Jemil's Big Easy
New Orleans native Jemil Aziz Johnson—chef/owner way back when of La Louisiana in the Central District—captains this mobile Cajun/Creole emporium. It's "The Re…
Downtown Seattle
206-428-8305
Where Ya At Matt
Where Ya At gets its name from the New Orleans greeting “Where yat?”—owner/cook (and New Orleans native) Matt Lewis spells it out because he thinks it looks be…
Various locations
Pioneer Square
Pioneer Square
Cafe Campagne
Cafe Campagne is exceedingly pleasant, with soft yellow lights, blond-wood banquettes, framed vintage prints on the walls, and polite waitstaff. The menu is Fr…
1600 Post Alley
Pike Place Market
206-728-2233
Pike Place Market
206-728-2233
La Rue Creperie + Espresso
Married couple Alex Villa and Danae Alexander have opened this hip Parisian-style creperie and espresso bar in a small space below the building occupied by the…
1525 E Olive Way
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Plum Bistro
Plum Bistro is a pleasantly upscale, 100 percent vegan restaurant. Even for a lifelong vegetarian, a visit to Plum can feel like a taste-test in a laboratory o…
1429 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Plum Chopped
Chop't is the newest project from chef and owner Makini Howell, who is also behind Plum Bistro, Sugar Plum, Plum Pantry, Quickie Too, and the Plum Burgers food…
1429 12th Ave
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Capitol Hill
206-838-5333
Tougo Coffee
This cafe works with several high-quality ethical coffee roasters and uses a range of brewing methods, and offers food options like Sunrise breakfast tacos and…
860 Yesler Way
Yesler Terrace
206-467-5042
Yesler Terrace
206-467-5042
Footprint Wine
Sixth Avenue Wine Seller bar manager Kenneth Dillon has opened Footprint Wine, a sustainably minded wine bar specializing in biodynamic, organic, and/or local …
1222 E Madison St
Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill
Marjorie
Longtime Belltown favorite Marjorie moves to Capitol Hill, bringing its eclectic, ambitious menu of food from all over the place. The steel drum plantain chips…
1412 E Union
Central District
206-441-9842
Central District
206-441-9842
Jerk Shack
Trey Lamont of the Caribbean-Asian fusion Papa Bois Food Truck opens a brick-and-mortar establishment in the former space of the Innkeeper, claiming to serve t…
2510 1st Ave
Belltown
206-441-7817
Belltown
206-441-7817
The Barbeque Pit
The pitmaster, Pookie, smokes his excellent meat using fallen branches of wood collected throughout the Central District. The Barbeque Pit made its return over…
1816 E Yesler Way
Cherry Hill
206-325-3205
Cherry Hill
206-325-3205
The Fish Box
The pop-up with an outpost in the Central District served to-go boxes of perfectly crispy fish and chips in non-cod and halibut varieties like catfish and salm…
172 20th Ave
Cherry Hill
206-227-1911
Cherry Hill
206-227-1911
Adey Abeba
Traditional Ethiopian cuisine (including breakfast!) in a lovely room. Meat-eating fans praise the stews and doro wat; vegetarians love the veggie combination.
2123 E Union St
Central District
206-322-1617
Central District
206-322-1617
Shewa-Ber
This Ethiopian restaurant and Eritrean restaurant serves crispy kitfo rolls (crispy injera rolls filled with ground beef and cooked in Ethiopian herbal butter)…
1801 S Jackson St
Atlantic
425-223-9000
Atlantic
425-223-9000