16 Bars and Restaurants with Fireplaces
Bastille Cafe and Bar5307 Ballard Ave NWBallard206-453-5014bastilleseattle.com $$Bastille Cafe and Bar FrenchWith its French subway tile and vintage fixtures, Bastille delivers a lively shot of Paris...
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Westward Ahoy
Image: Olivia BrentWESTWARD ROLLED UP ITS FLOOR-TO-CEILING DOORS at the glorious end of this glorious summer, and for a few weeks there Seattle was lost in a Hamptons fantasy. Diners would glide in by...
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Barnacle4743 Ballard Ave NWBallard206-706-3379thebarnaclebar.com$$BarnacleBar FoodAt Boat Street Cafe, the Walrus and the Carpenter, and the Whale Wins, Renee Erickson has showcased two distinct gifts:...
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Agrodolce709 N 35th StFremont206-547-9707agrodolcerestaurant.net $$$Agrodolce ItalianHere is James Beard award–winning chef Maria Hines’s third property—this one Sicilian, and every inch as nobly...
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Witness Serves Up Spirits for the Soul
Image: Olivia BrentWitness410 Broadway ECapitol Hill206-329-0248witnessbar.com $$Apparently Broadway needed a shot of old-time religion, because it has taken to this Southern church–themed bar with...
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Le Petit Cochon Gets Piggy in Fremont
Image: Olivia Brent Smoked octopus, orange marmalade, chickpea salad, and squid ink aioli.To make the starter he calls Ye Ole Pig Face Fritters, chef Derek Ronspies starts with a pig head. Northeast...
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Bizzarro Italian Cafe ItalianIf it were a stock film character, Bizzarro would be the quirky best friend with the zany personality and the novelty hair. And for these last 20-some years, that’s exactly...
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Tangletown Welcomes Mkt.
Image: Olivia BrentThe place is Ethan Stowell’s latest: just a wide spot between walls in the cozy Tangletown commercial district in Wallingford, glowing golden from the sidewalk, its 28 seats—some...
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Woodinville Roadhouse
Image: Olivia BrentBusy would be a good word to describe Josh Henderson, if crazy overcommitted weren’t the precise technical term. In the seven years since he tricked out an Airstream trailer to...
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Artusi1535 14th AveCapitol Hill206-251-7673artusibar.com$$Artusi ItalianA mod shot of Italy in the heart of Pike/Pine, Artusi is Cascina Spinasse’s sister aperitivo bar; stocked to the nines with...
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Ooh La La, Loulay
Image: Sara Marie D'EugenioWe Needed This A sparkling dining experience for the post-McGinn ageTo pull open the doors at the corner of Sixth and Union and behold Loulay is to understand, in the blink...
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Save Room for Dessert
Image: Olivia BrentLiam's Bistro Flagship CheesecakeLiam’s Bistro2685 NE 46th StUniversity Village206-527-6089liamsbistro.com$$$In the empire-building spirit that’s gripped Seattle restaurateurs, Kurt...
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Of Meat and Men
Image: Olivia BrentBeast Mode Chef Jason Wilson holds forth in the flames like an alpha cavemanBy nearly every measure of what’s trending in Seattle restaurants this instant, Miller’s Guild hits it....
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Four New Restaurants from Marquee Chefs
Image: Olivia BrentBarnacle Bar Food At Boat Street Cafe, the Walrus and the Carpenter, and the Whale Wins, Renee Erickson has showcased two distinct gifts: sourcing and presenting perfect seafood, and...
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Tallulah's: Classy, Glassy, and All Grown Up
Image: Olivia BrentThe slackers who once hauled their hangovers to brunch at Linda’s Tavern are married and mortgaged Mad Men now, preferring their neighborhood restaurants sophisticated and their...
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What's Good in the 'Hood
Bar del Corso PizzaLucky Beacon Hill, that its pizzeria so embodies the soul of the neighborhood restaurant. The place bubbles, from the sheer crush of devotees inside its tidy, clean-lined quarters to...
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Southern Charmers
Image: Olivia BrentBourbon and Bones Mike Law applies his culinary pedigree to Texas smoked brisket.Years ago on a meandering road tripfrom Louisiana to North Carolina, I drove slow and ate well, and...
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Bodrum Bistro's Turkish Delights
Image: Olivia BrentRemember when Seattle’s most distinctive restaurant type was the small global storefront cafe? They were scattered across the neighborhoods, run by expats adept at presenting...
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A Long Way to Aragona
Allow me to narrate the stream-of-consciousness inside my head as I walked into Aragona: Damn, heavy door. I think this used to be…hi hostess…one of the Rosellinis’ restaurants: skinny space, long...
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Cassis in West Seattle
The single most beloved restaurant on Capitol Hill from 1997 to 2004 was the neighborhood Parisian bistro Cassis. It was the right place (casually elegant) in the right neighborhood (North Capitol...
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