SEATTLE Art of the Table - http://artofthetable.net/ This place is to die for. They have a small space, and only one seating, and you get what they happen to be serving that night. The owners come out and talk to you about each course. They're all created with superb (usually local/regional) ingredients. Guests sit communally, and the atmosphere encourages conversation with new people. It's a tiny little spot between Wallingford and Ballard - well worth the trip Bastille Café &
Bar http://www.bastilleseattle.com
– French Boat Street Café I give my wholehearted foodie recommendation to Boat Street
Café: http://www.boatstreetcafe.com/ This gem of a restaurant used to be along the Montlake Cut in the U-District, but I think the university took back the lease on the building/land. Now they are downtown at Western & Denny. I haven’t been to the new location, but the high-rent address alone tells me they are being as successful as ever. Not sure what their décor is like now, but in the location before it was simple and rustic but in that understated-European way. Not a hustle-bustle-see-and-be-seen place, but the focus on the food is exquisite. Gotta make reservation, and give yourself ample time for a leisurely meal. (Read: don’t show up starving – the portion sizes aren’t massive, and your food won’t come in 10 minutes.) I have had magical dining experiences at this place. I have daydreamed of asking if I might just sit on a stool in the corner of the kitchen and watch them work. I promise I won’t take up much room. . . The Crab Pot Oh and if you want to go places that have been in the foodie
tv shows (and are worth it) there is The Crab Pot down on the waterfront just
north of the ferry terminals - they have an awesome big outdoor patio out on
the end of the pier, and the seafood is gooooooood. Din Tai Fung - http://www.dintaifungusa.com/ You'll have to make the trek to Bellevue to go there, but it's well worth it. The lines are often out the door, but sitting at the bar offers access to the full menu and is usually a much shorter wait. While waiting, you can watch the cooks make a variety of dumplings through a large glass window. Be sure to try the soup dumplings that have made them famous, but there's a multitude of really delicious options on their menu. We haven't had a bad dish yet. Ethan Stowell Restaurants Rather than describe each one, I'll just give a list and let you explore on your own. If I've been there, I'll give you a quick recap Anchovies & Olives - http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/anchoviesandolives/. Capitol Hill. Italian food, focusing on seafood. Was just there a couple weeks ago. It was good, though not my favorite of his restaurants. How to Cook a Wolf - http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/howtocookawolf/. Queen Anne. Get there early - this place is tiny and fills quickly. We went for a Dine Around Seattle event with another couple, and got to try nearly everything on the menu. It was all incredible. Tavolata - http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/tavolata/. Haven't been there, but hear it's great Staple & Fancy - http://ethanstowellrestaurants.com/stapleandfancy/. Ballard. This is the restaurant that shares a glass wall with The Walrus & The Carpenter. This is my favorite Ethan Stowell restaurant so far. We put ourselves at the mercy of their chef for a prix fixe dinner. We had no idea what we'd get, but it was all fantastic. Flying Fish in South Lake Union....yummy calamari! Ipanema Grill is super yummy, its on 1st right in the middle of downtown, and is a Brazilian steakhouse - as in the kind of place where they have the big swords of different kinds of meat they bring around and you can buy the 'all you can eat' choice where you get to keep trying all the kinds of meat along with their cold & hot food bar. OMG good. Little Red Theatre? http://www.littleredstudioseattle.com. They have fun and fun stuff going on. - CLOSED
Marrakesh is a Moroccan restaurant in Belltown (between Queen Anne and downtown) and it is also fantastic - though they should call to make a reservation because they have specific seating times esp. nights there is a belly dancer. The Metropolitan
Grill The Melting Pot www.meltingpot.com Pink Door is super good (Pike Place Market). Poppy on Capitol
Hill – yumminess http://www.poppyseattle.com Salumi's
Shilla Restaurant Downtown2300 8th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121-1908(206) 381-1207 FABULOUS korean and japanese food. ask to sit in the little rooms on the floor where you take your shoes off and your feet dangle (sorry i cannot remember the name of that), but you get to cook your own seasoned meats AND order sushi! we took sam and steve there and stuffed ourselves so much that we had to roll onto the floor out of our seats before being able to stand up!
Spur Gastropub spurseattle.com, 113 Blanchard Street, Seattle, WA 98121, (206) 728-6706 Awesome tapas. amazing drink menu. small, hip place, but can get kind of loud because the ceilings are really high. mmmm, i am so hungry right now! The Tamarind Tree is in the International District (just south east of downtown) and is a super fantastic Vietnamese restaurant with deelicious fancy cocktail list - and totally an unexpectedly nice and cool place tucked back behind another place in what looks like an armpit parking lot & strip mall. Not a place you happen upon, only a place you're told about. Teatro Zinzanni. There are lots of good places on Queen Anne, though nothing that I think of as a magical experience, except Teatro Zinzanni. Which is a total magical experience, but also pretty pricey since it’s a whole circus dinner theater thing.
The Triple Door Theatre
http://www.thetripledoor.net Volterra http://www.volterrarestaurant.com - Italian The Walrus and the Carpenter http://thewalrusbar.com/ Owned by the same woman who was chef at Boat Street Cafe, this little restaurant has a unique location BEHIND another restaurant. They share a glass wall, so diners from one restaurant can peek in on those in the other. This place is known for their oysters and their cocktails, though the steak tartar was divine as well. The space is light and bright, but very small. I don't think they take reservations, so be sure to come early. Wild Ginger www.wildginger.net
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