| +65%
| Bellevue
Northwest, Seafood and Wine Bar
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Matt Bamberger and former Salty's chef Dan Thiessen built this expansive new space in the Bellevue Hyatt around his...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +77%
| Fremont
American, French and Mediterranean
| 
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Unfussy fare reigns, with items such as orange, fennel and rocket (arugula) salad and a cheese board with delicious...
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| +76%
| Downtown
American and Mediterranean
|  
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94 Stewart is a Chef owned Northwest style bistro featuring world class cuisine based on fresh seafood, as well as...
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| +77%
| Downtown
Spanish, Mediterranean and Northwest
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Chef Wayne Johnson's deft hand with spices distinguishes decade-old Andaluca's Mediterranean-influenced menu...
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| +54%
| Bellevue
Italian
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Come experience the Eastside's premier Italian restaurant. Andiamo features an exhibition kitchen, soft lighting, and...
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| +70%
| Ballard
Seafood
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Crab cakes Benedict for Sunday brunch: Anthony's has a school of fish restaurants around the Northwest, serving fresh...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +72%
| Belltown
Italian
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Pamper your soul with the sensual pleasures of fine Italian wine and food while you marvel at the Michelangelo...
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| +57%
| Ballard
Tex-Mex
| 
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With all that hot sauce, chile-printed tablecloths and mariachi skeletons, you wouldn't expect the Austin Cantina...
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| +86%
| Fremont
Sandwiches/Subs and Vietnamese
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Fried chicken in a sandwich? Yup, and it doesn't get much better than the Crispy Drunken Chicken baguette at hipster...
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| +83%
| Capitol Hill
Asian, International and Sandwiches/Subs
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Fried chicken in a sandwich? Yup, and it doesn't get much better than the Crispy Drunken Chicken baguette at hipster...
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| +94%
| West Seattle
Bakery
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William Leaman, formerly of the Essential Baking company, had a hit on his hands as soon as he opened his high-end...
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| +62%
| Woodinville
Northwest, American and Seafood
|   
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It's difficult to say what is most appealing about the Barking Frog - the food, the wine, the atmosphere. All of the...
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| +78%
| Downtown
Italian and Seafood
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We dig the crystal chandeliers that offset the modern style at this chic Italian restaurant run by the Vachetta...
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| +81%
| West Seattle
Italian
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Italian has been the big theme as wine bars expand in the city. Most notably, the West Seattle restaurant and wine...
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| +73%
| Queen Anne
American, Family Fare and Northwest
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We have a family friend in Maine who owns a "picnic" boat named Betty. She's a beaut-lipstick red and made of wood,
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| +77%
| Belltown
American, Pub Food and Seafood
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It's very simple, very chic and very loud. Black Bottle knows exactly how to feed the drinking crowd, with snacky...
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| +68%
| West Seattle
American
| 
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Blackbird is the neighborhood bistro for grownups who want to hang on to a whiff of downtown clubbiness. If there are...
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| +81%
| Queen Anne
French
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Seattle sighed when Renee Erickson lost her University District lease a few years ago-where would we go for brunch or...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +74%
| Downtown
American, Breakfast/Brunch and Northwest
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The Hotel 1000's restaurant is full of glamorous touches, perhaps one too many, even between the glass bamboo, the...
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| +87%
| Fremont
Italian, American and Greek
|  
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At this quirky, family-friendly neighborhood eatery, the raviolis stuffed with nuts and sautéed with a variety of...
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| +79%
| Belltown
Mediterranean
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Chef/co-owner Tamara Murphy serves up refined takes on big Iberian flavors (roast young pig and paella) in this posh...
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| +90%
| Queen Anne
Italian, American and Wine Bar
| 
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Bricco della Regina Anna isn't exclusively Italian in selection, but chef/owner Kevin Erickson and wine director...
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| +71%
| Downtown
Seafood, Northwest and Steakhouse
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In the heart of the business district, The Brooklyn is a restaurant that meshes a New York sensibility with a range...
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| +70%
| Downtown
Latin American and Steakhouse
|  
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Argentina is known for its vast grasslands (Pampas) where the cattle industry flourished for the last 140 years...
