Lunch, No Rush

Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots

Our favorite sit-down lunch restaurants in Downtown, Capitol Hill, North Seattle, South Seattle, and Bellevue.

04/11/2023 Edited by Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurants

Habesha favorites, from veggie combos to tibs and coffee.

02/28/2023 By Allecia Vermillion With Agazit Afeworki

Statewide

The Best Restaurants in Washington State

Our favorite meals outside Seattle, from far-off islands to creative cuisine in cities east of the mountains.

01/09/2023 By Allison Williams and Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants 2022

Seattle Snacks We Loved This Year

From cookies to banh mi, bagels to vegan doughnuts.

12/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants 2022

MariPili Tapas Bar Is Our Restaurant of the Year

Chef Grayson Corrales's Galician tapas bar on Capitol Hill is our favorite new spot of the year.

11/30/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

A Northwest Seafood Restaurant That Goes Hard

The Bainbridge Island dining room sources oysters, clams, and fish from Northwest waterways.

11/28/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Another Round

This Year Brought Us a Lot of Great Bars

Bar Sur Mer, Carnelian Bay, and Bar Miriam are among our favorite fun new watering holes.

11/21/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Indian Food in Seattle and on the Eastside

Honest Restaurant and Chaat House in Bellevue, Nirmal's in Pioneer Square, and other great restaurants serving Indian food and other South Asian cuisines.

10/27/2022 By Nidhi Chaudhry With Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best New Restaurants of 2022

Wondering where to eat in Seattle? Seafood, sushi, tapas, and Filipino-style fried chicken awaits at spots like MariPili Tapas Bar, Seabird, and Uminori.

10/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Guide to Leavenworth

Best Places to Eat in Leavenworth

The Bavarian tourist town in Central Washington has turned into a destination for quality vacation dining, from the Watershed Cafe to München Haus.

09/13/2022 By Allison Williams

Review

The Butcher, the Baker, the Cheeseburger Maker

The whole-animal butcher shop transforms into a tasting menu spot serving inventive steak cuts and burgers on weekend evenings.

09/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Pre-Game Guide

Best Restaurants and Bars Near Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park

Watching the Seahawks, Sounders, Mariners, or OL Reign? Here's where to eat and drink around Seattle's sports stadiums before and after the game.

09/06/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best Vegan and Plant-Based Restaurants

Whether you're looking for vegetarian or vegan food, or just a great banh mi or donut, spots like Ba Bar and Cycle Dogs embrace flavor sans animal products.

08/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Vanilla? Not so much.

Seattle’s Best Ice Cream

A complete list, from Kryse in Beacon Hill to West Seattle's Husky Deli and Shug's of Pike Place Market.

08/02/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Main Dish

Where to Eat in Walla Walla

From breakfast at Bacon and Eggs to dinner at the Kinglet, Max Petty's new tasting menu spot, fine wine is only part of the equation.

07/05/2022 By Allison Williams and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Burgers in Seattle

Smash-burgers, classic cheeseburgers, and vegetarian options abound in our roundup of Seattle's greatest burgers.

06/28/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best Pizza by Neighborhood

A neighborhood guide to the best thin crust, deep dish, and by the slice, from Delancey in Ballard to Bar del Corso in Beacon Hill.

02/28/2022 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff Photography by Amber Fouts

Seattle Dining Guide

Best New Restaurants: Takeout Edition

Smokeshow steak dinners, vegan Lao dishes, Filipino-style fried chicken, and some of Seattle's best seafood, now at the SAM.

01/25/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Best New Restaurants 2021

Communion: Our Restaurant of the Year

Chef Kristi Brown is a force in Seattle's food scene, and her Central District restaurant is home to more than just innovative soul food.

12/02/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Hidden Gems

What Happened to Post Alley Pizza?

Slicing into the quiet reinvention of a Waterfront lunch joint.

10/28/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts