design destinations: seattle
the ultimate guide
My ultimate Seattle guide, organized by neighborhood, with sections for food, design destinations + activities. Also my favorite hikes nearby + best day trips. add your favorites in comments + I’ll update the list. Enjoy!
DWTN
food:
London plane- small bites
Cafe Hitchcock- lunch
Terra plata- brunch
Mamnoon- Lebanese lunch/din
Black bottle- dinner
Pink door- Italian dinner
Le pichet - french bistro breakfast/lunch
Sushi Kashiba- Sushi dinner
Shiro - sushi
Nirmal’s - upscale Indian dinner
Cafe Campagne - French bistro
Stateside- Asian fusion dinner
Elysian Fields - brewery
Cupcake Royale
General porpoise donuts
Rachel’s ginger beer
Taylor shellfish
design:
Porcelanosa
Alchemy collections
Casa di lavalle
Sundays
Mel rose market
SAM shop
Kasala
DWR
to do:
Chihuly garden
Pioneer square
MoPOP
Wing Luke museum
The gum wall
Pike place market
Olympic sculpture park
Starbucks reserve roastery
Cap hill
food:
Bounty kitchen- healthy lunch
Frankie + jos
Marmite - lunch/dinner
Odd fellows cafe- brunch/lunch
Taurus Ox - lunch/dinner
Spinasse- dinner
General porpoise- donuts
Rachel’s ginger beer
Taylor shellfish
Queer Bar - drag shows
design:
Inform interiors
Retrofit home
Butter home
Joy Bird
Glasswing
Central
food:
Heartbeet cafe- juices, queen anne
Seattle fish guys poke, central
Rhein HAUS - German dinner
Sushi Kappo Tamura
Canlis - FANCY
Cupcake Royale
Kamp social house
Taylor shellfish - Queen Anne
to do:
Kerry park- Queen Anne
MOHAI (museum history/industry)
Volunteer park conservatory
Lake union park
Ballard (NW)
food:
Gracia- dinner
Rays boathouse- lunch/dinner
Poke square- lunch/dinner
Pestle rock- Thai lunch/dinner
Portage Bay cafe- Brunch
Delancey - pizza dinner
Frankie + jos
Cupcake Royale
design:
Woodland mod
Couch
Ballard consignment
Sparkle barn
Big whale (further N)
Space oddity
to do:
Nordic museum
Ballard locks
Fremont (N)
food:
Eve - dinner Fremont
45th stop and shop- poke, uni park / s lake
Seawolf bakers- sourdough, Fremont
Pablo y pablo - Fremont dinner
Just poke
Lupo
Kamonegi
Meesha
Joule
Dreamland - drag brunch
to do:
Green lake
Gas works park (10 things set)
Fremont troll
Uni district (N)
food:
Agua verde cafe - mex dinner
Just poke
Mr West cafe - lunch
Din tai fung
Frankie + jos
Frelard tamales
Off the rez cafe
General porpoise - donuts
Kirkland (E)
food:
Deru market- lunch/dinner
Little brother- lunch
Just poke- lunch/dinner
Din tai fung
W Seattle
food:
Blue moon burgers Lunch/dinner
Saltys Lunch/dinner
Arthur’s all
Mashiko - dinner
Cupcake Royale
design:
Fleurt
to do:
Discovery park
Alki Beach
S Seattle / Georgetown (S)
food:
Sam choys poke
ghost fish brewing
Bar del corso
design:
House wright gallery
Madsen
Brume
Adorne
Susan wheeler home
Space theory
Seattle design center
to do:
Seward park
Hikes near Seattle:
Poo poo point
Snow lake
Fremont lookout
Summer land
Lincoln park
Franklin falls
Kendall katwalk
Lake 22
Mount Si + little Si
Mailbox peak
Lake serene
Bridal veil falls
Wallace falls st park
Ebey’s landing
Day trips
Snoqualmie - small town with twin peaks sights
Leavenworth - the most adorable bavarian village, go for the winter festivities or great hiking in summer
Bellingham- cute town near great hiking in the North cascades + Mt Baker
Rainier- some of the best hiking in Washington, Paradise is a fav
San Juan islands - Orcas is our fav, each island is a ferry ride away