umi Sake House and Kushibar present Momiji in the former Dawson Plumbing location on 12th between Pike and Pine. According to Seattle Metropoli…
1522 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-457-4068
Capitol Hill
206-457-4068
Umi Sake House
Umi Sake House is stylish—a combination of the uber-modern sterility of the Bada Lounge, which used to occupy the space, and the wood of a Japanese teaho…
2230 First Ave
Belltown
206-374-8717
Belltown
206-374-8717
Wasabi Sushi & Izakaya
Wasabi Sushi & Izakaya (formerly Wasabi Bistro) has been serving good (if not outstanding) sushi in its sleek Belltown spot for approximately forever. It's the…
2311 Second Ave
Belltown
206-441-6044
Belltown
206-441-6044
World Pizza
Fifteen years after they shut their Belltown shop down, brothers Adam Cone and Aaron Crosleycone (he got married and got a new combo-name) reopened World Pizza…
672 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4161
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4161
Pinto Thai Bistro & Sushi Bar
The former Ali Baba space on Broadway was transformed into the sleek Pinto Thai Bistro & Sushi Bar, which sounds fusiony but serves mostly "traditional and mod…
408 Broadway E
Seattle
206-724-0559
Seattle
206-724-0559
Liberty
Liberty’s like 15th Avenue’s living room, but with world-renowned craft cocktails and an insane selection of liquor. There's comfy couches, a few tables with a…
517 15th Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-323-9898
Capitol Hill
206-323-9898
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar is a slick-looking hybrid of a cafe, Ethiopian restaurant, burger joint, sports bar, dessert place, and karaoke/live jazz venue in…
1800 S Jackson St
Central District
206-538-0044
Central District
206-538-0044
The Neighbor Lady
The good people of the Twilight Exit run the Neighbor Lady, where Thompson’s Point of View used to be. Its “urban-bordello” theme includes old-fashionedy patte…
2308 E Union St
Central District
206-695-2072
Central District
206-695-2072
Cafe Flora
Cafe Flora was born in 1991 of a utopian dream. It was to be—according to the harmonious views of three Madison Valley friends—the perfect restaurant: communit…
2901 E Madison St
Madison Valley
206-325-9100
Madison Valley
206-325-9100
Eve Fremont
Eve, with its gigantic mural of a nude woman resting on her side (presumably the original Eve), serves a clean food and drink menu with a focus on whole and un…
704 N 34th St
Fremont
206-900-7186
Fremont
206-900-7186
Temporarily Closed
Flowers Bar & Restaurant
Located on the Ave, Flowers gets a diverse group of customers, but the regulars are UW students who aren't down for frat row. It's comfortable and has a full …
4247 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633-1903
Northeast Seattle
206-633-1903
Georgetown Liquor Company
Georgetown Liquor Company doesn’t actually make booze, but it’s a neighborhood favorite for drinks as well as high-minded vegetarian pub grub (creative salads,…
5501 Airport Way S
Greater Duwamish
206-763-6764
Greater Duwamish
206-763-6764
Wabi-Sabi
Sushi in Columbia City from the owner of Thoa's and Chinoise.
4909 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-721-0212
Rainier Valley
206-721-0212