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VENICE - Lunch / Dinner open on Sunday? In S. Croce?
Thanks, I'll definitely look for them on Sunday...can't wait!
need suggestions for where to eat and what to do this weekend
There is also one in Capitol HIll at Broadway and Pine -- about a 15 minute walk from the Max, also would give the opportunity to check out Melrose Market (Melrose Ave between Pike and Pine).
From your descriptions, Capitol Hill (esp Pike/Pine corridor), Ballard and Fremont would definitely meet your needs. CapHill has the highest restaurant and bar concentration, and also perhaps best Vegetarian selections, and is also within walking distance from your hotel. Maybe take a look at Plum for good Vegan food.
Also near your hotel are a couple of good choices Serious Pie and Palace Kitchen (yes, both Tom Douglas) which are good and fun places, but both get very crowded and don't take reservations.
Group Lunch in University District Area
If the weather is nice, Agua Verde would be a great option, as it has scenic outdoor seating. I'd advice checking ahead on space, as it can get crowded.
VENICE - Lunch / Dinner open on Sunday? In S. Croce?
Hello All- My wife and I are excited to be in Venice for the first time in 2 weeks, and are finding the information and advice here both useful and overwhelming!
I am hoping for some help - we will arrive by train from Milan Airport on a Sunday afternoon, no doubt jet-lagged and starving. Can anyone recommend a good but easy late lunch option open on a Sunday? Even better, an easy dinner option also open on Sunday? We'll save our fancy meals for other times, for this meal good, simple, and easily navigable for non-Italian speakers is the goal.
For lunch, best is if it is near our apartment, which is in Santa Croce...we're happy to move further afield for dinner. Were hoping for Zucca, but not open on Sunday!
One additional hang up - one of us (OK, it's me) doesn't do seafood (the other is happy to).
Thanks for any help!
YYC Hound back for a visit.
Thanks for the great re-cap!
FWIW, I am not a fan of either Stumptown or Victrola, I find both are very underroasted for my tastes (which could be the source of the acidic flavor from Stumptown or the too light flavor at Victrola that you report). FWIW, I find Seattle Coffee Works also underroasts (sorry Terrier).
For whatever reason, really light roasting seems to be the key characteristic of coffee at so-called "Third Wave" roasters, whereas the darker European City Roast or West Coast Roast seems to be more common of the older places (i.e., SBUX, I suppose Vivacce and Vita). Since I grew up on SBUX / Peet's, it's just what I'm used to. For espresso drinks, Vivacce and Fuel tend to be my go-tos, at the risk of abuse from this board I think Roy Street (yes, inspired by Starbucks) has great Clover / Pour Over if I want brew coffee.
Southern Food (better keep your head)
I don't but I am going to try to keep this thread alive because I hope someone will suggest a place! Strangely, the closest thing I have seen in spirit (if not in specific food items) is at Hawaiian places, Kauai Family in Georgetown does a very nice Southern-ish job of making vegetables bad for you.
Seattle/Tacoma--college dining
I have to part ways with Hung on Rancho Bravo (the taco truck next to Winchell's), blech, but I agree you should expand your circle to include Wallingford - Joule is a mid-priced restaurant with really, really great food and very unique to Seattle. I also like the Japanese place on 45th a couple of block further west, across from Tilth (though I can't recall the name), and of course Fainting Goat for great gelato (45th at maybe Wallingford Ave).
Otherwise, you will be spoilt for choice along the Ave, but as many here say, quality varies widely. FWIW, by Seattle standards, I think Cedars is pretty good for Indian and I like Samurai for ramen, but others here may disagree.
Cornish area
Serious Pie on Westlake (maybe @ Terry?) is very good, but very busy. Fierabend for German is good (Yale Ave, at maybe Thomas? near REI). Agree w/Gingershelley on Tutta Bella above Whole Foods. I thought MIstral was good but overpriced, re:public is a good alternative at a slightly lower price but is definitely more a bar than a restaurant on weekend nights.
Capitol Hill Rec, please
You might consider Anchovies & Olives (Pine/15th), I haven't been but everyone else seems to like it. Marjorie (14/Union) is also very good, but small so a party of 8 might be a challenge for them. Quinn's and Oddfellows are my go-tos in the neighborhood, but neither takes reservations that I know of. I used to do Presse a lot, but I find it's gone downhill...maybe I've just had bad luck. If you are willing to walk a bit, Lark on 12th is great, and also next to very trendy Cannon cocktail bar. You also might want to check out Momiji for great Japanese in a beautiful setting (12th/Pine).
