Guidebook for Seattle
Essentials
Hours: 7AM - 10PM
This Madison Park grocery store has nearly everything you’ll need, and priced at premium for its convenience.
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Bert's Red Apple Market
1801 41st Ave EHours: 7AM - 10PM
This Madison Park grocery store has nearly everything you’ll need, and priced at premium for its convenience.
This pharmacy offers all the usual traditional western medicine products but specializes in homeopathic remedies, and has an excellent skincare department.
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Pharmaca Integrative Pharmacy
4130 E Madison StThis pharmacy offers all the usual traditional western medicine products but specializes in homeopathic remedies, and has an excellent skincare department.
You’ll experience premium prices due to its around-the-corner-style convenience, but it is good to have when in a pinch.
Madison Park Hardware
1837 42nd Ave EYou’ll experience premium prices due to its around-the-corner-style convenience, but it is good to have when in a pinch.
Need to mail or ship something? This mom and pop shop can service almost all of your shipping and printing needs.
Park Postal
4111 E Madison StNeed to mail or ship something? This mom and pop shop can service almost all of your shipping and printing needs.
This is as the edge of the neighborhood just at the cusp of Capitol Hill and has a great selection of organic and local produce, meat and other products, as well as an impressive wine selection. The #11 bus stops right in front, and the market has free parking in its garage.
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Central Co-op
1600 E Madison StThis is as the edge of the neighborhood just at the cusp of Capitol Hill and has a great selection of organic and local produce, meat and other products, as well as an impressive wine selection. The #11 bus stops right in front, and the market has free parking in its garage.
Shopping
Also located in Melrose Market is this boutique with clothing and jewelry from independent designers, and other quality goods.
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Glasswing Shop
1525 Melrose AveAlso located in Melrose Market is this boutique with clothing and jewelry from independent designers, and other quality goods.
A favorite activity of ours in the winter months is to hangout here and spend too much money on books. The “bookseller’s pick” selections have never steered us wrong. There’s a cafe in back should you need a coffee or snack. Also check out the store’s frequent programming.
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The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 10th AveA favorite activity of ours in the winter months is to hangout here and spend too much money on books. The “bookseller’s pick” selections have never steered us wrong. There’s a cafe in back should you need a coffee or snack. Also check out the store’s frequent programming.
Food Scene
This is the best restaurant in Madison Park, and one of the best pizza places in all of Seattle. We love the New Haven pie.
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The Independent Pizzeria
4235 E Madison StThis is the best restaurant in Madison Park, and one of the best pizza places in all of Seattle. We love the New Haven pie.
The Kitchen is a good breakfast or lunch spot, featuring great coffee, pastries, and delicious deli case offerings.
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Madison Kitchen
4122 E Madison StThe Kitchen is a good breakfast or lunch spot, featuring great coffee, pastries, and delicious deli case offerings.
This place is a fine-dining sushi restaurant, one of the best sushi places in Seattle that features beautiful artwork on its walls.
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Nishino
3130 E Madison StThis place is a fine-dining sushi restaurant, one of the best sushi places in Seattle that features beautiful artwork on its walls.
Simple and delicious Italian lunches and dinners are kept on the down-low by being hidden in this unassuming mini-strip mall.
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Aglio e Olio
2743 E Madison StSimple and delicious Italian lunches and dinners are kept on the down-low by being hidden in this unassuming mini-strip mall.
A small, charming, and sexy restaurant with great wine and a modest but consistently good menu.
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Bar Cantinetta
2811 E Madison StA small, charming, and sexy restaurant with great wine and a modest but consistently good menu.
Like steak frites? This is your place. A cozy joint that does the classics very well.
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Red Cow
1423 34th AveLike steak frites? This is your place. A cozy joint that does the classics very well.
We take our seafood seriously and are thrilled that East Anchor takes it just as seriously. Visit the shop during the right time of year and you’ll be able to purchase the highly sought after pink scallop, which local shellfish farmers have been working tirelessly to reintroduce to the region for the last few years.
