Seattle

travel
Written By Martha Segovia

THE PERFECT DAY IN SEATTLE

Start your day with a cup of coffee at Storyville Coffee at their Pike Place location. Stroll around Pike Place Market for a bit (top things to see: fish market, gum wall, Delauranti Market, Elleno’s yogurt). Have a proper breakfast at The London Plane or Starbucks Reserve and Roastery. Head over to Ballard Farmers Market (Sunday from 10-3pm).  Rent a bike and bike down to Gasworks Park through the Burke Gilman Trail. Make your way back to Ballard and check out the Ballard Locks and Golden Gardens Beach. Have dinner at How to Cook A Wolf and check out Kerry Park for a beautiful sunset. End your night at Foreign National in Capitol Hill.

⭐ = a must!

THINGS TO READ

THINGS TO SEE

Museums

  • Chihully**  

  • Seattle Art Museum

  • Museum of History and Industry

  • MoPop

  • Frye Art Museum

  • The Smith Tower ⭐ (a great view of the city)

Places and Sights

  • Olympic Sculpture Park

  • Center for Wooden Boats

  • Ballard Locks

  • Volunteer Park Conservatory

  • Gas Works Park

  • Fremont Troll

  • Pike Place Market ⭐(Highlights: Beecher's Cheese, fish market, flower market, post alley, the first Starbucks store, Piroshky Piroshky, Rachel's ginger beer) 

  • Washington Park Arboretum

  • Kerry Park ⭐ (best view of the city) 

  • Fremont to South Lake Union walk (you can see the houseboats & Fremont troll)

  • Fisherman's Terminal

  • King Street Amtrak terminal (lovely architecture)

  • Occidental Square

Bookstores

  • Elliott Bay Book Company

  • Ada Technical Books (Science & Computer Science bookstore)

  • Book Larder (cookbook store)

  • Third Place Books

  • Queen Anne Book Company

Boutiques

  • Glasswing (Capitol Hill)

  • Melrose Market (Capitol Hill)

  • DeLaurenti Specialty Food & Wine (Downtown - Pike Place)

  • Prism (Ballard)

  • The Indoor Sun Shoppe (Fremont)

Hiking Destinations

  • Franklin Falls

  • Rachel Lake

  • Lake 22

  • Crystal Lakes

  • Bear Mountain

  • Tiger Mountain

  • Wallace Falls

Discover more at http://www.wta.org/

BEYOND SEATTLE

  • Vashon Island (1 hour ferry ride)

  • Bainbridge Island (45 min ferry ride – best ferry ride for a view of the city. Cute restaurants and stores)

  • San Juan Islands (2-3 hours to get there. Whale watching and great views)

  • Vancouver (3 hours to get there)

  • Portland (3 hours to get there)

THINGS TO EAT

Breakfast

  • The Fat Hen (Ballard)

  • Skillet Diner (Ballard) ⭐

  • Mighty-O Donuts (Ballard)

  • Top Pot Donuts (various locations) ⭐

  • Tall Grass Bakery (Ballard)

  • Volunteer Park Cafe (Capitol Hill)

  • The London Plane (Pioneer Square)

  • Macrina's Bakery (various locations)

  • Oddfellows Cafe + Bar (Capitol Hill)

  • Amandine Bakeshop (Capitol Hill)

  • Crumble and Flake (Capitol Hill)

  • General Porpoise Coffee & Doughnuts (Capitol Hill)

  • Cafe Flora (Madison Park)

  • Elleno's Greek Yogurt ⭐ (available at many grocery stores and they have a Pike Place Market booth)

  • Chaco Canyon Organic Café (U-District & West Seattle - Great for vegetarians / health conscious)

Brunch

  • Bastille Cafe & Bar (Ballard)

  • Stoneburner (Ballard) - they are overseeing our wedding meal!

  • San Fermo (Ballard)

  • The Fat Hen (Ballard)

Lunch

  • Salumi (Downtown – Mario Batali's father is the owner)

  • Delancey (Ballard)

  • Ba Bar  (South Lake Union and Capitol Hill)

  • The Walrus and Carpenter (Ballard) - So good!!

  • Thai Tom (University District)

  • Bounty Kitchen (Queen Anne)

  • Din Tai Fung (various locations)

  • Dough Zone (Various locations)

  • Serious Pie (Various Locations)

  • Homegrown (Various Locations)

  • Tacos Chuki’s (South Lake Union and Capitol Hill)

Dinner

  • Stateside (Capitol Hill)

  • Smith (Capitol Hill)

  • Lola (Downtown)

  • Shiro's (Downtown)

  • Sushi Kashiba (Downtown)

  • Cafe Presse (Downtown)

  • Black Bottle (Downtown)

  • How to Eat a Wolf (Queen Anne) ⭐

  • Arashi Ramen (Ballard)

  • The Whale Wins (Ballard)

  • Bitterroot (Ballard)

  • Pestle Rock (Ballard)

Dessert

  • Molly Moon's Ice Cream (Various Locations)

  • Salt and Straw (Capitol Hill & Ballard)

  • Frankie and Jo’s (Capitol Hill & Ballard) ⭐

  • Hello Robin (Capitol Hill)

THINGS TO DRINK  

Coffee

  • La Marzocco Cafe  (Queen Anne)

  • Storyville Coffee (Downtown and Queen Anne)

  • Espresso Vivace Roasteria (South Lake Union)

  • Starbucks Reserve & Roastery (Capitol Hill)

  • Vitrola Cafe and Roastery (Capitol Hill)

  • Elm Coffee Roasters (Capitol Hill) ⭐

  • Cafe Umbria (Ballard)

  • Stumptown Coffee Roasters (Capitol Hill)

  • Slate Coffee (Various Locations)

  • Analog Coffee (Capitol Hill)

  • Ballard Coffee Works (Ballard)

  • Anchored Ship Coffee Bar (Ballard)

Drinks

  • Reuben’s Brews (Ballard)

  • Brimmer & Heeltap (Ballard)

  • Peddler Brewing Company (Ballard)

  • Stoup Brewing (Ballard)

  • Little Tin Goods & Apothecary Cabinet (Ballard)

  • Hazlewood (Ballard)

  • King’s Hardware (Ballard)

  • Percy’s and Co (Ballard)

  • Essex (Ballard)

  • Damn the Weather (Downtown)

  • Bathtub Gin (Downtown)

  • Rob Roy (Downtown)

  • Bar Ferdinand (Capitol Hill)

  • Le Caviste (Downtown)

  • Foreign National (Capitol Hill)

  • Tavern Law (Capitol Hill)

  • Canon (Capitol HIll)

Martha Segovia
Previous

Charleston, SC
Next

Mexico City