Maybe it’s Seattle’s colliding street grids, maybe it’s just our penchant for idiosyncratic spaces. But the recent openings of Terra Plata and Macleod’s Scottish Pub remind me that Seattle’s long been one for three-walled dining.

Make that drinking. Consider Fremont’s 9 Million in Unmarked Bills (nee the Triangle Tavern), Olive Way’s Clever Dunne’s, The Triangle Pub in SoDo, Knee High Stocking Company on Capitol Hill, and Mac’s Triangle Pub in White Center. Not to be forgotten: The Saint on Capitol Hill; Matador in Ballard.

And for coffee: Caffe Vita in Pioneer Square, with its Pizzeria Napoletana in the corner.

(Speaking of pizza: The Independent in Madison Park has three sides.)

As for restaurants, I’m thinking Pasta Freska on Westlake, Ristorante Machiavelli on Capitol Hill, MistralKitchen downtown, and the legendary Pho Bac at the International District confluence of Rainier, Boren, 14th, and Jackson Streets—now painted and reconfigured to resemble a brilliant red boat.

What have I missed?