Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Cocktails are having a moment as the alcoholic libation du jour in Seattle and nowhere is that more clear than at Heartwood, a handsome restaurant and bar…
Must-see restaurants in Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Short of teleporting over to Paris, this is about as Gallic as a Seattleite can get. Inside Café Campagne's effortlessly elegant interior you can live…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Artisanal beer, artisanal coffee…next up, Seattle brings you artisanal cheese and it's made as you watch in this always-crowded Pike Place nook, where you…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
A tour of the Pacific Rim – via China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Seattle, of course – is the wide-ranging theme at this highly popular downtown…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Piroshky Piroshky knocks out its delectable sweet and savory Russian pies and pastries in a space about the size of a walk-in closet. Get the savory…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Often hidden behind a queue for the riotously popular Pike Place Chowder, this theatrical sales counter is staffed by wise-cracking servers who wouldn’t…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Matt’s, now run by a former Pike Place Market fish-thrower, is perched above the bustle of the market with views out over the famous clock. Most of the…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
The treasured British crumpet has been given a distinct American twist with lavish toppings such as pesto, wild salmon or lemon curd at this casual Pike…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
A restaurant like no other, the Pink Door is probably the only place in the US (the world?) where you can enjoy fabulous linguine alle vongole (pasta with…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
It's all about the fish at the Steelhead, one of Pike Place Market's posher posts. The fish-and-chips are a given, but you're better off trying the more…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
This tiny Pike Place Market storefront houses two casual dining juggernauts: Cafe Lieto and Biscuit Bitch. The former specializes in strong coffee, while…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
One of the best oyster houses in Seattle overhangs the water on Pier 56. The oyster menu lists over 30 different varieties plucked from practically every…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Proof that some of the best culinary ideas are almost ridiculously simple, this Pike Place Market hole-in-the-wall takes that New England favorite (clam…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Instantly impressive with its high ceiling, lofty mezzanine floor and spectacular tower of wine bottles, the Purple Cafe almost always seems to fill its…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Once the place for Seattle fine dining, the Georgian at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel discontinued its dinner service in 2016. Its elegantly attired…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
The 'three girls' in this pioneering business in Pike Place Market first set up shop in 1912, eight years before women in the USA got the vote. Times have…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Say bonjour to Le Pichet, just up from Pike Place Market, a cute and very French bistro with pâtés, cheeses, wine, chocolat and a refined Parisian feel…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Famous for its gourmet seafood brunch, which includes mouthwatering poached eggs with Dungeness crab and crab-butter hollandaise, Etta’s is a reliable and…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
This little storefront window is famed for its giant hum bao – eminently portable meat- or vegetable-filled steamed buns that make a great snack or small…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
It's hard to walk past this bakery in Pike Place – part of the market's furniture since the early 1980s – and not stop. Not surprisingly, the cinnamon…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
When you're located 70 sailing miles from Dungeness Spit there's no avoiding the crabs. Waterfront-facing Cutter's ain't cheap, but it will deliver the…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Ivar Haglund was a beloved local character famous for silly promotional slogans (‘Keep clam!’), but he sure knew how to fry up fish-and-chips. Ivar’s is a…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
It’s almost worth coming to this place opposite Seattle Art Museum to read the footnotes on the menu; invaluable nuggets that tell you who made the…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Fish-and-chips is a simple meal often done badly – but not here. Slam down your order for Alaskan cod at the front entry and take your food up to the top…
Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
Inside the Seattle Art Museum, Taste has been known to change its menu to honor the gallery's various temporary exhibitions.
