Downtown food you’ll love.

Every cuisine you can imagine—and even some you can’t. It’s all right here in downtown Seattle. Eat your way through the city with some of these well- and lesser-known favorites. Your stomach will thank you.

Recommendations

Hot dogs taste better at the waterfront. Get one at The Frankfurter.

Enjoy Chowder at Lowell’s in the Market with a side of Sound views (and oyster crackers). 

Grab a Biscuit Bitch breakfast Sammy—served from trailer park to table! Located on 1st Ave near the Market or in Belltown.

Seek out Pasta Casalinga for daily pasta selections in the Market.

Sushi from Japonessa for lunch, happy hour or dinner makes mouths happy.

Get some famous Beecher’s Mac and Cheese at the Market (and check out how it’s made, while you’re at it)!

Nothing’s more iconic than some Ivar’s fish and chips at Pier 54 Fish Bar or Acres of Clams. If you wanna feed the seagulls, that’s your call. 

Pile on the small plates with some Harbor City Dim Sum in the Chinatown/International District.

Grab some coffee in between meals at Storyville Coffee and Monorail Espresso. 

Try Geoduck (if you’re adventurous) or oysters (if you’re less adventurous) at Taylor Shellfish.

Treat your mouth to some Ellenos yogurt at Pike Place Market.

Snag an Ube cheesecake from Hood Famous Bakeshop in the Chinatown/International District. And if breakfast is your jam, they serve it until midday.

Bahn mi sandwiches rom Saigon Deli are so delicious, yet so mysteriously affordable. 

Fuel your shopping with a Din Tai Fung dumpling lunch at Pacific Place or a panini from Nordstrom Café. 

Grab a growler or a mule on-tap at Rachel’s Ginger Beer in Post Alley or South Lake Union.

Get a coconut cream pie at Dahlia Bakery.

Satisfy your sweet tooth at Fran’s Chocolates.

For cured meats, nothing beats Salumi, a longtime Pioneer Square institution.

Get some traditional italian gelato at Gelatiamo.

Enjoy lasagna at the iconic Pink Door in Post Alley.

Savor wine and food pairings at WeRise Wines showcasing BIPOC, Women and other minority wineries and winemakers.

Meet Seattle’s grand sushi master at Sushi Kashiba next to the Pike Place Market.

Enjoy deliciousness and dramatic views at Aerlume.

Whether sweet or savory, handmade piroshki at Piroshky, Piroshky might change your life. 

Macrons at Lady Yum are, well, yum.

Try wood-fired pizza, Tom Douglas-style at Serious Pie.

Work in a happy hour at Tavolata, Purple Cafe Wine & Bar, The Fog Room, Darkalinos, Damn the Weather or Le Caviste to just name a few.

Sip some wine from a broad selection of more than 60 Washington wines at The Tasting Room in Post Alley Way.