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Overview: A guide to navigating Seattle for at least a few days.

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Transportation

Lyft, Uber and Link Light Rail are available in Seattle. Certain neighborhoods like Pioneer Square, Downtown and Capitol Hill are very walkable. Do not go to Pioneer Square alone after dark or if people aren’t around.

Noteworthy Eats

Restaurants by Neighborhood

Fremont Eats

  • Dreamland

  • The Masonry

Belltown Eats

  • Tavolata

Downtown Eats

  • Le Panier

  • Dough Zone

  • Japonessa

  • Din Tai Fung

  • Ivar’s Acres of Clams

Pioneer Square Eats

  • Deadline

  • Underbelly

Capitol Hill Eats

  • Ben and Esther’s Vegan Jewish Deli

  • Hot Mama's Pizza

Restaurants by Cuisine

Sushi: Japonessa Sushi Cocina

  • “It has the BEST sushi, great happy hour prices and this tempura brie that is to die for.”

French: Le Panier is a bakery around Pike Place Market with incredible macarons

Bakery: Mighty-O Donuts for donuts and Dahlia Bakery for really good breakfast sandwiches

Seafood: Jack’s Fish Spot for super fresh seafood and Ivar’s Acres of Clams for amazing red chowder

Contemporary Asian Cuisine: Din Tai Fung

Shanghai-Style Dim Sum: Dough Zone

Vegan: Ben and Esther’s Vegan Jewish Deli

Drinks and Snacks: Dreamland, Underbelly

Latin: Deadline

Pizza: Hot Mama's Pizza

Italian: Tavolata


Coffee Shops

  • Bigfoot Java

  • Mr. West - great avocado toast, near The Spheres

  • Anchorhead Coffee - brews their own stuff

  • Monorail Espresso - makes a delicious vanilla rose latte

  • Starbucks Reserve Roastery - rarest Starbucks drinks only found here

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Live Music

Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

  • Neumos

    • Same building as Barboza

      • Indie rock, hip-hop, country & other genres

  • Barboza

    • Same building as Neumos but downstairs

  • Chop Suey

    • Nightclub hosting hip-hop & alt-rock bands

Neighborhood: Belltown/Downtown

  • The Crocodile

    • Local & national bands in a low-key setting

Places to Go

Establishment

Description

Ben & Esther’s Vegan Jewish Deli

Deli with amazing bagels, smears and matzo ball soup

Retail Therapy

Eclectic women's clothing store & gallery featuring work from local & global designers & artists

Underbelly

Informal bar in a basement venue with old-school touches, plus cocktails, sandwiches & bar bites

Dreamland

Offbeat bar serving finger foods, breakfast bites & home-style mains in a warm, plant-filled space with a disco ball hallway

Post Alley & Can Can

Cabaret performances & market-driven fare offered in an intimate space beneath Pike Place Market

Deadline

Unique cocktails & Latin-inspired snacks prepped in a retro space with antique decor & furnishings

The Spheres

The Amazon Spheres are three spherical conservatories comprising part of the Amazon headquarters campus in Seattle. They are covered in pentagonal hexecontahedron panels and serve as an employee lounge and workspace.

  • Open for public tours by appointment

Pike Place Market

Farmer’s market with fresh seafood and a view of the waterfront

Le Panier

Handcrafted goodies run the gamut from fresh-baked bread to macarons, all made in a French style

Anchorhead

Great coffee shop

Mr. West Cafe Bar

Great coffee shop with great food

Pioneer Square & The Underground Tour

Where the interesting, old west architecture is

  • Do not go solo after dark or if people aren’t around

    • The Underground Tour is a really cool way to explore Pioneer Square with a group

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Neko Cat Cafe

Relaxed, modern space where patrons can sip wine, sake & coffee while playing with adoptable cats

  • 45 minute session to play with 12-15 cats around $22 per person

Unicorn

Carnival themed bar with an arcade

Hot Mama's Pizza

Late-night counter-serve pizzeria fixing up NYC-style pies whole or by the slice

Redhook Brewlab

Brewery and industrial-style watering hole featuring 16 taps of rotating craft brews & refined bar eats

The Museum of Flight

Seattle Japanese Garden

Museum of Pop Culture

Next to the space needleSpace Needle

Seattle Center and Space Needle

Can be seen from various places around Seattle, like Tavolata and The Spheres

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Capitol Hill Neighborhood

Generally great to walk around and explore

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South Lake Union Neighborhood

A modern tech hub where you can see Lake Union