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A listing of local smokefree dining and entertainment venues.
Getting top billing because it is the first smokefree pub
you will see if you fly into Seattle:
C. J. Borg
C Concourse, Seattle-Tacoma airport
Good food, lots of local microbrews.
Afrikando Restaurant
2904 First Avenue (206) 374 9714
Very good food. Lunch for 2 was around 20 bucks. (Reasonable) Spotlessly clean and the staff is friendly. Outstanding service.
thanks Killebrew!
Agua Verde Cafe
1303 NE Boat Street (206) 545-8570
Modestly priced taqueria near the dock. Great view, drinks,
ceviche...
Mon-Sat 11a-9pm
Alki Cafe
2726 Alki Avenue SW (206) 935-0616
Angelina's Trattoria
2311 California Avenue SW (206) 932-7311
Asgard Restaurant
1301 6th and University (206) 624-0500
(Rooftop of Hilton hotel)
Continental cuisine, surf'n turf. Upscale.
Assaggio Ristorante
2010 4th Avenue (206) 441-1399
Fine Italian dining. Wine is of course available.
Asteroid Cafe
1605 North 45th Street (206) 547-2514
Ayutthaya Restaurant
727 East Pike Street (206) 324-8833
Thai cuisine.
Bacchus
806 East Roy Street (206) 325-2888
Restaurant. Beautiful old painted mural on walls of a Russian folk tale I believe it is. Moderately priced (under $20 per person) but worth it. Smoking out on sidewalk only. Generous portions.
thanks Alan Killebrew!
Bacco Cafe and Juice Bar
Stewart Street, half a block up from Pike Street Market
Bamboo Garden Vegetarian Cuisine
364 Roy Street (206) 282-6616
Kosher, vegan, smoke-free inside and out.
This is my favorite restaurant.
One reason for the Bamboo Garden's
great taste is that all the foods are prepared fresh daily. Only the
sparingly used baby corn and water-chestnuts come from cans.
The sauces are delicious. Of those that are spicy, you can request
any level, from "no spice"-to-"hot." And the variety of dishes is
stunning -- about 100 choices.
The Bamboo Garden specializes in vegan Chinese food whose origins go
back thousands of years to China's early royal court imperial
dynasties. While the items are called "meat" or "fish" on the menu,
they are all vegetables.
Before making his annual prayer for national prosperity, the emperor
was required to practice strict vegetarianism for seven weeks. The
court's chefs created recipes that had the appearance, texture, and
taste of the emperor's favorite meats and seafoods. The surrogate
foods are usually made from wheat gluten or soy derivatives.
Many dishes are made in the wok -- all use 100% vegetable oil. While
all the dishes have no cholesterol, some are deep fried. The menu
contains a small "heart" image next to those dishes that contain a
minimum of saturated fat. You can request no oil, salt, sugar, etc.
with many of the dishes.
The only non-vegan items are the fortune cookies, which contain eggs.
Very reasonable prices. Kosher. One block from the Seattle Center, free parking lot.
thanks Demian!
Bing's Bodacious Burgers
4200 East Madison (206) 323-8623
What it sounds like, plus seafood.
Bison Creek Pizza
5252 California Avenue SW (206) 435-2080
Blue Star Cafe & Pub
4512 Stone Way North (206) 548-0345
Breakfast, lunch and dinner and 20 microbrews on tap.
Burgermaster Restaurant
3040 NE 45th Street (206) 522-2939
9820 Aurora Ave North (206) 522-2044
9749 Holman Rd NW (206) 784-2360
Burk's Cafe
411 Ballard Ave NW (206) 782-0091
Creole and Cajun food in a family owned cafe.
The chef is a wine connoisseur and has an interesting web page of his
own:
http://www.halcyon.com/burk/bio.html
Tues-Sat 11am-10pm
Cafe Indochine
31254 Pacific Highway South (253) 946-3992
Thai cuisine with all the usual great flavors (peanut sauce, coconut,
cilantro, chili, lemon). Moderate prices, drinks available.
