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The best restaurants reviewed by Seattle Weekly.

  1. La Carta de Oaxaca
  2. Paseo
  3. Agua Verde
  4. Le Pichet
  5. Red Mill Burgers...
  6. Salumi
  7. Salumi
  8. Quinn's
  9. Restaurant Zoe
  10. Ray's Boathouse
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Restaurants reviewed by Seattle Weekly (Showing 1-97 of 472)

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University District Burgers and Fast Food Dollar
July 09, 2008 - When I think of the University Village Burgermaster, I think of my late grandfather-for two reasons: 1) His daughter...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+87% Capitol Hill Seafood Dollar
July 09, 2008 - When it comes to tracking food trends, the "retro" column in my ledger filled up years ago. Blame it on meatloaf...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Greenwood/Phinney
July 02, 2008 - In many ways, Ed's Kort Haus is a quintessential Seattle dive. It's dark and spacious, with a pool table and...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Georgetown
July 02, 2008 - In a world that faces a growing hop crisis, in a time when craft beer gets more attention than ever, two men make the...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+80% Wallingford Italian DollarDollarDollar
June 25, 2008 - When my friends and I looked over Bizzarro Italian Cafe's menu last week, we spotted Mama Lil's peppers and cherry...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+100% Madrona Turkish and Middle Eastern DollarDollarDollar
June 18, 2008 - Sometimes a great first date is as troublesome as a bad one. You talk excitedly about yoga and childhood pets, you...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Pioneer Square
June 18, 2008 - Why is it that all firefighters have mustaches, pose topless for charity calendars, and smoke 12 packs of cigarettes...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+90% Columbia City Filipino, American and Family Fare DollarDollar
June 11, 2008 - These days, every chef talks about her food as if it were more than an expression of her unique palate. It's also a...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+75% Ballard Coffee Dollar
June 11, 2008 - What does $13 get you? Swedish toast with butter and Kalles Kaviar ($2.65); Swedish toast with butter, cheese, and...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Belltown American Dollar
June 04, 2008 - Contrary to popular opinion, the Catholic Seamen's Club is neither: (a) a sperm bank for believers in the Holy...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Greenwood/Phinney Greek and Mediterranean DollarDollar
May 28, 2008 - While most Mexican restaurants in the U.S. serve mole, it's generally Puebla-style--a deep brown, sweet-spicy sauce...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+57% Downtown Seafood Dollar
May 28, 2008 - This market stand basically sells fish sandwiches and chowder, which means it has one cook doing nothing but grilling...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+92% Ballard Burgers and Sandwiches/Subs DollarDollar
May 14, 2008 - Opening the door to Ballard's Lunchbox Laboratory, I spotted my lunch date just on the other side, huddling back from...  full review at Seattle Weekly
West Seattle Pub Food
May 14, 2008 - There are three Triangle bars in Seattle, which is fitting, given that there are three sides to a triangle. What's...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+95% Eastlake/Lake Union American and Burgers Dollar
April 30, 2008 - Joshua Henderson and Danny Sizemore have two things going right for them today: The sun's out, and they haven't been...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Mount Baker Vietnamese Dollar
April 16, 2008 - By the time Tamarind Tree opened on Jackson Street in 2004, Seattle had already cultivated a special fondness for...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown Coffee Dollar
April 09, 2008 - I've always wondered why local restaurants don't offer a coffee menu as they would a list of teas, giving guests the...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Georgetown American and Burgers Dollar
April 09, 2008 - Last Chance co-owner Michael Lucas is the thinking carnivore's hero. While some burger purveyors brag about the fact...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+88% West Seattle Pizza
April 02, 2008 - The neighborhood spaghetti house was once as American a staple of every-night life as Little League, peach pie, and...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Georgetown DollarDollar
March 19, 2008 - Seattle is a hotbed of Asian-American cuisine, beginning and ending with the can't-miss International District, where...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown Bakery
March 12, 2008 - Official Tasting Notes: I know it's not fair to compare the Gruyère panini at Macy's new co-branded cafe to the one I...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+78% Wallingford Northwest, American and International DollarDollar
March 05, 2008 - Simply walking into Elemental@Gasworks can cause a little anxiety. With only five tables, a few bar stools, and a...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+86% Pioneer Square Italian Dollar
March 05, 2008 - In October 2006, Seattle Weekly announced the first recipient of the Angelo Pellegrini Award to honor someone for his...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+78% Lake City
