Seattle: Restaurants and cafés
Assaggio 2010 4th Ave, downtown tel 206/441-1399. A fine, mid-priced Italian joint, where you can consume a wide range of tasty, inventive pastas, as well as a good selection of pizzas and salads.Café Flora 2901 E Madison St, Capitol Hill tel 206/325-9100. Tasty, filling vegetarian restaurant strong on desserts, soups, and creative entrees like mashed potato tacos and wild mushroom curry.
Café Septieme 214 Broadway E, Capitol Hill tel 206/860-8858. A trendy, bustling European-style bistro. Sophisticated and imaginative homemade food, at moderate prices. Great desserts.
Campagne 86 Pine St tel 206/728-2800. Superb French provincial cooking near the market, with delicious foie gras and excellent desserts. A less expensive branch, Café Campagne , can be found downstairs at 1600 Post Alley, and is often packed with gourmands.
Copacabana 1520 Pike Place tel 206/622-6359. Inside the market, the fine South American dining here is highlighted by shrimp soup and corn pie. The always-popular balcony seating offers a good view of the crowds.
Crocodile Café 2200 2nd Ave tel 206/441-5611. Best known as Belltown's prime nightlife haunt for alternative music and poetry readings, it is also a diner by day, serving the biggest breakfasts in town for about $7.
Dahlia Lounge 1904 4th Ave, downtown tel 206/682-4142. Beautifully presented, Asian-influenced seafood dishes, and the prices to match - dinner will cost around $50 per person.
Gravity Bar 415 Broadway E tel 206/325-7186. Described as a "fern bar on smart drugs," this industrial-chic eatery is the last word in postmodern vegetarian cuisine, with familiar veggie staples and a whole range of novel juice drinks - highlighted by the pepper/garlic/citrus concoction called the "Liver Flush."
Nikko 1900 5th Ave tel 206/322-4641. Sushi and barbequed dishes are the main attractions at this downtown Japanese restaurant, where you can save a few bucks by eating from the lunch buffets.
Noodle Ranch 2228 2nd Ave, Belltown tel 206/728-0463. Affordable pan-Asian cuisine - in the $10 range - lures in hungry souls for the fine noodle dishes and scrumptious satays.
Piroshki 124 Broadway E, Capitol Hill tel 206/322-2820. Closet-sized eatery serving up some of the town's best "piroshki": scrumptious Russian pastries stuffed with all kinds of meat and veggies, and handmade by the owner.
Place Pigalle 81 Pike St, on the staircase behind the fish market tel 206/624-1756. Great seafood offerings - mussels, crab, sturgeon - with fine French cuisine make this small, one-time bar an excellent choice, despite the pricey fare.
Saigon Deli 4142 Brooklyn Ave NE, University District tel 206/634-2866. Tiny diner with scrumptious Vietnamese fare, most of it for under $6. A good option for take-out.
Wild Ginger 1400 Western Ave, downtown tel 206/623-4450. An extremely popular, well-designed, upscale restaurant with an extensive menu of fiery dishes from Southeast Asia, India and China.
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