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| +86%
| Ballard
Bakery and Coffee
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James Miller is uncompromising about quality at his little neighborhood bakery, and though it takes just a minute or...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +88%
| Downtown
French
|  
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With its strapping bistro fare, Café Campagne is earthier than its upstairs counterpart. On weekends, croque Madame...
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| +84%
| Madison Park
Vegetarian, American and Breakfast/Brunch
| 
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The natural light and the unfussy atmosphere-think pale wood tables, a long fabric-covered banquette and a tranquil...
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| +81%
| Kirkland
Italian and American
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Reliability isn't always sexy, but it is when you find a restaurant you can count on. From the first sparkling...
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| +76%
| Madison Park
Italian and Pizza
| 
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For 16-odd years owners Jordi Viladas and Carla Leonardi have been the standard bearers for delicious pastas and...
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| +80%
| Pioneer Square
Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish
| 
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Located in the heart of Pioneer Square, this hidden gem bills itself as "The Mediterranean Passion." A great lunch...
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| +88%
| Capitol Hill
French, Bakery and Wine Bar
| 
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Joanne Herron and Jim Drohman, owners of the essential downtown bistro Le Pichet (where, it should be noted, I worked...
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| +82%
| Downtown
French
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At Campagne, there is always a conversation between rustic pleasures and something rather more refined: Roast lamb...
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| +85%
| Queen Anne
Northwest, American and Steakhouse
|   
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Like a modernist bird's nest perched high above the Ship Canal, Canlis is internationally celebrated for its wine...
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| +79%
| Greenwood/Phinney
Vegetarian, American and Pizza
|  
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Seattle's swankiest vegetarian restaurant for a decade, Carmelita still aims to provide a higher level of vegetarian...
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| +80%
| Belltown
Northwest and American
|  
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One look at Cascadia and you can tell it opened at the height of the tech boom; its rich woodwork and etched glass...
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| +84%
| Mercer Island
Wine Bar, American and Coffee
| 
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At Cellar 46, a wine shop/bar combo, owner Ryan Allison doesn't want you to forget that he's got big wines on hand...
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| +73%
| Downtown
Northwest and French
|  
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Chez Shea, in the Market, serves dinners prix fixe, featuring market-fresh seasonal ingredients. Shea's Lounge...
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| +78%
| Magnolia
Seafood, Fast Food and Northwest
| 
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A view of the working waterfront and lingcod with dill: Unlike most waterfront seafood houses, casual Chinook's lets...
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| Fremont
Sushi
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Kappo is Fremont's tiny new Japanese joint. Owner and head chef Taichi Kitamura trained at Shiro's and I Love Sushi be
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +51%
| Downtown
Seafood, American and Northwest
|  
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Hotels are generally known for mega-banquet events, but many also offer more intimate options for smaller groups. A...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +95%
| Columbia City
Bakery
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Andrew Meltzer and Evan Andres, both Tom Douglas and Macrina alums, have combined their powers to create some of the...
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| +81%
| Ballard
European
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I have long wondered when someone in Ballard might offer up a high-design, modern take on Scandinavian food in this...
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| +75%
| Madrona
Korean and French
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In a quiet Madrona restaurant, Chef Rachel Wang uses touches from her native Korea to accent disciplined French-y...
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| +81%
| Capitol Hill
International, American and Northwest
| 
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Located in the Capitol Hill Arts Center, this tiny sliver of a restaurant draws a mix of artsy types, parents with...
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| +80%
| Madrona
French
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Chef-owner Scott Emerick serves food with a certain informal, Parisian, take-no-prisoners lushness: a soft-poached...
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| +74%
| Queen Anne
American, Italian and Northwest
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The warehouselike room is warmed with hand-wrought iron and art in torrid colors, and chefs Craig Serbousek and Jesse...
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| +79%
| Madison Park
American
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At first glimpse the all-cream dining room seems awfully stylized, but certain affectionate details let you know that...
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| +83%
| Downtown
Northwest, American and Seafood
|  
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The menu at Tom Douglasà flagship is literally all over the place-you
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| +75%
| Eastlake/Lake Union
Steakhouse
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Tucked away on the top floor of Bellevue's Bank of America Tower, this steakhouse with a speakeasy feel is the...
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| +66%
| Bellevue
American, Steakhouse and Wine Bar
|   
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Tucked away on the top floor of Bellevue's Bank of America Tower, this steakhouse with a speakeasy feel is the...
