📍 Ballard, Seattle

Seattle's most storied fine-dining room, operating since 1950 on Queen Anne hill with views over Lake Union. Canlis has outlasted every trend in the city's restaurant scene by runn...

A Shilshole Bay seafood institution looking onto Puget Sound and the Olympics. Sustainable Northwest fish, local produce, and a Northwest wine list with real depth. The waterfront ...

Chef Shaun McCrain's American-French restaurant in Ballard runs a four-course prix fixe format that lets the kitchen stay focused. The space is elegant without being stiff. They al...

Sapna Punjabi-Gupta's Indian street food bar in Ballard runs a tight menu of chaat, kati rolls, and snacks built for the kind of informal eating that works with a drink in your oth...

A Caribbean sandwich counter in Ballard that built its reputation on one thing: the Caribbean roast sandwich — slow-roasted pork, coconut rice, and a coconut sauce that lingers. Th...

Brandon Pettit and Molly Wizenberg's Ballard pizzeria built its reputation on a long-fermented dough milled from Washington-grown wheat — wood-fired pies, seasonal toppings, and a ...

Ethan Stowell's Ballard Avenue flagship since 2010. Chef's Tasting Menu changes daily — four courses family-style with small plates, pasta, applewood-grilled entrees, and dessert. ...

A French bakery on 24th Ave that lives and dies by the morning bake — butter croissants pulled hot, pain au chocolat, ham and cheese croissants, and a rotating seasonal Danish, all...

Kevin Smith runs Beast & Cleaver as a butcher shop by day and a prix-fixe Supper Club by night — dry-aged steaks cut to order, offal plates for the people who came for them, an...

Fine dining Italian in Ballard, housed inside the Pioneer Houses — Seattle's oldest surviving residential structures. The setting is as much the draw as the pasta: historic bones, ...