February 27, 2008 - Enjoy the Rimrock Steakhouse while you can: The Lake City institution is up for sale, and has been for months. After...  full review at Seattle Weekly
-34% International District Japanese DollarDollar
February 20, 2008 - Who's the fan base for the Kiana's Special? "The girls like it. They like something that tastes good. And I'm from...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+61% Bellevue DollarDollarDollar
February 20, 2008 - Not unlike the meandering Danube River itself, the peripatetic menu at Danube Bistro starts in the Czech Republic...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+88% University District Sushi
February 20, 2008 - Three weeks ago, a new sushi spot replaced Tibet First, the little Tibetan place in the University District that...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+93% Downtown Ethiopian/Eritrean DollarDollar
February 13, 2008 - There still aren't many reasons to venture into the morass of the Denny Triangle without a map, a compass, and a St...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+81% Madison Park American DollarDollar
February 06, 2008 - How hungover does the wait staff look? Very. Our waitress groused about ever having to work Sunday morning, and her...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+89% West Seattle Sandwiches/Subs and Coffee Dollar
February 06, 2008 - I'm having a love affair with Husky Deli. This could be because you don't see many classic beauties of Husky Deli's...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+58% Downtown Seafood and Sandwiches/Subs DollarDollarDollar
February 06, 2008 - A friend of mine, a one-time bellman at the Four Seasons (now the Fairmont), introduced McCormick to me when I was...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+58% Queen Anne Italian DollarDollarDollar
January 30, 2008 - If there's a chef who can read the zeitgeist, at least when it comes to dining in Seattle, it's Ethan Stowell. He...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+94% International District French and Japanese Dollar
January 30, 2008 - Don't come here for Nutella, because Unicorn doesn't serve your run-of-the-mill Parisian varieties. Here, the crepes...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown Italian Dollar
January 23, 2008 - The cuisine at Bruno's, a 33-year-old Old Seattle institution located in the heart of downtown, defies all convention...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+68% Fremont Burgers, American and International DollarDollar
January 23, 2008 - Official tasting notes: I'm sure many food freaks were waiting for Thomas Hurley, chef-owner of beloved Hurley's in...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+83% West Seattle Seafood and American DollarDollar
January 16, 2008 - Is it a bad sign when the lamb sliders are your favorite dish at an oyster bar? Clearly, a rhetorical question. But...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Eastlake/Lake Union Sandwiches/Subs and Vegetarian Dollar
January 16, 2008 - Bar notes: The Victory Lounge used to be the Lobo Inn, a dismal dive with a sticky floor, shady characters, and punk...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Georgetown Burgers, American and Pub Food Dollar
January 09, 2008 - A dramatic departure from "$2 wells" and "half-priced pitchers," "free ice cream" is not a marquee phrase normally...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+68% Downtown American and Seafood DollarDollarDollar
December 19, 2007 - The dim lighting, hushed voices, and expensive menu at the Icon Grill worked in sweet harmony to raise my hopes about...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+90% Capitol Hill Pub Food DollarDollar
December 12, 2007 - Even before Scott and Heather Staples opened Quinn's Pub on East Pike and 10th Avenue East, the press identified it...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+56% Downtown Thai DollarDollar
December 12, 2007 - What's in a Belltown Passion: Bombay Sapphire gin, Parfait Amore, and fresh lemon. Per Lee, the drink was invented by...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+72% West Seattle American DollarDollar
December 05, 2007 - Less than a block from the most SoCal strip of seashore in Seattle sits the city's most Midwestern restaurant, the...  full review at Seattle Weekly
-46% Downtown Northwest, Burgers and Seafood DollarDollarDollar
December 05, 2007 - Entering Cutters Bayhouse for happy hour (3:30-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close daily), my group received an enthusiastic...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+88% Kirkland American DollarDollarDollar
December 05, 2007 - Last month, the publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary put out a press release announcing that their "word...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+87% Capitol Hill Northwest and Mediterranean DollarDollarDollar
November 28, 2007 - The surest recipe for failure in the restaurant industry is well-funded food lovers with no restaurant experience who...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+68% West Seattle American DollarDollar
November 28, 2007 - I was a little skeptical walking into Black Bird Bistro for a midweek happy hour. The bar was stained a deep red, and...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+100% Downtown Donuts