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East Anchor Seafood
1126 34th AveWe take our seafood seriously and are thrilled that East Anchor takes it just as seriously. Visit the shop during the right time of year and you’ll be able to purchase the highly sought after pink scallop, which local shellfish farmers have been working tirelessly to reintroduce to the region for the last few years.
There's nothing like strolling the market, picking up beautiful local produce, and planning the meals you'll make while eating a salmon sandwich, sold at one of the food stalls.
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Capitol Hill Farmers Market
East Barbara Bailey WayThere's nothing like strolling the market, picking up beautiful local produce, and planning the meals you'll make while eating a salmon sandwich, sold at one of the food stalls.
This is the one of a handful of restaurants we’ve been returning to for more than ten years, both for excellent dinners and soul-satisfying brunches of dim sum and pho. Nothing could keep Chauncey away from this place’s catfish claypot dish. Nothing. They knock modern Vietnamese food out of the park. Generous happy hours and a new, great rooftop deck are things to take advantage of.
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Monsoon Seattle
615 19th Ave EThis is the one of a handful of restaurants we’ve been returning to for more than ten years, both for excellent dinners and soul-satisfying brunches of dim sum and pho. Nothing could keep Chauncey away from this place’s catfish claypot dish. Nothing. They knock modern Vietnamese food out of the park. Generous happy hours and a new, great rooftop deck are things to take advantage of.
To eat pasta here is to be a part of a complete cycle: watch the dough being assembled, then rolled, then cut, then cooked, and, finally, consume it. They do it right. Take your time while you’re here - you won’t want it to end.
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Spinasse
1531 14th AveTo eat pasta here is to be a part of a complete cycle: watch the dough being assembled, then rolled, then cut, then cooked, and, finally, consume it. They do it right. Take your time while you’re here - you won’t want it to end.
Just next door to its cousin Spinasse, Artusi is an easier-to-get-into bar/restaurant owned and operated by the Spinasse geniuses.
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Artusi
1535 14th AveJust next door to its cousin Spinasse, Artusi is an easier-to-get-into bar/restaurant owned and operated by the Spinasse geniuses.
Renee Erickson is a local star chef who has been opening hit restaurants, each beautifully designed and exalting Pacific Northwest cuisine, for many years now. Her restaurant group, Sea Creatures, is writing a new, exciting chapter for Seattle dining. Bar Melusine is an ode to the oyster halls of Brittany, France. If you like oysters, eat your heart out (and order the Westcott Bay oysters!).
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Bar Melusine
1060 E Union StRenee Erickson is a local star chef who has been opening hit restaurants, each beautifully designed and exalting Pacific Northwest cuisine, for many years now. Her restaurant group, Sea Creatures, is writing a new, exciting chapter for Seattle dining. Bar Melusine is an ode to the oyster halls of Brittany, France. If you like oysters, eat your heart out (and order the Westcott Bay oysters!).
Okay, if you want to impress someone with the perfect dining pairing, it is oysters at Bar Melusine first, then a walk through a doorway to its next-door establishment, Bateau, a James Beard award-winning steak house.
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Bateau
1040 E Union StOkay, if you want to impress someone with the perfect dining pairing, it is oysters at Bar Melusine first, then a walk through a doorway to its next-door establishment, Bateau, a James Beard award-winning steak house.
Some of the best Thai food we’ve ever had — and we’ve been to Thailand! Its no-frills-just-goodness approach to Thai will remind you of the beauty in the world.
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Little Uncle
1523 E Madison StSome of the best Thai food we’ve ever had — and we’ve been to Thailand! Its no-frills-just-goodness approach to Thai will remind you of the beauty in the world.
This place specializes in natural wines (which Emily is a freak about). Regardless of whether you are on the natural wine bandwagon or not, the food is pretty damn good here, especially considering the couple of hot plates and limited counter space they have to work with. Melrose Market, where Marsielle is located, is a great place to explore as well.
