Cortina
This downtown restaurant from Ethan Stowell focuses on hearty, classic Italian fare and craft cocktails. Menu items include spaghetti carbonara, potato gnocchi…
621 Union St
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-736-7888
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-736-7888
Fireside Room at Sorrento Hotel
Bring a date (or your grandparents) and sink into the inviting and timelessly opulent lounge inside the classic Sorrento Hotel. Many things here are tasseled a…
900 Madison St
First Hill
206-622-6400
First Hill
206-622-6400
Temporarily Closed
Vito's Restaurant & Lounge
After a sad absent spell, Vito’s reopened in the fall of 2010, returned to its old-school Italiano-style glory by Hideout/Vital 5 maestro Greg Lundgren, with d…
927 Ninth Ave
First Hill
206-397-4053
First Hill
206-397-4053
Los Agaves
Los Agaves Catering runs this tacos/nachos/etc. spot in the Pike Place Market.
1514 Pike Place Market Ave, #7
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-504-0202
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-504-0202
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
Top Pot Doughnuts
Top Pot’s got 40 kinds of lusty, busty, rich doughnuts approved by President Barack Obama, and the cafes are comfortable triumphs of design. Also: good drip co…
1206 Madison Street
First Hill
206-708-7244
First Hill
206-708-7244
Mamnoon
Mamnoon serves upscale and bold, perfectly seasoned Lebanese/Syrian food, including a selection of delicious, freshly baked flat and leavened breads. If you do…
1508 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-906-9606
Capitol Hill
206-906-9606
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
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
Oliver's Lounge
I can never get enough of Oliver's Lounge (405 Olive Way). I'm deeply in love with this bar's windows. These windows are huge and have a view of Macy's (whose …
405 Olive Way
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-8700
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-623-8700
The Pine Box
Headed by Ian Roberts (a founder of Seattle Beer Week and former bar manager at Brouwer’s), the Pine Box enlivens its (gorgeous) mortuary setting with more tha…
1600 Melrose Ave
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
Capitol Hill
206-588-0375
Cafe Zum Zum
Opinions diverge on whether the curries at Cafe Zum Zum are greasy and inedible or silky and delicious. The naan is not like anything you’ve had before—flat an…
823 Third Ave
Downtown Seattle
206-622-7391
Downtown Seattle
206-622-7391