Boat Street Café
Boat Street Café is the original outpost of Seattle’s most exciting homegrown chef and restaurateur, Renee Erickson (of The Walrus and the Carpenter and The Whale Wins). There’s a full menu…
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Sitka + Spruce
Housed in a charming former industrial building in the hip Capitol Hill neighborhood, Sitka & Spruce presents the egalitarian Northwest aesthetic in restaurant form. Using (mostly) local ingredients with an…
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Purple Café
Part of the local-sustainable American cooking wave, the downtown Seattle branch of Purple Café has one of the most education-forward lists in Seattle. Every section is highlighted with a short…
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Le Caviste
Le Caviste is the destination for hipster French wine in Seattle, served alongside food that draws inspiration from rural France. A self-described bistrot-à-vins, the focus here is on small, artisanal…
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Bottlehouse
The new kid on the block, Bottlehouse, is a riff on a Parisian cave au manger—or a mash-up of a retail bottle shop and a wine bar. Either pick a…
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Wild Ginger
A Seattle institution, the cuisine at Wild Ginger is unapologetic Asian fusion—an inclusive culinary approach that mirrors the internationalism and laid-back melting pot atmosphere that pervades Seattle. The wine list…
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RN 74 Seattle
RN74 Seattle is the northern outpost of the original RN74 San Francisco, the brainchildren of wunder-sommelier Rajat Parr and collector Wilf Jaeger. While the list here is not as expansive…
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Canlis
Canlis is the iconic Seattle restaurant. As an enduring beacon for fine dining in the city, the restaurant has, unsurprisingly, made a huge investment in the wine program—which, at nearly 90 pages,…
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Knee High Stocking Company
Though the speakeasy theme might be dated, Knee High Stocking Company remains as charming as it was the day it opened in 2009. Behind the bar's unmarked doors, the drinks…
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Rumba
When the weather gets drizzly and the mist rolls in, Rumba is Seattle's rum-filled remedy. The dark wood interior—which is meant to evoke mid-century Havana—is punctuated with bright turquoise bar…
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