You'll have no problem finding places to drink, although finding a place with space might be a problem on a Saturday. In upper Pike/Pine I like Cannon for cocktails, Elysian for beer, or Moe Bar as a good all-around choice.
Who likes Cajun food?
I'll third Where Ya At...very similar to the Cajun fast food sandwiches I grew up on in Houston...I really wish Matt would just open a restaurant somewhere, finding the truck can be a challenge.
Teriyaki: The Best of a Local Phenomenon
I look forward to trying Toshio's...my go to is Teriyaki Madness on 15th on the Hill...not so much for the classic teriyaki (which is good / not amazing) but for their (Japanese style) curry chicken, which is good and cheap and plentiful to a fault. And isn't that what Teriyaki is all about?
jimmy johns sandwiches coming soon to my area....
Actually, you can pick & choose topings, you just need to do it before you order...I always take out tomatoes and mayo, add mustard, etc. They just don't have the whole Subway "Salad Bar of Toppings." I'm pretty sure the relatively smaller roughage / sandwich ratio is why I feel OK after JJ's and like I are a brick post-Subway.
ISO a lunch stop near or in Seattle but before Tacoma and a dinner stop on the way back
Everyone here seems to want to send you towards Asian food for some reason...if you're set on Mexican, you might want to think about Poquito's in Capitol Hill (it's maybe 10 min from I-5 near downtown, but the directions are kind of complicated...google it) or if you want something more like street food, there's a food truck immediately adjacent to the freeway at the Northgate exit that many people like (Exit Northgate and turn right, it's on the left in the gas station/Starbucks parking lot).
If you're into food trucks, you might also want to check out Seattle's highly regarded Marination, they now have moved from the truck to a permanant location, but the same food, kind of Korean/Mexican/Hawaiian fusion. It's at Broadway / Pike, close the fwy but like Poquito's via a roundabout route -- nothing you can't probably handle.
Seattle Trip.. End of April
I'll give you a +1 on Steelhead...I wouldn't drive all the way up from Portland for it, but it's a semi-regular in our local rotation, very good food and OK pricing for downtown, also a nice location right in the market.
In Praise of Le Pichet
I was addicted to Presse when it opened (helps it's very close to my house) but I feel like it has gone very downhill recently. I went a month ago and got steak frites that were basically inedible the meat was so stringy and gross. My wife also had a bad french onion soup -- is that even possible? This was just the worst of a couple of unsatisfying visits. Is my experience isolated or have others seen this? I want my old Presse back! (but with fewer people so I don't have to wait)
Need finishing touches for trip this weekend
I think these are some good suggestions. For some reason I seem to be the only person in the world who fails to see what the big deal is about Revel...I'd replace with Joule (if they're open w/lunch) if you're into that kind of thing.
Every place on your list is walking distance from the market except the Book Bindery. The furthest is probably Quinn's, maybe a mile, so you should be able to get around on foot weather permitting. The bus between the market & CapHill is really easy, too. I wouldn't count on being able to catch a cab -- however, there is now a cab stand on Pike in Capitol Hill very near Quinn's if you don't feel like walking.
Quinn's and Palace are two of my favorite places in Seattle and I always take out of town guests -- but be aware neither takes reservations and both can be very, very busy on weekend nights. The nice thing about Quinn's is it is surrounded by great bars where you can cool your heels while you wait -- check out Moe Bar across 10th.
One fun night in Seattle
As GingerShelley points out Quinn's is kind of the local standard-bearer for gastropubs; in your closer vicinity, Black Bottle would be a similar option. Many people love Spur, but I was unimpressed -- good food but overpriced and for my taste kind of finicky for a bar.
Might also recommend Lecosho (porktastic) very close to you in the Harbor Steps, second Leper's rec for Palace Kitchen (Northwestern comfort food) a slightly longer walk, or maybe Steel Head Diner, which is right in the market, kind of an upscale diner. And I have heard good things about Coterie nearby in Belltown but haven't been yet.
Restaurants near Safeco Field
Yay! Happy to see the love for Tat's, the Tatstrami is my favorite sandwich in Seattle (well, maybe tie with El Paseo, but much easier to get my hands on).
Restaurants near Safeco Field
I'm slightly embaressed to suggest it, but my pre-game go-to is Tat's in Pioneer Sq (Yesler / Occidental) for awesome (by West Coast standards) cheesesteaks and good grinders and other sandwiches. I agree w/all the great ID suggestions, but sometimes I just think sports goes better with American junk food. Also w/in striking distance of the Collins Pub on 2nd, which has good burgers and a great beer list; both are maybe 10 min walk down Occidental from Safeco.