Marseille
1531 Melrose AveThis place specializes in natural wines (which Emily is a freak about). Regardless of whether you are on the natural wine bandwagon or not, the food is pretty damn good here, especially considering the couple of hot plates and limited counter space they have to work with. Melrose Market, where Marsielle is located, is a great place to explore as well.
Eat the mole, drink the mezcal, talk to the gods. There’s a rooftop bar if you want to get closer to them. They have another location on Queen Anne Hill should you find yourself in that neighborhood.
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Mezcaleria Oaxaca
2123 Queen Anne Avenue NorthEat the mole, drink the mezcal, talk to the gods. There’s a rooftop bar if you want to get closer to them. They have another location on Queen Anne Hill should you find yourself in that neighborhood.
Damn. My mother is an upstanding woman who runs her own business, but anytime she’s visiting and we find ourselves in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, she gets as insistent as a cranky toddler until her itch for some Molly Moon’s salted caramel ice cream is scratched. Their other flavors induce similar effects.
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Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
917 E Pine StDamn. My mother is an upstanding woman who runs her own business, but anytime she’s visiting and we find ourselves in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, she gets as insistent as a cranky toddler until her itch for some Molly Moon’s salted caramel ice cream is scratched. Their other flavors induce similar effects.
Well, Chauncey took Emily here for dinner on her very first night in Seattle in 2005, and the rest is history. This place rocks! Set in the center of the Pike Place Market, this Seattle institution has a beautiful atmosphere - including a gorgeous patio that is the only place to spend a lazy afternoon on sunny Seattle day - delicious Italian/Pacific Northwest food, and excellent entertainment EVERY night, from music to trapeze artists. Reservations are recommended, but you can always try to get a seat at the bar. The linguini vongole and caesar with Dungeness crab is a perfect combination. If you like great old-time jazz, catch Casey McGill and his band on Wednesday nights.
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The Pink Door
1919 Post AlleyWell, Chauncey took Emily here for dinner on her very first night in Seattle in 2005, and the rest is history. This place rocks! Set in the center of the Pike Place Market, this Seattle institution has a beautiful atmosphere - including a gorgeous patio that is the only place to spend a lazy afternoon on sunny Seattle day - delicious Italian/Pacific Northwest food, and excellent entertainment EVERY night, from music to trapeze artists. Reservations are recommended, but you can always try to get a seat at the bar. The linguini vongole and caesar with Dungeness crab is a perfect combination. If you like great old-time jazz, catch Casey McGill and his band on Wednesday nights.
Drinks & Nightlife
The food specials often make us happy at this Mexican restaurant but the drinks are what we go here for.
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Cactus Madison Park
4220 E Madison StThe food specials often make us happy at this Mexican restaurant but the drinks are what we go here for.
This neighborhood dive bar is an institution. Its fireplace, pool table, and pinball games make it a perfect place to toil away a raining afternoon or evening. Check out their karaoke schedule, happening every other weekend if you want to witness something special.
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Red Onion Tavern
4210 E Madison StThis neighborhood dive bar is an institution. Its fireplace, pool table, and pinball games make it a perfect place to toil away a raining afternoon or evening. Check out their karaoke schedule, happening every other weekend if you want to witness something special.
Emily’s favorite WINE bar in the city! This is an old school French bistro run by our dear, curmudgeon friend David Butler. The wine and small plates are excellent, as well as the service. It is always very hard to leave this place.
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Le Caviste
1919 7th AveEmily’s favorite WINE bar in the city! This is an old school French bistro run by our dear, curmudgeon friend David Butler. The wine and small plates are excellent, as well as the service. It is always very hard to leave this place.
This cozy subterranean spot stages unique and original burlesque performances. It is a great dates spot.