November 28, 2007 - The appeal of these tourist-friendly doughnuts is in their diminutive size. It's all about the cuteness factor. Tiny...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+83% Belltown Seafood, American and Asian DollarDollarDollar
November 28, 2007 - Two weeks ago I sidled up to the bar at Flying Fish, which was not as packed as I'd expected. Apparently, as the...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown Desserts/Ice Cream Dollar
November 28, 2007 - Seattle may not be as deeply entrenched in the frozen yogurt "cold war" as Los Angeles, but we might not be far...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+87% Belltown Tapas and Spanish DollarDollar
November 28, 2007 - Thought you were done with the whole fast/feast thing? Think again. Txori (pronounced cho-ree) is finally opening...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+64% University District Japanese Dollar
November 21, 2007 - University Way (aka "the Ave") has long been something of a paradox. On the one hand, there's not a street in Seattle...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+60% Ballard Tex-Mex DollarDollar
November 14, 2007 - "Hey, that's Explosions in the Sky," Heather exclaimed, lifting up a finger as if to point to the sound waves...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+85% Georgetown American Dollar
November 07, 2007 - When I think of truck stops, I think of fried bologna sandwiches, nicotine-addicted waitresses, puffy mesh hats...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+85% West Seattle Pizza and Italian Dollar
November 07, 2007 - High up on the back wall at Giannoni's Pizzeria, across from the TV and the graffiti-style mural, invisible to anyone...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Rainier Beach Vietnamese DollarDollar
October 31, 2007 - I'd warned my friends that I wasn't sure what we'd find at Saigon Pearl on MLK and Orcas. I'd stopped in at this...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Eastlake/Lake Union European DollarDollar
October 31, 2007 - The brilliant idea behind Venik Lounge-to offer a little nip and nourishment after hours of peaceful sweating-is...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+73% Capitol Hill Seafood and Asian DollarDollarDollar
October 24, 2007 - Peer inside Kurrent Restaurant and Bar on a Friday night, and the crowd flanking the cocktail bar is four deep. Women...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Ballard American
October 24, 2007 - The Waterwheel Lounge doesn't look like the sort of place that serves up delicious home-style food. It looks like the...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+85% University District Italian, Mediterranean and Northwest DollarDollarDollar
October 17, 2007 - The waiter brought our appetizers with an easy flourish, seemingly unconcerned with gravity. The plates floated down...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+81% International District Vietnamese and Sandwiches/Subs Dollar
October 10, 2007 - Many Seattleites love Vietnamese delis for their banh mi, but I'm both obsessed with and mystified by the stacks of...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Rainier Beach Southern & Soul Dollar
October 03, 2007 - I grew up in Wedgwood and attended parochial schools in northeast Seattle for my first 18 years. Translation: My...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+57% Capitol Hill Diner and American Dollar
October 03, 2007 - In the 1950s, back when tiki was classy and Ray Kroc was hatching his Napoleonic plots, the pancakes of the world...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+83% Ballard American, Bakery and Vegetarian Dollar
October 03, 2007 - In the 1950s, back when tiki was classy and Ray Kroc was hatching his Napoleonic plots, the pancakes of the world...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+51% University District Japanese and Sushi DollarDollar
September 26, 2007 - Where sushi-go-rounds are concerned, there are two major camps: those who loathe the idea of their spicy tuna roll...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+84% Belltown Steakhouse, Northwest and Seafood DollarDollarDollarDollar
September 26, 2007 - What will $13 get you? You can eat like a king but never go back, since the only way to get anything for $13 is to...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+84% Bellevue Indian DollarDollar
September 26, 2007 - It was a Wizard of Oz moment: My friends and I had been sitting at our table in Spice Route Indian Cuisine in...  full review at Seattle Weekly
West Seattle Pub Food
September 19, 2007 - With a roadhouse interior, simple food, hog-centric decor and a playlist tending toward classic rock, the Alki Tavern...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+81% Ravenna Asian, Indonesian and International Dollar
September 19, 2007 - If the newspaper saw is true that three of anything makes a trend, then Indonesian restaurants in Seattle are hot...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+81% Belltown Greek, Mediterranean and Vegetarian DollarDollarDollar
September 12, 2007 - Right now, pork is the iPod of the food world, more of a social movement than a trend. Every culinary magazine and...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+85% Capitol Hill French and Wine Bar DollarDollar
September 06, 2007 - Seattle's newest all-purpose hangout, Café Presse, looks great at breakfast. Morning light gushes through its wall of...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Sodo
