Square One Bistro
The Seattle Culinary Academy's Square One Bistro, located right next door to their restaurant One World, is committed to high-quality, local cuisine, but at ev…
1701 Broadway, Room BE2120
Seattle
206-934-5424
Seattle
206-934-5424
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
Kau Kau
Offering cheap Chinese food at its finest, Kau Kau’s atmosphere is the perfect balance of interesting/odd decor and unpretentious functionality. The counter up…
656 S King St
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4006
Chinatown-International District
206-682-4006
Harbor City
If the line is too long at Jade Garden, mosey over to Harbor City, where the dim sum staples are more or less exactly the same. When the servers roll those ste…
707 S King St
Chinatown-International District
(206) 621-2228
Chinatown-International District
(206) 621-2228
Smith
Smith is a pub-with-upscale-grub on Capitol Hill’s 15th Avenue, brought to you by Linda of Linda’s/King’s Hardware/Oddfellows Cafe. The hunting-lodge interior …
332 15th Ave E
Capitol Hill
206-709-1900
Capitol Hill
206-709-1900
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
Jones BBQ
This barbeque place has little to prove—it must merely continue in its deliciousness. Among the popular favorites: giant ribs smoked with Northwestern cedar, s…
2454 Occidental Ave S
SoDo
206-625-1339
SoDo
206-625-1339
Tenth West
Tenth West (formerly The Icebox Grocery) is a charming grocery/cafe owned by Brigid McVeigh and Linda Hegg, who used to own The Dish in Ballard. The sandwiches…
1903 10th Ave W
West Queen Anne
206-708-6742
West Queen Anne
206-708-6742
Big Time Brewery & Alehouse
The quintessential college bar, the Big Time has big wooden tables and offers affordable, hearty food for lean students and rich, dark beers for everyone. The …
4133 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-545-4509
Northeast Seattle
206-545-4509
Ballard Brothers Seafood and Burgers
Pretty much everybody knows about Ballard Brothers Seafood and Burgers. The restaurant, which began as a festival booth in 1987 and took over the old Ballard S…
5305 15th Ave NW
Ballard
206-784-4440
Ballard
206-784-4440
Emma's BBQ
Hillman City gets a new BBQ joint, Emma's BBQ. It has all the good-but-not-good-for-you things you expect from a BBQ place—in giant portions.
5303 Rainier Ave S
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
Rainier Valley
206-413-1523
Bitterroot BBQ
Bitterroot, in the old Acme Rubber Stamp Shop on the corner by Hattie’s Hat, uses an in-house smoker and picturesque stacks of applewood to very good effect, e…
5239 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-588-1577
Ballard
206-588-1577
Rainier Restaurant and BBQ
It’s not on Rainier, and it’s not barbecue—it’s on Martin Luther King Jr Way, and the food is Vietnamese. The vast menu is filled with good, authentic Vietname…
6400 Martin Luther King Jr Way S
Brighton
206-760-1090
Brighton
206-760-1090
Freya
Freya at the National Nordic Museum in Ballard has the most authentic smørrebrød in town, and the loveliest. The crown jewel among them features juniper-smoked…
2655 NW Market St
Ballard
206-789-5707
Ballard
206-789-5707
Maximus Minimus
Usually parked at Second and Pike, the pig-shaped truck Maximus/Minimus (from the people of Beecher’s Handmade Cheese) serves righteous pulled pork sandwiches …
Various locations
Northgate
206-601-5510
Northgate
206-601-5510
Smokin' Pete's BBQ
In the controversial world of Seattle barbecue, some people swear by Smokin' Pete's.
15009 Aurora Ave N.
Shoreline
206-783-0454
Shoreline
206-783-0454
Gabriel's Fire
At barbecue joint Gabriel’s Fire, Gabe and his brother make it dry-rub-style, then you choose from various sauces. Sandwiches come on Grand Central Bakery roll…
5803 244th St SW
Mountlake Terrace
425-697-4119
Mountlake Terrace
425-697-4119