Recommendations

27 Patios for Prime Outdoor Dining

This time of year, the city’s best tables come bathed in sunlight.

06/19/2018 By Seattle Met Staff

Habitat

How to Design a Backyard Kitchen

Trying to go beyond the grill? Here’s what you need and what you don’t.

06/19/2018 By Stefan Milne

Seattle Summer

Backyard Inspiration: 4 Gorgeous Pacific Northwest Patios

These outdoor spaces will inspire you to host a patio soiree, cultivate a vegetable garden, and take every meal outside this summer.

06/12/2017 By Darren Davis

Beering Alfresco

Brewery Destinations for Sunny Seattle Days

Drink indoors on a 70-degree day? No thank you.

05/25/2017 By Amber Wright

Patios!

More Great Alfresco Dining Destinations

A few newcomers, both fancy and casual, join our Seattle patio hall of fame: These restaurants promise a superb meal in a destination-worthy outdoor setting.

05/18/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: May 17–23

The week in which: pastry chef Dana Cree is back and talking ice cream, Wood Shop BBQ has a belated but official grand opening, and Raised Doughnuts popup at Eastern Cafe.

05/17/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

It’s Winter. Can We Talk About Seattle’s Weirdest Emerging Restaurant Trend?

Because brrrr.

01/05/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Hidden Seattle

The City's Best Hidden Patios

Throughout the city, surprise outdoor dining appears in folds and corners where patios would not think to exist—if not for a little imagination.

11/16/2016 By Darren Davis

Opening Dispatch

The White Swan Public House Opens on Lake Union

Radiator Whiskey's seafood-focused sibling has arrived.

09/28/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

China Pie Brings Dumplings and Wood-Fired Pizza to Fremont

The Pomerol chef is topping pies with fish sauce caramel pork belly.

09/12/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Thompson Seattle

Slide Show: Thompson Seattle Grand Opening

On Tuesday, June 28 guests and Seattleites alike celebrated the newly opened Thompson Seattle with a ribbon cutting ceremony and evening of revelry, welcoming this sleek new hotel to its downtown location.

06/29/2016

Brew News

Holy Beach Views: West Seattle Brewing Opens on Alki

Local beer, hot pizza, and vitamin D.

06/21/2016 By Rosin Saez

Take It Outside

17 of Seattle's Best Patios

Because it’s never too early to start thinking about alfresco dining.

05/10/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

How Could I Leave Out This Killer Patio?

Outdoor dining in Seattle doesn’t get much better than this.

05/09/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Best Seattle Patios for Sun Breaks

Where to eat on springlike days and evenings when it’s sunny one hour and cloudy the next? We’ve got a few suggestions.

04/21/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Alfresco

South Lake Union Has a Ton of New Patios

Could our civic love of drinking outside be the thing that finally connects this neighborhood to the rest of the city?

04/19/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Patio Watch

Patios to Visit Before Summer's End

Here's where we'll be sitting outside this month.

08/01/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Patio Watch

Monsoon's New Rooftop Patio Looks Pretty Great

And, hey—it just opened.

06/17/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening...Now

Herb and Bitter Public House Brings a Multitude of Amaro Cocktails to Broadway

And Spanish-leaning small plates. And a fantastic back patio.

06/08/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Meat and Mama's

The death knell sounds for a Belltown institution, Dot's owner Miles James resurfaces on Bainbridge Island, and RockCreek's sibling restaurant won't be a fish house.

05/22/2015 By Jeanny Rhee