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Can Can Culinary Cabaret
95 Pine StThis cozy subterranean spot stages unique and original burlesque performances. It is a great dates spot.
This charming hole-in-the-wall at the base of Pike Place Market is great to grab a cocktail and small, Spanish-inspired bite, particularly after touring the crowded Market above, as this place is just out of the way enough that the tourists haven’t found it yet.
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JarrBar
1432 Western AveThis charming hole-in-the-wall at the base of Pike Place Market is great to grab a cocktail and small, Spanish-inspired bite, particularly after touring the crowded Market above, as this place is just out of the way enough that the tourists haven’t found it yet.
Parks & Nature
Swim, sunbath, diving, and children’s play areas are offered here, along with tennis courts located in the park adjacent to the beach area. This is a nice quite spot to enjoy a coffee in the morning.
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Madison Park Bakery
4214 E Madison StSwim, sunbath, diving, and children’s play areas are offered here, along with tennis courts located in the park adjacent to the beach area. This is a nice quite spot to enjoy a coffee in the morning.
This 230-acre park featuring a treasure trove of tree and other plant species is a true gift within walking distance to the house. Jog, bike, or stroll through its multiple winding pathways, picnic on its lawns, or pony up a few bucks to enter the pristine Japanese Garden, rain or shine, a visit to the arboretum is a good choice for your soul and blood pressure.
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Washington Park Arboretum UW Izityalo Zebotaniki
2300 Arboretum Dr EThis 230-acre park featuring a treasure trove of tree and other plant species is a true gift within walking distance to the house. Jog, bike, or stroll through its multiple winding pathways, picnic on its lawns, or pony up a few bucks to enter the pristine Japanese Garden, rain or shine, a visit to the arboretum is a good choice for your soul and blood pressure.
This park presents a beautiful, classical setting for a stroll or picnic and includes the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Volunteer Park Conservancy, home to a beautiful array of exotic plants.
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Volunteer Park Conservatory
1400 E Galer StThis park presents a beautiful, classical setting for a stroll or picnic and includes the Seattle Asian Art Museum and the Volunteer Park Conservancy, home to a beautiful array of exotic plants.
Entertainment & Activities
Seattle held the record for most movie theaters per capita for a very long time (rain and movies go well together!). Many of these movie theaters are/were architectural gems built in the first half of the 20th century, and we’ve been going through the pain lately of seeing these disappear one by one. The Egyptian is one of the few that are still standing and kicking ass.
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SIFF Egyptian Theatre
805 E Pine StSeattle held the record for most movie theaters per capita for a very long time (rain and movies go well together!). Many of these movie theaters are/were architectural gems built in the first half of the 20th century, and we’ve been going through the pain lately of seeing these disappear one by one. The Egyptian is one of the few that are still standing and kicking ass.
Rain or shine, the Sunday evening meditative choral performance set in the beautiful St. Mark’s cathedral is a favorite routine for many Seattleites, regardless of their religions. Lay on the ground, listen and be uplifted. Show up early to get a good spot. Singing begins at 9:30 pm and goes for 30 minutes,
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Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral
1245 10th Ave ERain or shine, the Sunday evening meditative choral performance set in the beautiful St. Mark’s cathedral is a favorite routine for many Seattleites, regardless of their religions. Lay on the ground, listen and be uplifted. Show up early to get a good spot. Singing begins at 9:30 pm and goes for 30 minutes,
One of Seattle’s hometown billionaires, Paul Allen, purchased this old theater when it was on the brink of demolition and rehabbed it with the finest is cinematic audio/visual equipment. Allen’s pricey collection of film wardrobe collectibles are on view in the lobby and food counter serves movie snacks that are step above most (try to the chocolate popcorn!).
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Cinerama
2100 4th AveOne of Seattle’s hometown billionaires, Paul Allen, purchased this old theater when it was on the brink of demolition and rehabbed it with the finest is cinematic audio/visual equipment. Allen’s pricey collection of film wardrobe collectibles are on view in the lobby and food counter serves movie snacks that are step above most (try to the chocolate popcorn!).