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Nice or unique places to eat in Seattle?

useless4useless4 Registered User regular
edited August 2011 in Help / Advice Forum
Going to Seattle next weekend and looking for restaurants for the wife and I to try.
We like anything from diners to fine dining.
We really like Mexican and Asian. Any ideas?

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    Budget? Neighborhood?

  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    Anything for budget or neighborhood. I have a rental car and other then a quick trip to the middle of nowhere we have no plans.

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    Like pinball and beer?

    http://www.shortydog.com/

  • As7As7 Registered User regular
    It isn't a diner or restaurant but Paseos in Ballard or Fremont serves the most delicious cuban sandwiches for cheep. Highly recomend grabbing some and taking it to a park for consumption.

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  • useless4useless4 Registered User regular
    Cool suggestions! Keep em coming also would like a "nice" place for dinner. Not sure if I am taking a tie though so let me know if I should

  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu PIGEON Registered User regular
    If you're a meat person: http://www.salumicuredmeats.com/

  • QuidQuid Definitely not a banana Registered User regular
    Pike Place has a load of great places to eat at, especially good for lunch after walking around for a while. My wife and I enjoyed Beecher's in particular.

  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    http://www.quinnspubseattle.com/

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    http://www.blazingonion.com/

    Its north of seattle in lynnwood (get on I5 you'll see signs for alderwood mall thats where the closest location is at). Delicious as hell and not very expensive.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • big lbig l Registered User regular
    Best Mexican food in Seattle is Gordito's in the Greenwood area of North Seattle.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    http://uneedaburger.com/menu.html

    Excellent burgers, though I'd recommend you pass on "upgrading" to the kobe grass fed beef.

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  • HypatiaHypatia Registered User regular
    I haven't yet been to their Seattle location, but having eaten there in Taiwan I would definitely recommend Din Tai Fung: 700 Bellevue Way NE #280, Bellevue, WA 98004

    My husband and I are going to make a trip out there since we're getting there a little early, and their soup dumplings are phenomenal. Just thinking about them makes me drool.

  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    If money is no object:

    http://www.canlis.com/

    And while it's a serious schlep from Seattle proper, I've heard the food is fucking amazing (also amazingly expensive):

    http://www.willows-inn.com/menu.php

    http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/is-the-willows-inn-all-that/Content?oid=8195705 (may have NSFW ads)

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    If you have a pho hankering, Than Brothers on Broadway is great.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    If you're on Broadway, Pho Cyclo is better.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    Druhim wrote:
    If you're on Broadway, Pho Cyclo is better.

    Is it newer? It's been 6 years since I've been there. Do they give you crème puffs?

  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    Druhim wrote:
    If you're on Broadway, Pho Cyclo is better.
    They have a location on 2nd ave downtown, now. It's in the Wells Fargo building, a little hard to find.

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    I'd also say if you want the best best best burger ever, go to Red Mill Burgers.

    http://www.redmillburgers.com/

    Hey, anyone know how to make links anymore?

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Creme puffs are nice, but when I'm hankering for pho then that's the main event. I'll take better pho over a free cream puff myself.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    edited August 2011
    Druhim wrote:
    Creme puffs are nice, but when I'm hankering for pho then that's the main event. I'll take better pho over a free cream puff myself.

    That's gotta be some good pho. I could spend next to nothing and get a bowl of pho big enough to bathe my cat in at Than Brothers.

    I really like the Cyclops in Belltown as well. I used to do their happy hour all the time.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    I've eaten at Than Bros. They're not bad, but it's not like you're getting a ginormous bowl of pho for $2. For roughly a couple of bucks more, I feel Pho Cyclo is well worth it.

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  • BloodycowBloodycow Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    My wife has me going to http://www.thecrabpotseattle.com/ every time we go to Seattle to visit her dad. The food is pretty damn good and its a nice sensation being able to eat so much food with your hands and no one looks at you funny for being covered in crab and butter at the end of the meal :)

    Also the Blazing Onion is fantastic!

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  • finralfinral Registered User regular
    If you want some authentic Chinese food, both Lao Sichuan and 7 Stars are awesome restaurants to go to. They don't look like much, but the food speaks for itself. They are on opposite corners at 12th and Jackson.

    Also, Bleu Bistro on Broadway has some tasty food and an interesting atmosphere. Particular favorites are the Drunken Tuna Tacos and the Wasabi Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    finral wrote:
    If you want some authentic Chinese food, both Lao Sichuan and 7 Stars are awesome restaurants to go to. They don't look like much, but the food speaks for itself. They are on opposite corners at 12th and Jackson.

