It’s the question I’m asked more than any other: What are the very best restaurants in Seattle? In an industry where the newest and trendiest can seize the spotlight—we’re bringing you the best. Restaurants with strong culinary identities and consistency of execution. Restaurants with smart, affable servers and assuredly crafted senses of place. Most critically: restaurants where the food dazzles with invention and intention. I’ve been eating all year to identify the very best in this world-class dining city, presented here in no particular order, and find this to be one magical moment in Seattle dining. Here’s who’s doing it best of the best…right this very minute.
Published: November 2011
We’ve checked out a lot of these restaurants. We need to visit Crush & Tilth for their lovely desserts!
I have been to Spring Hill and have had anonymous paid meals twice. They were both wonderful, everything cooked to perfection and the service may be a bit more toward the slow side but always attentive.
Have you guys ever eaten at Seastar in Seattle? Seriously? How DARE anyone put a restaurant on here that’s not of the new little trendy restaurants in Seattle sans Canlis. Check out Seastar for lunch and / or dinner – surprisingly possibly one of the best 30 in Seattle, especially for Seafood
http://www.seastarrestaurant.com/seattle.php?page=home
Boat Street Kitchen, Serious Pie, Walrus & the Carpenter, and Revel are all favorites. And the eggplant fries at Poppy are amazing. Happy to see them all recognized! A nice reminder of how great Seattle restaurants are.
I realize this is last year’s news, but I am surprised that Lark and Luc are not on this list. They’re both wonderful Capitol Hill/ E. Capitol Hill eateries. And I agree with one of the previous comments about at least one of Tom Douglas’s restaurants needing to be on the list, and why not make it Serious Pie? (of course, there’s also Etta’s and Dahlia Lounge…)
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Woo hoo…let the food fights begin! Thanks for your comments, Paul; though I couldn’t agree less with your assessments of Serious Pie (consistently stunning pizza) or Spring Hill (some of the smartest plates in town) I’m glad you shared ‘em. Makes life more interesting. Couldn’t let your remark about “having to put something Tom Douglas in there” pass, however; we’d have been just as ready to mark down his joints the way we did a lot of other fine contenders…but those pies are just too good.
I’m not sure Serious Pie is even in the top 5 pizza restaurants in the city, but I guess you had to put something Tom Douglas in there.
What really confounds me though is your continual riding of Spring Hill’s jock. I’m wondering if anyone at your magazine has actually been there for a paid, anonymous meal? The service is inconsistent at best, terrible at worst. The $17 burger (yes, $17 burger) you continuously rave about is not even the best burger in West Seattle ( see Zippys).
Sorry, but you’re losing credibility….
I have to agree with Paul. Seattle Met and Seattle Magazine’s nearly quarterly “Best of…” articles are ridiculous regurgitations of the same 20 or 30 restaurants. Try harder. Discover something, please.
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