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
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
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
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
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…
720 Third Avenue
Downtown Seattle
206-454-3694
Downtown Seattle
206-454-3694
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
Maximilien
A few steps past the fish-throwing insanity at Pike Place Market, you’re greeted in French in a dim, quiet room, its walls covered in antique mirrors, its view…
81 Pike St Suite A
Pike Place Market
206-682-7270
Pike Place Market
206-682-7270
Relish Burger Bistro
The burger bar inside the Westin, where Coldwater Grill used to be, wants to get away from “the stigma of the hotel restaurant.”
1900 Fifth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-256-7600
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-256-7600
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
Stumptown Coffee
One of the two Stumptown cafes in Capitol Hill, this one sits right next to a Rudy's barbershop. Get an espresso and a haircut; both are likely to be good qual…
616 E Pine
Seattle
206-329-0115
Seattle
206-329-0115