Tamari Bar
Suika owner Makato Kimoto opened up another izakaya place called Tamari Bar right down the street from Suika last February. The two pubs serve similar fare, bu…
500 E Pine St
Capitol Hill
(206) 979-8800
Capitol Hill
(206) 979-8800
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
Quinn's Pub
The people behind Restaurant Zoe created this Capitol Hill gastropub, offering (relatively) affordable, prettied-up versions of country foods people have been …
1001 E Pike St
Seattle
206-325-7711
Seattle
206-325-7711
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
Good Bar
Another new addition to Pioneer Square, Good Bar’s name implies what its menu hopes to deliver: simple, straightforward food and classic cocktails. Wine and be…
240 Second Ave S
Pioneer Square
206-624-2337
Pioneer Square
206-624-2337
Maneki Restaurant
In its 100-plus years of existence, Maneki has only had one major interruption to business: when it shut down because the US government sent Japanese Americans…
304 Sixth Ave S
Chinatown-International District
206-622-2631
Chinatown-International District
206-622-2631
Itsumono
Kaname Izakaya, which was taken over by its current owners Mike Vu and Hisato Kawaminami in 2019, officially reopened as Itsumono ("regular" in Japanese) in Ja…
610 S Jackson St
Chinatown-International District
206-682-1828
Chinatown-International District
206-682-1828
Nue
Nue offers street-food inspired small plates from around the world using modern cooking techniques (liquid nitrogen ice cream, anyone?). The opening menu inclu…
1519 14th Ave
Seattle
206-257-0312
Seattle
206-257-0312
Musashi's
This spot is a favorite for its shockingly good deals on sushi and chirashi bowls.
512 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-829-0277
Chinatown-International District
206-829-0277
Taneda
Chef Hideaki Taneda, who previously has spent time at I Love Sushi and is an owner of the positively-received donburi restaurant Fremont Bowl, has opened a sus…
219 Broadway E, Ste 14
Capitol Hill
206-457-8921
Capitol Hill
206-457-8921
Rondo
Makoto Kimoto, the owner of Suika and Tamari Bar, runs this bustling izakaya on Capitol Hill. The spot takes inspiration from the Japanese tale of the fisherma…
224 Broadway East
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Shiro's
As of April 2014, the marvelous sushi master Shiro isn't at Shiro's anymore—he sold his interest in the business to partners, including one from the less-than-…
2401 Second Ave
Belltown
206-443-9844
Belltown
206-443-9844
411 Cedar St
Belltown
206-441-7119
Belltown
206-441-7119
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
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