Food4Thought: Thank you so much for your ideas. I have never tried Catch so that may be what we are looking for. Does anyone know their prices? I will look to see if they have a website. And, I'm not a big fan of Cafe Escadrille either, but I do know a lot of people like it. Thank you again.

I will be on an all day annual shopping spree next Saturday with two friends and we will be ending at the Burlington Mall. Every year we look for a quaint little restaurant in the Burlington area, and we fall short every year. There are just so many chain restaurants around there. We have already done Legals and Macaroni Grill and have no interest in the Cheesecake Factory. We're really looking for something smaller (maybe italian or continental) that would take a reservation on a Sat. night. One of my friends lives in NH, so we like to stay close to the Burlington area.
Any help??? I'm stumped. Thank you so much.

We also just tried Twin Seafood in Reading. We second the comments from Ladycale. The lobster was plentiful and tasty. We will definitely be back.

Has anyone tried the Purple Cafe downtown? I'm trying to come up with some casual places to have lunch and/or dinner on a couple of nights when I am visiting your fine city next week.

Also, anyone have any suggestions for good breakfasts close to the Crowne Plaza?

Thanks so much in advance.

Thank you everyone. Sounds like a place for just drinks and apps on the terrace.

2 East Coast couples going to Seattle next week to see some Red Sox/Mariners games. We are looking for a nice place to dine one night. One member of our party is kinda picky. He loves italian food though. Would anyone recommend the Pink Door? Any other thoughts? Thanks in advance.

We will be taking the ferry over to Bainbridge Island and were wondering if anyone had any suggestions for lunch and/or dinner places? Thanks in advance.

Thank you everyone for your replies. We are from Boston and we have plenty of good italian food, so Seattle may not be the place to try italian.
We are open for any and all suggestions for lunch and dinner places (although one person in our party is not too adeventurous when it comes to food). So far, I have come up with the following (in no particular order):

Elliot's Oyster House
Ray's
Matt's
Zigzag Cafe for drinks
Top Pot Doughnuts
Dahlia

We are going to 3 baseball games at Safeco so we'll probably be eating a lot of ballpark food, unfortunately.
Thanks for your help!!

We are staying downtown (Crowne Plaza) and wondering if there is a great italian restaurant in walking distance.
Thanks for your help.
Oops - I forgot to say downtown Seattle!!