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| +88%
| Downtown
Sandwiches/Subs and Pizza
|
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The granddaddy of specialty food stores in Seattle is still unbeatable, especially when it comes to cheese: American...
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| Eastlake/Lake Union
Sandwiches/Subs
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Vivace's second location features mosaics on the floor of coffee art patterns and the same tempting coffee and baked...
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| +80%
| Capitol Hill
American, European and International
| 
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Dinette offers the kind of rustic European-inspired food that we can't get enough of in Seattle, but presents it with...
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| +78%
| Downtown
American, Northwest and Seafood
|  
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While I could do without the mediocre electronica that pulses through Earth & Ocean from the DJ booth in the lobby...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +84%
| Belltown
Steakhouse, Northwest and Seafood
|   
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Let your server earn his or her tip at this plush, pricey steakhouse, which prides itself on retro tableside service...
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| +97%
| Beacon Hill
Mexican
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A little more than a year old, El Quetzal on Beacon Hill is about the friendliest restaurant I’ve come across in...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +77%
| Wallingford
Northwest, American and International
| 
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Elemental is one step above underground restaurant: a for-pay dinner party hosted by slightly obsessive culinary...
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| +80%
| Downtown
Seafood
| 
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Progressive oyster happy hour: At 3 p.m. every weekday, an oyster on the half shell is a mere 50 cents, increasing by...
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|
| Pioneer Square
Northwest and Pub Food
|  
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The newest Crown Jewel from Elysian Brewing Company, Elysian Fields, is a new 460-seat destination dining restaurant...
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| +86%
| University District
Italian, Mediterranean and Northwest
|  
|
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Enotria (which means "Land of Wine")opened on the Laurelhurst stretch of 45th Street in the space that used to house...
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| +80%
| West Seattle
Mediterranean, Greek and Turkish
|
|
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This West Seattle restaurant with its Turkish cuisine is a neighborhood favorite. The Chicken Toprak and the Lamb...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +78%
| Downtown
Seafood, American and Northwest
|  
|
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Etta's Seafood showcases the culinary flair of Chef Tom Douglas for every kind of seafood imaginable. From the...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +88%
| Green Lake
American, Northwest and Vegetarian
|  
|
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This cozy Green Lake spot serves up seasonal fare with an eclectic twist, thanks to the talents of chef/owner Amy...
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| +84%
| Central District
American and Southern & Soul
|
|
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You might not think you're in the mood for chicken, but just try to drive by Ezell's near mealtime without stopping...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +76%
| Downtown
American, Northwest and Vegetarian
|
|
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FareStart provides vocational culinary training to low income Seattleites, and its new headquarters features an...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +82%
| Belltown
Seafood, American and Asian
|  
|
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Christine Keff's upbeat seafood restaurant is a decade old, and the tropical-toned décor feels a bit mired in the...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +86%
| Greenwood/Phinney
Chinese
|
|
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It's hard not to love a dumpling-and tiny Fu Man's dumplings hit the doughy spot, from standard gyoza to big...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +78%
| Downtown
French and Northwest
|   
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The Georgian at the Fairmont Olympic Hotel is probably Seattle's loftiest dining room; it has a rare, nostalgic...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +82%
| International District
Vietnamese
| 
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Visit sweet, petite Green Leaf for refreshing Vietnamese bites big on mint, cilantro, lime and fish sauce. Chinese...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +87%
| Madison Park
Spanish and Tapas
|  
|
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Chef Joseba Jimenez de Jimenez looks to the experimental chefs of Spain for inspiration, but his customers can't...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +75%
| Woodinville
Northwest
|   
|
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Chef Jerry Traunfeld takes inspiration from the herb garden to captivate diners with a nine-course feast. After...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +70%
| Ballard
American, Breakfast/Brunch and Italian
| 
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Located in the historic Ballard Firehouse, the Hi-Life is a big, open space with brick walls, retro lighting...
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| +81%
| International District
Asian, Chinese and Seafood
| 
|
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Not every meal needs to be a production, and for country-style Chinese-fat chow fun, stir-fried eggplant, hot pots...
