Good eats/drinks in Seattle

[Michelle]

Along the lines of the Austin comment... I'm looking for recommendations in Seattle....

[Hansen, Evan]

Been a long time since I was there, and I know a couple of places I went to have closed…  But…

 

There was a place called Salumi (http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/) that did good charcuterie and had sandwiches, etc, all built around their meats.

 

Cocktail bars…  There are plenty.  Zig Zag Café pre-dates most of the current craft cocktail frenzy.  The head bartender there, Murray Stetson, is credited with being the one to unearth the “lost” Detroit Athletic Club recipe for The Last Word.  Vessel recently moved from its prior location… it previously had been under the leadership of Jamie Boudreau, who’s kind of a bigshot bartender in the pacific northwest, but a few years ago he left, but the concept stayed the same and they brought in some other very respectable people to run it.  Boudreau recently opened his own place in Seattle called Canon.  Obviously haven’t been there, but I’d bet it’s pretty good.  I’m sure there are tons of others now too.

 

This was a few years ago, but at the time, the two big name gastropubs were Spur and Quinn’s.  They appear to still be around.

 

There was a great pseudo-dive bar (it’s a rare city in which a “dive bar” only has microbrew tap handles and a juke box with only awesome local music and the guy checking IDs at the door is reading Crime & Punishment) a few blocks east of the downtown area right on the bay called Linda’s.

 

Didn’t get out to many great dinners, so I can’t make a lot of restaurant recommendations, I’m afraid.

 

-Evan-

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[Christina Jacobs]

I was in Seattle in September and can recall visiting 2 cocktail bars.
If you like whiskey, The Whisky Bar has an enormous list to choose
from. I also went to Bathtub Gin & Co. Loved the atmosphere, didn't
love my drinks...but that might be my fault. I said I didn't like
sweet drinks, trying to be tough, and they made me a very bitter one.

On Feb 20, 10:22 am, "Hansen, Evan" <hans...@umich.edu> wrote:
> Been a long time since I was there, and I know a couple of places I went to have closed...  But...

>
> There was a place called Salumi (http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/) that did good charcuterie and had sandwiches, etc, all built around their meats.
>

> Cocktail bars...  There are plenty.  Zig Zag Café pre-dates most of the current craft cocktail frenzy.  The head bartender there, Murray Stetson, is credited with being the one to unearth the "lost" Detroit Athletic Club recipe for The Last Word.  Vessel recently moved from its prior location... it previously had been under the leadership of Jamie Boudreau, who's kind of a bigshot bartender in the pacific northwest, but a few years ago he left, but the concept stayed the same and they brought in some other very respectable people to run it.  Boudreau recently opened his own place in Seattle called Canon.  Obviously haven't been there, but I'd bet it's pretty good.  I'm sure there are tons of others now too.

>
> This was a few years ago, but at the time, the two big name gastropubs were Spur and Quinn's.  They appear to still be around.
>
> There was a great pseudo-dive bar (it's a rare city in which a "dive bar" only has microbrew tap handles and a juke box with only awesome local music and the guy checking IDs at the door is reading Crime & Punishment) a few blocks east of the downtown area right on the bay called Linda's.
>
> Didn't get out to many great dinners, so I can't make a lot of restaurant recommendations, I'm afraid.
>
> -Evan-
>
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> Along the lines of the Austin comment... I'm looking for recommendations in Seattle....
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[Michelle]

Thanks!

[noelle lothamer]

If you're looking for "fancy" places to eat, 2 names I have heard bandied about by the food cognoscenti on Twitter are Canlis and Sitka + Spruce.

A blogger I read regularly lives in Seattle, might be worth combing his blog for ideas: http://mattikaarts.com/blog/

And speaking of bloggers, the author of Orangette has a pizzeria with her husband called Delancey.

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 5:53 PM, Michelle <msdime...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks!

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[Clair Leighton]

Sitka and Spruce is definitely worth visiting. It is in a building
called Melrose Market that you should visit even if you don't eat at
Sitka and Spruce. Melrose Market has a meat and cheese shop, a
sandwich restaurant, and a wine bar/coffee bar. The chef from Sitka
and Spruce also has a restaurant called The Corson Building that I
would highly recommend if you want a non-traditional restaurant
experience. It offers one seating a night on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday with a set menu served family style.

Canlis is a more traditional restaurant with a less innovative menu.
It has been a Seattle mainstay for a long time and offers a great view
of Lake Union and Downtown.

If you want to eat at Pike Place Market I would recommend Matt's in
the Market for lunch or dinner.

Tilth is a great restaurant in an old house in a north Seattle
neighborhood called Wallingford. The menu is focused on seasonal and
local.

Ocho is a tapas bar in the Ballard neighborhood that has good drinks
and great, reasonably priced tapas.

I would also recommend Spinasse, an Italian restaurant in Capitol
Hill, and any Ethan Stowell restaurant, but especially Staple and
Fancy in Ballard.

If you want good coffee, I recommend Victrola, Vivace, and Cafe Fiore.