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Patio of the Week: The Piazza at the Sorrento Hotel

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Each week between now and Labor Day, we present a new or unsung patio for your alfresco imbibing needs.

A bastion of peace and sangria.

The circular drive in the Sorrento Hotel courtyard has been taken over by cafe tables and orange umbrellas and strings of white lights. The venerable hotel at Madison and Terry has reinstated this European-style patio after a few years’ hiatus, moving valet parking up to the curb for the duration of the summer.

The setup is known as the grand piazza, and the Hunt Club will serve lunch, dinner and happy hour here through Labor Day. In July, the Sorrento will add live music to the mix during Thursday and Friday happy hours.

Fifty seats means there’s a chance you might actually get to sit in one on a sunny day. The walls and hedges surrounding the piazza buffer the space from the madness of First Hill, where great patios are in short supply. All this, plus actual live palm trees.




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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.