Staple & Fancy Mercantile
Brought to you by Ethan Stowell (Anchovies & Olives, How to Cook a Wolf, Tavolàta, and more) Staple & Fancy has a local, seasonal, Italianate “staple” menu wit…
4739 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-1200
Ballard
206-789-1200
Barnacle
Renee Erickson’s teeny-tiny, Euro-style bar is attached to her renowned restaurant the Walrus & the Carpenter (making it the best-named place ever). Its short …
4743 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-706-3379
Ballard
206-706-3379
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Renee Erickson runs this celebrated Ballard oyster bar, which also serves local clams and mussels, craft cocktails, frites, and specialty meats, and everybody …
4743 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-395-9227
Ballard
206-395-9227
Ada's Restaurant & Bar
Ada's (not to be confused with the cafe-bookstore in Capitol Hill), is an upscale neighborhood spot serving New American-style dishes near the Woodland Park Zo…
5910 Phinney Ave N
Phinney Ridge
206-397-3253
Phinney Ridge
206-397-3253
Modern Japanese Cuisine & Setsuko Pastry
With just three tables and a simple menu, this Phinney Ridge Japanese restaurant turns understatement into art. While the udon soup makes for a lovely lunch an…
6108 Phinney Ave N
Phinney Ridge
206-420-4088
Phinney Ridge
206-420-4088
Portalis
Laid-back and welcoming enough for the wide-eyed novice, yet sufficiently sophisticated and well-stocked for the experienced pro, this rustic-chic Ballard wine…
6754 15th Ave NW
Ballard
206-783-2007
Ballard
206-783-2007
Stoneburner
It's another concept from the restaurant-concepters (and, presumably, rakers-in-of-money) James Weimann and Deming Maclise, who've been concepting since 2009 w…
5214 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-695-2051
Ballard
206-695-2051
Percy's and Co.
Percy’s and Co., with its “apothecary-style” cocktails, sounds gimmicky, but Percy’s is very handsome and very comfortable, especially if you sit in one of the…
5233 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-420-3750
Ballard
206-420-3750
Shiku Sushi
Shiku Sushi in Ballard serves all the usual sushi suspects, plus ornate specialty rolls and appetizers like jalepeno poppers with crab meat. At the bar: beer, …
5310 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
(206) 588-2151
Ballard
(206) 588-2151
The Noble Fir
Seattle’s great-outdoors-related tavern is appropriately outfitted in plenty of beautiful wood, with a library of hiking books so customers can gain “renewed i…
5316 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-420-7425
Ballard
206-420-7425
Moshi Moshi Sushi
Moshi Moshi’s salient feature is the Tree, a two-story-high artificial cherry tree with LED-illuminated blossoms. It would be especially amazing if you were st…
5324 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
(206) 971-7424
Ballard
(206) 971-7424
Arashi Ramen
Ballard’s Arashi Ramen brings even more of the rich, porky broth called tonkotsu to Seattle ramen slurpers. (Arashi’s wildly popular original location is in Tu…
5401 20th Ave NW
Ballard
206-492-7933
Ballard
206-492-7933
GROG
This "sailor-inspired cocktail bar," specializing in punchbowls of grog and small plates "drawing influence from different stops that spice merchants traveled,…
5405 22nd Ave NW
Ballard
206-783-5410
Ballard
206-783-5410
Billy Beach Sushi and Bar
Billy Beach (of Gaba Sushi and Japonessa, and formerly of Kushi Bar and Umi Sake House) finally opened a restaurant named after himself. The “and” in the name …
5463 Leary Ave NW
Ballard
206-257-4616
Ballard
206-257-4616