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| Downtown
Northwest and Mediterranean
|   
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Revamped and sporting a new chef, Jason Dallas, the luxurious Hunt Club has taken a more Italianate approach to its...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +88%
| Pioneer Square
Italian
|  
|
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Pasta is a good bet, as are the savory sauces that accompany it. You won't go wrong with the tender veal scaloppine...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +75%
| Ballard
Indian and Vegetarian
| 
|
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This busy corner in Ballard draws fans of the vindaloos and masalas, tandooris and curries. Naan breads make for a...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +87%
| Issaquah
Steakhouse
|  
|
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You don't often hear "neighborhood" and "steak house" in the same breath, but that's just what Jak's offers: the...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +86%
| West Seattle
American and Steakhouse
|  
|
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You don't often hear "neighborhood" and "steak house" in the same breath, but that's just what Jak's offers: the...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +78%
| University District
Steakhouse
|  
|
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You don't often hear "neighborhood" and "steak house" in the same breath, but that's just what Jak's offers: the...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +86%
| Wallingford
French, Asian and Korean
|  
|
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Newlyweds Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi (Alain Ducasse, Coupage) opened their dream restaurant in a nifty Wallingford...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +80%
| Ravenna
Asian, Indonesian and International
|
|
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At Julia's Indonesian Kitchen, the traditional Indonesian buffet known as rijsttafel ("rice table"), a remnant of...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +81%
| Wallingford
Afghan, Mediterranean and Vegetarian
| 
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Serving the cuisine of Afghanistan's capital city, Kabul is a unique gem Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood. As owner...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +92%
| Capitol Hill
Southern & Soul
| 
|
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Kingfish's stylish décor and big, homey southern classics-fried chicken, collards and catfish, plus coconut cake...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +85%
| Green Lake
Sushi and Japanese
|  
|
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Seasonal sushi specials such as aji (Spanish mackerel) and bonito are some of the freshest in town, and the beer list...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +74%
| Capitol Hill
Seafood and Asian
|  
|
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Kurrent, the new Capitol Hill bar and restaurant, makes no bones about its white-hot aspirations. This is no grungy...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +89%
| Ballard
Mexican
| 
|
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Thank heaven for Oaxaca and its complex permutations of corn and chilies and chocolate. And thank heaven for La Carta...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +84%
| Columbia City
Italian and Mediterranean
|  
|
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The proximity of the Columbia City farmers' market is palpable at this cozy Sicilian-by-way-of-the-Northwest...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +87%
| West Seattle
Italian and Seafood
| 
|
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This date-night diamond-in-the-rough is tucked a few miles south of Alki's crowds and mediocre restaurants. Dig into...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +68%
| Belltown
Italian and Pizza
| 
|
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La Vita e Bella offers authentic Sicilian/Italian dishes in an eclectic, cozy, and warm setting. Our menu features...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
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| Kirkland
Asian, Chinese and Vegetarian
| 
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This bright and cheery spot in Marina Park offers a fun alternative for the Kirkland lunch crowd. Don't miss dishes...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +78%
| Belltown
Northwest, American and Italian
|  
|
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Few people would argue that Scott Carsberg is one of the most talented chefs in the region; his 2006 James Beard...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +82%
| Capitol Hill
American and International
|  
|
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Lark's menu is a love letter not just to local farmers, but also to the artisans who make the lovely vinegars...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +83%
| Ballard
French
|   
|
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Chefs Bruce and Sara Naftaly have a tendency to fall in love with local ingredients, whether they're nettles they...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +88%
| Downtown
French
| 
|
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Chef and co-owner Jim Drohman's regional French food is strapping fare: broiled and bubbling ham, eggs and cheese; a...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +75%
| International District
Vegetarian, Asian and Vietnamese
|
|
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Don't let the Pottery Barn furnishings deceive you: Lemongrass' new outpost brings both authenticity and diversity to...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +66%
| Downtown
American, Breakfast/Brunch and Burgers
| 
|
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The Library Bistro's motto is presented clearly on its website: "Whispering Not Required." But recently, when I...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +87%
| Capitol Hill
Northwest
| 
|
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With handsome wood shelving, sheer carmine curtains and walls painted in rosy earth tones, Licorous' interior...
full review at Seattle Magazine | |
| +82%
| Belltown
Wine Bar
|
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When you step inside, you can almost smell the market research that wen |