Snout & Co.
Snout & Co.'s motto is "Soulful food from Cuba to South Carolina"; accordingly, they serve lots and lots of pork—in sandwiches, bowls, and on plates. But even …
Traveling
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-850-0941
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-850-0941
Frolik Kitchen + Cocktails
Five stories up in the Motif Seattle hotel, Frolik has downtown Seattle's largest outdoor patio at 4,000 square feet, with ping-pong and shuffleboard tables pl…
1415 Fifth Ave
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-971-8015
Pike Pine Retail Core
206-971-8015
Seattle Biscuit Company
This SBC is a food truck that serves biscuits baked on board with local ingredients, “filled with combos of Beecher's Flagship cheese, Ballard Bee Company hone…
Downtown Seattle
Jemil's Big Easy
New Orleans native Jemil Aziz Johnson—chef/owner way back when of La Louisiana in the Central District—captains this mobile Cajun/Creole emporium. It's "The Re…
Downtown Seattle
206-428-8305
Li'l Woody's
Li’l Woody’s serves good burgers made with Painted Hills beef, with the basic model starting at less than $5 (and it serves them until 3 a.m. on Fridays and Sa…
1211 Pine St
Capitol Hill
206-457-4148
Capitol Hill
206-457-4148
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
Where Ya At Matt
Where Ya At gets its name from the New Orleans greeting “Where yat?”—owner/cook (and New Orleans native) Matt Lewis spells it out because he thinks it looks be…
Various locations
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square
BuiltBurger
BuiltBurger began (and continues) as a mail-order meat service; the Pioneer Square location is the first brick-and-mortar restaurant to serve cooked versions o…
217 James St
Pioneer Square
206-724-0599
Pioneer Square
206-724-0599
Kebab
This takeout window connected to Whisky Bar offers snacks like gyros, Polish sausages, and the Kebabwich ("think Philly steak and cheese—only better!") for the…
2000 2nd Ave
Belltown
206-443-4490
Belltown
206-443-4490
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
Bigfood
Bigfood serves reportedly great "slow-braised meats with Caribbean and Indian flavors" on made-to-order flatbread ($8 or $9 each) out of a truck that looks lik…
Traveling
Uptown
206-719-5549
Uptown
206-719-5549
Quincy's Charbroiled Burgers
Located in the Seattle Center Armory, Quincy's serves burgers and fries and shakes to festival crowds and Space Needle first-timers.
305 Harrison St, Seattle Center
Uptown
206-728-2228
Uptown
206-728-2228
Ezell's Famous Chicken
What might be the best fried chicken in the country, sold over-the-counter (and on wheels). Oprah has it FedExed directly to her mouth. Also: dinner rolls so g…
501 23rd Ave
Central District
206-324-4141
Central District
206-324-4141
Skillet Counter
Located in the Seattle Center Armory, Skillet's "counter" location includes draft beer and keg wine on tap, expanded menus, and more. Their establishment boast…
305 Harrison St
Uptown
206-428-6311
Uptown
206-428-6311
Dick's Drive-In Restaurant
Dick’s is an old-school drive-in burger joint, open late and super cheap. The burgers are flat and, to be honest, sometimes a tiny bit gristly, and the fries a…
500 Queen Anne Ave N
Uptown
206-285-5155
Uptown
206-285-5155