September 06, 2007 - When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+72% Central District American Dollar
September 06, 2007 - When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+93% Madison Park American and Sandwiches/Subs Dollar
September 06, 2007 - When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+88% University District Dollar
August 22, 2007 - Something about Tibet First in the U District reminded me of a guesthouse half a continent away, a tiny hostel in...  full review at Seattle Weekly
International District Chinese
August 15, 2007 - Official Tasting Notes: A few months ago, a friend took me to Homestyle HK Cafe for the "stone bowl steamed rice...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+84% Queen Anne Northwest DollarDollarDollarDollar
August 15, 2007 - "Corn four ways" could be the subtitle of Opal's striped bass, a dish that sums up the kitchen's determination to...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+93% University District Vegetarian Dollar
July 26, 2007 - If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+82% Shoreline Korean DollarDollar
July 26, 2007 - If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+82% Capitol Hill Spanish, Latin American and Tapas DollarDollar
July 26, 2007 - If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+71% West Seattle American Dollar
July 19, 2007 - There are no real surprises on the plate at the Chelan Café, an all-American, family-owned diner just off the West...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown DollarDollarDollar
July 11, 2007 - Great art is no longer the only thing required of a first-tier museum. A first-tier restaurant is de rigueur, too...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+71% Queen Anne American, Family Fare and Northwest DollarDollarDollar
July 04, 2007 - This week marks the one-year anniversary of my move from San Francisco. It's no sad occasion. And yet there's a type...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Downtown Burgers, Breakfast/Brunch and Sandwiches/Subs Dollar
July 04, 2007 - In the lunch halls that serve our halls of justice, the objective is similar to that of a defense attorney: acquittal...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Pioneer Square Sandwiches/Subs
July 04, 2007 - In the lunch halls that serve our halls of justice, the objective is similar to that of a defense attorney: acquittal...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+83% Capitol Hill Asian and Vegetarian Dollar
June 27, 2007 - In a city where most households can pick three or four places to walk to for pad see ew, perhaps it's time to start...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+64% Pioneer Square Burgers and Fast Food Dollar
June 21, 2007 - Love it or hate it, through its 30-plus years of pigeon-shit magnetism, the concrete-roofed Kingdome was as...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+79% University District Spanish and Tapas DollarDollarDollar
June 21, 2007 - Spent a good chunk of March in Spain, standing at chest-high tables, drinking little glasses of beer and scarfing...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Rainier Beach
June 13, 2007 - Helen Coleman is a master cook. She can stew oxtails so lovingly, the memory of them will make your eyes moist. And...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+82% West Seattle Italian DollarDollarDollar
June 06, 2007 - It's taken me a couple of weeks to figure out where I come down on Beàto Food & Wine, a tiny bistro on the northern...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Greenwood/Phinney Latin American Dollar
May 30, 2007 - When I go back to Mi Chalateca, a Salvadoran restaurant on Aurora and 97th Avenue, it won't be for the pupusas. It...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+66% University District Indonesian Dollar
May 30, 2007 - If the Ave's Padi Indonesian Cafe was an American diner, it'd be the kind that served chicken-fried steak and eggs...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+60% Downtown Latin American, Caribbean and International DollarDollar
May 23, 2007 - Something happened to George Lucas between the first Star Wars trilogy and the second. I know I'm dog-paddling in...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+80% Ravenna Vegetarian, American and Middle Eastern Dollar
May 16, 2007 - I am not comforted by comfort food. I do not like meatloaf. I do not crave macaroni and cheese. Fried chicken isn't...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+67% Green Lake Hawaiian and Barbecue DollarDollar
May 09, 2007 - Consider the BLT: so spartan, so delicious, so unafraid to feature fatty strips of taboo. Now consider how one might...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+85% Downtown Northwest, Diner and Seafood DollarDollarDollar
May 09, 2007 - As Kevin and Terresa Davis have designed it, Steelhead Diner, their two-month old Pike Place Market restaurant, is...  full review at Seattle Weekly
+95% Sodo Burgers, American and Seafood Dollar
May 02, 2007 - My friend Porterhouse was, is, and always will be a south-side girl. Her Rainier Valley residence isn't so much a...  full review at Seattle Weekly
Bellevue Pizza
May 02, 2007 - Explaining Indian pizza to the uninitiated is about as easy as fielding your 4-year-old's questions about where...  full review at Seattle Weekly
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