Mon-Fri 11am-9pm / Sat noon-9pm
Cafe Paloma
93 Yesler Way (206) 405-1920
Cafe and bar with Mediterranean menu.
Mon-Sat 9:30a-7p / Sun 11-4 on home game (football) days
Cafe Lago
2305 24th Ave East (206) 329-8005
Italian cuisine.
Cafe Starbucks
4000 East Madison Street (206) 329-3736
Sandwiches, pizza, an array of hot meals, and of course variations on
the
theme of coffee. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days.
Caffee D'arte
1624 Second Avenue (206) 728-4468
Quiet, small, very clean cafe. Design leans toward the almost too-clean, gleaming side. Coffee and pastries, not a place for a meal. Very near the waterfront (like so many places).
Calypso Caribbean Kitchen
7917 Roosevelt Way NE (206) 525-5118
Century Ballroom
915 East Pine (206) 324-7263
info@centuryballroom.com
Social dance club with large dance floor, bar and cafe.
21 years+ only. Lessons.
Chez Shea Restaurant
94 Pike (206) 467-9990
Northwest cuisine with bay view.
Chutney's Restaurant
1815 North 45th Street (206) 634-1000
519 1st Ave North (206) 284-6799
605 15th Ave East (206) 726-1000
Highly related Indian restaurant
Coastal Kitchen
429 15th Avenue East (206) 322-1145
Eclectic menu.
Dahlia Lounge
2001 4th Avenue (206) 682-4142
Popular eatery (on the noisy side). Cool moving neon sign.
Seafood and some unusual stuff (like rabbit).
Wine available.
Lunch Mon-Fri 11:30am-2pm / Dinner Mon-Th 5:30pm-10pm, Fri-Sat till
11pm /
Sun 5pm-9pm only
Ezell's Fried Chicken
5012 23rd Avenue (206) 324-4141
Fiddler's Inn
9219 35th Avenue NE (206) 525-0752
Restaurant and bar. Incredible selection of local and regional brews, excellent food (a local lunch spot),and great live music.
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
1001 3rd Avenue (206) 587-5300
As you might expect, a long wine list.
Bring taste buds and credit card - dinner is in the $50 range.
Fremont Classic Pizza & Trattoria
4307 Fremont Avenue North (206) 548-9411
Fresh Italian cooking and fine desserts.
94 Stewart Restaurant
94 Stewart Street (206) 441-5505
Golden Lotus Restaurant
615 19th Avenue East (206) 325-2111
Vietnamese cuisine.
Greenlake Bar and Grill
7200 East Greenlake Drive (206) 729-6179
Friendly staff, good happy hours (and a late one from 10p-11p), good beer selection and the drinks are moderately stiff.
Hale's Ales Brewery & Pub
4301 Leary Way NW (206) 782-0737
Serving up a range of ales from their brewery, and pizza.
Live music Friday and Saturday nights. Because they are
running a beverage production facility (which you can tour), it is
smokefree. Weekdays only.
Mon-Thurs 8am - 11pm (10pm in winter season) / Fri 8am - 12pm
Harvest Vine
2701 East Madison Street (206) 320-9771
Upscale Spanish restaurant.
icon Grill
1933 Fifth Ave (206) 441-6330
Upscale and elegant American dining, strong on seafood.
Mon-Sat 11:30am-2pm 5:30pm-10pm / Sun 5:30pm-10pm
Italian Spaghetti House
9824 Lake City Way NE (206) 523-2667
Ivar's Seafood Bar
A number of locations in Seattle:
Pier 54
13448 Aurora Avenue North
6000 15th Ave NW
125D SW 148th
Northgate Mall
Southcenter Mall
3101 1st Avenue
Japanese Gourmet Restaurant
82 Stewart Street (206) 728-6204
Small, hopping restaurant and sushi bar just up from Pike Place Market.
Joseph Paul Coffeehouse
12 Mercer Street
Coffee, pastries, gelato.