OK, slightly off topic, but I'll add- Closer to the park are two other pretty good bars, Elysian Fields (which has upscale bar food of no great note) and Hooverville (no food but sometimes a guy out front roasting hot dogs).
Last Minute Weekend Visit
Welcome from Boston. Dress won't be a problem anywhere, Seattle is much more casual than the East Coast.
re- East Side Chinese -- people like Spicy Talk & Bamboo Garden, but I'm not sure the Chinese here is much better than what you can get in Boston. Din Tai Fung is fun and kind of a phenomenon, be aware it gets very busy and on a Friday you'll probably wait for a table. I haven't been to Black Bottle in Bellevue, but I like the Belltown version, so would probably be a good choice for small plates.
re- Sunday -- Seattle doesn't have a ton of mid-century modern places I'm aware of -- a couple that might prove useful, though, would be Area 51 on Capitol HIll (Pine/Bellevue), which is a short walk to Melrose Market, home to an oyster bar and wine bar (Bar Ferdinand). Would also be a good place to go for prepared food. Another choice would be Space Oddity in Ballard -- close to Walrus and Carpenter for oysters.
Visiting Dec 26-28 -- what not to miss?
Respectfully disagree on Lark, I think it's very good even though it's kind of slipped off the radar in the last few years. Would also suggest Quinn's as the place most like Animal in town, plus good excuse to visit Capital Hill...kind of a long walk from where you're staying, but a short cab/bus ride.
Great steak for under 40$
There's lots of places that will do a good steak frites for ~$20 -- when it turns up on the menu Quinn's (CapHill) has a good one, also maybe Le Pichet downtown (I can't remember if I had it at Le Pichet or Presse -- but either would be a good option).
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Le Pichet
Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA
10th Anniversery Special Dinner out
Joule is absolutely one of my favorite places in Seattle, but while it is a very nice restaurant, it seems to me more on the neighborhood side than on the fancy-special-occasion side. Revel I haven't made up my mind on yet.
Of the places mentioned, I can definitely recommend Spinasse, I haven't been to Canlis. I like Rover's, but don't love it for the cost. Have you thought about Staple & Fancy, which has gotten much love on this site recently and is great? Also, I went to Lark for the first time in like 2 years the other night and was instantly reminded about why it is one of my fave Seattle restaurants.
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Canlis Restaurant
2576 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109
Spinasse
Seattle, WA, Seattle, WA
Favorite pork chop in Seattle?
You maybe wouldn't expect it, but when it's on the menu at Oddfellows, it's great (10th/Pine).
L.A. Asian (i.e. will-eat-most-things) needs recs for last minute trip to Seattle!
How has no one mentioned Quinn's yet? They were all anyone here could talk about when they opened, are we so fickle?
When I think of neighborhood-gastropub-meat centric they would definitely be at the top of my Seattle list; Lecosho is more meatist, but less neighborhoody due to their downtown location. I'd say the two places kind of bookend Animal in style based on only 2 visits to Animal. Mmmmmaybe Re:Public, Black Bottle, and Local 360 would be in the same group?
Re: Family style supper -- doesn't Joule do a Sunday BBQ? I've tried to go before, but it sells out a lot.
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Black Bottle
2600 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121
Is Canlis or Herbfarm dated?
I hear nothing but good things about Canlis...let's say classic, not dated.
The same could not be said for Herbfarm, which I have heard is not only dated but stuffy. However- Corson Building has a similar culinary offering with a much more modern atmosphere, you might want to check it out instead.
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The Herbfarm
14590 NE 145th St, Woodinville, WA 98072
The Corson Building
5609 Corson Ave S, Seattle, WA 98108
Can't miss along I-90 headed east...?
Hi All-
Just wanted to wrap up the thread, we ended up running late both ways and didn't manage to eat anything good on I-90 in either direction (went to the standby of sandwiches from the Safeway deli, hey, you do what you have to!). I will recommend two great places I went to on the Montana side, a pizza place in Kalispell called Moose Cafe (or something like that) on their Main street, and a fried chicken / seafood / BBQ place in Whitefish called The Shack.
Seattle's International District
I'm confused -- I had HK Homestyle for lunch last month. Are we talking about the place on King (I think at 6th or 7th?) or is there another HK Homestyle? In any case, the HK Homestyle I go to on King is great for congee!
Taqueria in Seattle?
There's also a Rinconcito on 99 just north of Seatac (the airport, not the city) -- very useful when getting in late from a flight. Most similar in Seattle? Maybe Taqueria Tequila on 85th? I mostly stick with the trucks (Asadero, El Camion).
