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Where to Eat (and Drink) on the 4th

Free Starbucks, Belltown barbecue, a Bainbridge beer garden, a fireworks-adjacent patio, and more.

Tiny burgers: patriotic and classy. Art Restaurant photo via Facebook.

Art Restaurant
Need sustenance on your way to the Great Wheel? Starting at 11am on the 4th, the downtown restaurant will set up shop in the plaza at 99 Union Street, outside its swanky Four Seasons digs, selling mini burgers, hot dogs and drinks. The eats last until 10pm, if the weather cooperates.

The Belltown Pub
A neighborhood barbecue in Belltown: That’s a nice change of pace. The friendly bar on First Avenue is serving up brisket, cornbread, corn on the cob, potato salad and chocolate bourbon pecan pie. And, since it is Belltown after all, food is available until 1am.

Hitchcock Delicatessen and Charcuterie
The Bainbridge Island deli’s big brother restaurant is closed, but here owner Brendan McGill and his staff will be open for business and offering picnic essentials. Even better—the delicatessen is setting up a beer garden out front (with wine, too).

Little Water Cantina
The restaurant with perhaps the best Fourth of July patio in the city fires up the food and drink at 11am and continues well into the night. Chef Shannon Wilkinson takes a one-day detour from his regular menu to go Mexican-American: nachos, smoked pork ribs, wings, hamburguesas, and Sonoran (aka bacon-wrapped) hot dogs, as well as Georgetown beer, tequila flights, and buckets of Ren-yay. Seattle Country Lips will be on hand for live music, but get there early to stake out firework-viewing real estate.

Starbucks
What could be more American than free food? I guess free Starbucks. Apparently the Mermaid is giving away free tall brewed coffees on July 4 at all locations.











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.