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Coming Soon to Brimmer and Heeltap: An Outdoor Fire Pit (and More Garden Seating)

One of the city's best patios gets even better.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Past and future. Photo and rendering via Brimmer and Heeltap.

The vine-canopied garden alongside Brimmer and Heeltap has been one of the city’s most appealing outdoor dining spots since its previous identity as Sambar. Now owner Jen Doak has found a way to make the space even more charming…and accommodate more people.

You almost don’t notice the little studio tucked in the rear of the garden. But a remodel is under way to transform it into an extension of the patio, complete with covered outdoor seating, a fire pit, and its own bar, the better to furbish alfresco diners with cocktails.

The expansion will add about a dozen more patio seats, says Doak. Inside the small shelter will be primed for wine dinners, private parties, and accommodating spillover from Brimmer and Heeltap’s dining room on busy weekend nights.

Seattle’s love for drinking around a fire runs deep. The restaurant also has blankets to keep outdoor diners warm on cooler evenings.

Doak hopes the remodel will be done some time in June. Blankets, cocktails, and open flames over July 4 weekend, anybody?

 

 




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.