    Also, Bleu Bistro on Broadway has some tasty food and an interesting atmosphere. Particular favorites are the Drunken Tuna Tacos and the Wasabi Grilled Cheese Sandwich.

    Is the Bleu Bistro the place that has the crazy little hidden booths and what not? I used to take dates there.

  • kaliyamakaliyama Left to find less-moderated fora Registered User regular
    Thanatos wrote:
    If money is no object:

    http://www.canlis.com/

    And while it's a serious schlep from Seattle proper, I've heard the food is fucking amazing (also amazingly expensive):

    http://www.willows-inn.com/menu.php

    http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/is-the-willows-inn-all-that/Content?oid=8195705 (may have NSFW ads)

    Oooo. Wanna go to Canlis when i'm at PAX, Thanatos?

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  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    Thanatos wrote:
    If money is no object:

    http://www.canlis.com/

    And while it's a serious schlep from Seattle proper, I've heard the food is fucking amazing (also amazingly expensive):

    http://www.willows-inn.com/menu.php

    http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/is-the-willows-inn-all-that/Content?oid=8195705 (may have NSFW ads)

    I think you meant to say The Herbfarm

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  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    Dinette for lunch. Best sandwiches in the city.

  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    big l wrote:
    Best Mexican food in Seattle is Gordito's in the Greenwood area of North Seattle.

    I prefer Tacos Chukis on Broadway. Cause it's a little hole in the wall and cheap and delicious and a mere 2 blocks from my place.

  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    Bloodycow wrote:
    My wife has me going to http://www.thecrabpotseattle.com/ every time we go to Seattle to visit her dad. The food is pretty damn good and its a nice sensation being able to eat so much food with your hands and no one looks at you funny for being covered in crab and butter at the end of the meal :)

    Also the Blazing Onion is fantastic!

    Crabpot is not a Seattle only thing.

  • ThanatosThanatos Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    Thanatos wrote:
    If money is no object:

    http://www.canlis.com/

    And while it's a serious schlep from Seattle proper, I've heard the food is fucking amazing (also amazingly expensive):

    http://www.willows-inn.com/menu.php

    http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/is-the-willows-inn-all-that/Content?oid=8195705 (may have NSFW ads)
    Oooo. Wanna go to Canlis when i'm at PAX, Thanatos?
    I've actually never been.

    I'm saving it for when I get a 300% raise.

  • mrt144mrt144 King of the Numbernames Registered User regular
    kaliyama wrote:
    http://www.quinnspubseattle.com/

    Great place.

    Just a little up the way is Unicorn which I swear to god has the closest thing to an In n Out burger in Seattle. Also they have great drinks and CORNDOGS WITH GREAT TOPPINGS.

  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    El Camión has several taco truck locations including one in Ballard near our apartment and both the tongue and the cheek tacos are amazing.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    mrt144 wrote:
    Dinette for lunch. Best sandwiches in the city.

    Better than The Honey Hole?

  • SliderSlider Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    I'm not a fan of the Honey Hole anymore.

    Go to Beth's Cafe. It's unique.

    ...and order some of that "friendship" bread.

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  • DruhimDruhim Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Never, ever listen to Slider. Ever.

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  • EshEsh Tending bar. FFXIV. Motorcycles. Portland, ORRegistered User regular
    Druhim wrote:
    Never, ever listen to Slider. Ever.

    "Omlettes as big as yer freakin head" sounds pretty good to me!

  • AneurhythmiaAneurhythmia Registered User regular
    Omelettes as big as your head just sound more likely to be unevenly cooked.

  • grungeboxgrungebox Registered User regular
    edited August 2011
    Skillet is super awesome. Not sure why it says "Street food" in the URL, though, since it's a normal restaurant. They have lots of cool, fusion-y items, a good bar, and it's not going to break the bank (~$20-25 a person for food/drink?).
    Also, you should try B&O Espresso. Awesome desserts and drinks, pretty good food. (~$20 a person for food/drink).

    EDIT: Oh, didn't realize there's a Skillet food truck. That's why it says street food. Anyway, I mean the restaurant, not the food truck.

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    Quail is just hipster chicken
  • Akilae729Akilae729 Registered User regular
    http://www.wildginger.net/ is amazing. I go here every time I'm back in town.

    I also submit to you the all-time master of Pho

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/pho-white-center-seattle

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  • finralfinral Registered User regular
    Esh: Yeah, that is indeed the Bleu Bistro. Great place for dates.

    Beth's is really great if you're drunk at 2 am, the alcohol seems to add to the taste.

    Also, for something a little pricier, the Icon Bar and Grill near downtown used to have nice food. Haven't been there in years though.

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