Seattle Dining Guide

Pike Place Market Restaurants: A Great Big Guide

From quick lunches to special occasion dinners. (With stops for crumpets and hombow in between.)

03/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Guide to Leavenworth

Best Places to Eat in Leavenworth

Fine dining and Bavarian bratwurst in Washington's goofiest mountain town.

09/16/2024 By Allison Williams

A Buffet Travelogue

The Story Behind Joule's Globe-Trotting Brunch Buffet

The Fremont restaurant augments your entree with a new cuisine every month.

12/23/2019 By Rosin Saez

Meet the Local Business That's Keeping Top Restaurants' Dirty Details In Check

Top restaurants are fueled by the best vendors.

10/15/2019

Dining with Dad

Where to Dine Out This Father's Day Weekend

Caution: descriptions of hunger-inducing dry-aged cote de boeuf, fresh oysters, and whiskey pairings ahead.

06/14/2017 By Amber Wright

Critic's Notebook

Want a Starbucks Mobile-Order Experience—Only for Dine-In Restaurants?

Meet Allset, about to launch in Seattle.

05/11/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Food and Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: April 26–May 2

The week in which: you can have brunch with Saul Williams, cheese and meat get a festival, and Cochon555 returns in all its meaty glory.

04/26/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

5 Great Reasons to Dine Out on Thursday

(They’re really great reasons.)

04/20/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Trends

Seattle Is Saturated with New Restaurants But Starving for Cooks

Not enough cooks in the kitchen

08/22/2016 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Is It Rude to Dine with a Laptop?

The answer from a couple of Seattle’s most prolific restaurateurs might surprise you.

08/08/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The 10 Most Persistent Beliefs About Seattle Dining

Which are true, which are not

02/23/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

'Tis the Season

Where to Dine Out This Christmas

These restaurants are going big for Christmas Eve or Christmas dinner (or both).

12/10/2014 By Darren Davis

Dining Out

Southern Charmers

Two new Fremont restaurants explore cuisines of the South.

05/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Dining Out

Of Meat and Men

Jason Wilson of Crush goes all caveman at Miller's Guild. Did we mention they butcher whole animals?

04/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Midnight Snack

Critic's Picks: Open Late

Nineteen Seattle eateries where you can get your nocturnal nosh on—all open until at least midnight on the weekends.

03/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

QUIZ

Name the Reclaimed Item in These Seattle Restaurants

Salvaged building materials are to Seattle restaurant walls as seasonal produce is to Seattle menus—like the wooden angel rescued from a French chapel during World War II that hovers over Altura, or the tentacled chandelier spreading over the oyster bar.

01/02/2014 By Allecia Vermillion