Julia's on Broadway
300 Broadway East (206) 860-1818
One of the few non smoking bars I have seen in Seattle. Beautifully decorated. Cozy atmosphere at the bar. Good food. Definitely worthy of continued patronage.
Thanks Killebrew!
Kell's Irish Restaurant and Pub
1916 Post Alley (206) 728-1916
I had a hard time deciding whether to submit this one or not.
It's a nice bar with atmosphere in a little nouveau-olde alley, not squeaky clean modern and not run-down either, just nice, warm, lots of wood, and lots of beers. You walk in through a non-smoking bar to get to a smoking bar. The separation is an (open) door. I was in the non-smoking side and if anyone was smoking on the other side, it wasn't bothering me. They have live music, but it's on the smoking side, sigh.
King Ludwig's Tyrol Restaurant
8501 Fifth Avenue NE (206) 524-3100
German and Hungarian cooking.
Kingfish Cafe
602 19th Ave East (206) 320-8757
It is hard to find Southern food this good outside of the south. the prices are moderate (10-20 dollars per entree) but I have never left hungry. All of the staff is friendly and service is fantastic. their hours are limited and they are often busy, the sign of a good place. Completely worth the trip and the wait, if any... and I normally will not wait at a place.
thanks Alan Killebrew!
La Spiga Restaurant
1401 Broadway (206) 323-8881
Northern Italian cuisine.
Limelight Cafe
3656 34th Avenue West (206) 282-1282
Definitely not in the Seattle mainstream, the Limelight is tucked away
in
the western section of a remote neighborhood called "Magnolia" and is
well
worth seeking out. It is an upscale but moderately priced restaurant.
It
features continental cuisine with Italian influences leaning to the
north.
The Lamb Osso Buco was tender and flavorful and served in a red wine
sauce
with veggies and ricotta gnocchi. The Lasagna Bolognese was definitely
northern, layered with goodies like sausage, beef, and chicken and
liberally
covered with reggiano cheese. It arrived tableside a bit too hot for
comfort, probably overstayed the oven. Worth the cool-down wait.
What makes this place unusual is that it is one of the few in town (the
country?) offering half portions. Definitely the way to go. Alas, the
price, however is not half, but about 3 to 4 bucks less. The whole
check
including salad, tax and tip (but not wine this time) was about $40.
Other dinner entrees include Pepper Steak Saltimbocca Chicken, and an
interesting sounding Spinach & Hazelnut Cannelloni.
Reservations usually not needed, but go early.
Another gem from the investigative team of
Floyd
& Donna.
Lite's & Bites Cafe
19010 First Avenue South (206) 241-9457
Cafeteria.
Madison Park Cafe
1807 42nd Avenue East (206) 324-2626
Upscale French restaurant.
Dinner Tu-Sat, Sat-Sun brunch
Mae's Phinney Ridge Cafe
6412 Phinney Avenue North (206) 782-1222
Breakfast all day - all the basic good
stuff plus homemade pastries.
Maple Leaf Grill
8929 Roosevelt Way NE (206) 523-8449
McMenamins
200 Roy Street (206) 285-4722
McMenamins and other local brews, plus pub food.
(In the US this means sandwiches, burgers and fries,
plus, in the west, salads and chips and salsa.)
Mon-Sat 11am-1am / Sun noon-midnight
Nectar
412 N 36th Street (Ballard) 206-632-2020
Excellent food. Cool upper deck area, but best to grab your drinks before you head up. It gets busy and crowded, making it tough for waitresses to keep your glass from getting empty.
Live music, and the web site is worth a visit just to see the cute web menus.
Old Town Ale House
5233 Ballard Avenue N.W. (206) 782-8323
Pub/restaurant. The best fish 'n chips in town, and a great beer selection (including Belgian Imports). Friendly service with a laid back atmosphere
Thanks SacredStoneJewelry!
Painted Table Restaurant
1007 1st Avenue (206) 624-4844
Pete's Pizza - The Calzone King
1919 Queen Anne Avenue N
5301 Roosevelt Way NE
Poor Italian Cafe
2000 Second Avenue (206) 441-4313
Fresh-cooked Northern Italian cuisine.
Red Robin America's Gourmet Burgers & Spirits
A number of locations in Seattle:
-1100 Fourth Avenue (206) 447-1909
-1101 Alaskan Way (206)623-1942
-3272 Fuhrman Avenue East (206)323-0917
-Northgate Mall
Saigon Restaurant
1918 Western Avenue (Pike Market)
In a larger building; the other restaurant in there is not
smokefree.
Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm
Salvatore Ristorante Italiano
6100 Roosevelt Way NE (206) 527-9301
Sandpoint Grill
5412 Sandpoint Way NE (206) 729-9679
Moderately priced bistro serving a variety of imaginatively
prepared Continental and Northwest dishes. Some substantial
salads but on the whole geared to meat eaters. Wine available.
Sun-Th 11:30am-10pm / Fri-Sat till 11pm
Seattle's Best Coffee
1st and Western, one block from Pike St. Market
Big, modern, noisy.
Sound View Cafe
Pike Street Hill Climb (in the Pike Market)
Breakfast and lunch. View of the water. Beer and wine.
Despite its touristy nature, smokefree dining is not to be taken for
granted in Pike Market.
Stalk Exchange
6711 Greenwood Avenue North (206) 782-3911
Eclectic cuisine - emphasis on fresh cooking, flavors from
around the world, and yummy desserts. Moderate prices.
Steamer's Seafood Cafe
Pier 59 (Aquarium)
305 Harrison (Center House)
Pier 56
Taco Del Mar
All locations nonsmoking.
Tully's Coffee
All locations nonsmoking.
Trolleyman Pub
3400 Phinney Ave North (at North 35th) (206) 548-8000
Neighborhood bar in a converted trolley barn. Bar food,
live entertainment, board games.
Mon-Th 11am-10pm / Fri-Sat 11am-midnight / Sun noon-7pm
Roy's
The Westin Hotel 1900 Fifth Avenue (206) 256-7697
Roy's is a special treat, definitely upscale and pricey.
The winelist is likewise comprehensive and pricey (good Pinot: $38),
however, no sommelier comes out and tastes it for you.
Their origin is in Hawaii where they have three.
Others are in Tokyo, Guam, Pebble Beach, Scottsdale, Florida, New
York, and now Seattle.
They are shortly opening in San Francisco. The locations themselves
provide a
little insight into their appeal. As to the food, it is top notch and
excellent.
For starters, some of us had blackened ahi (yellow fin tuna), rare and
melt-in-your-mouth tender. For entree, I had an esoteric pacific
island
fish done just right at medium rare. Delicious and exquisitely
presented.
(They seem to give great effort at presentation) Accompanying veggies
were
likewise presented well, but just adequate.
My bok choy was stringy and tough (unforgiveable for an upscale
restaurant).
The desserts as you might expect from an Asian orientation such as
this were just ok.
Definitely not noted for deserts. The overall experience: Excellent
to near perfect.
Thanks Floyd!
Union Bay Cafe
3513 NE 45th Street (206) 527-8364
Fresh-cooked, organic Northwest cuisine
Uptown Espresso
523 Queen Anne Avenue North (206) 285-5663
Valdi's Ballard Bistro
5410 Ballard Avenue NW
Located in an older, charming area of "Ballard",
features good food at moderate prices. Even the
outdoor tables are (in principle) smoke free.
Free parking (very limited), some street parking (not too bad).
Every Tuesday they feature a Scandinavian smorgasbord which
was excellent and good value. Wine and beer (all bottled) are
likewise good values.
Thanks Floyd!
Virginia Inn
1937 First Avenue (206) 728-1937
Small restaurant and bar. "We be smokefree". (Smoking is allowed on
the patio outside. Decent sandwiches. The goat cheese sandwich was
good, as was the Fat Tire amber ale. Blondes, ambers, darks, also
cocktails, cognac and wine. Pleasant decor. Near the waterfront.
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