Things To Do
The Admiral's House
WEDDING Come to our wedding!
Victrola Coffee Roasters
COFFEE *Other locations throughout the city.
Caffe Ladro
COFFEE *Other locations throughout the city.
Storyville Coffee Pike Place
COFFEE *Other locations throughout the city, but this one is right in Pike Place Market.
Bakery Nouveau
BREAKFAST PASTRIES & DESSERT If you like macaroons, you need to stop in.
Hi-Spot Cafe
BREAKFAST Our favorite local breakfast spot in the Madrona neighborhood. You can eat inside the house-turned-diner or outside on the patio.
Portage Bay Cafe
BRUNCH Enjoy local, organic, sustainable breakfast and lunch. Be prepared for a wait, it's worth it. There are also 2 other locations in Seattle.
The Wandering Goose
BREAKFAST A thirty seat Southern influenced cafe in the heart of Seattle's North Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Rider
ALL MEALS Rider is an ode to Washington’s logging history and fishing industry, which is to say: it’s an ode to the ingredients pulled from the forest and plucked from the sea. Local ingredients, from sustainably caught fish to foraged mushrooms, and a wood-fired grill.
Skillet Diner
BRUNCH (and dinner) Items range from the maple braised pork belly and waffle with a fried egg on top, to the burger with bacon jam, arugula, blue cheese and brie on brioche with beautiful hand cut fries. Their full bar hosts happy hour daily and offers hand-crafted artisan cocktails along with beer and wine on tap.
Westward
BRUNCH & DINNER WITH A VIEW An award winning restaurant on the north shores of Lake Union. You'll get seafood, oysters, and an amazing view. There's a huge deck, fire pit, and beach area to eat outside.
Marination Ma Kai
LUNCH ON THE BEACH A casual spot for Hawaiian-Korean cuisine on Alki Beach.
Paseo Caribbean Food
LUNCH Unreal Caribbean sandwiches.
The Walrus and the Carpenter
SEAFOOD & SMALL PLATES A well-known spot for cocktails, oysters, and small plates. Ballard is a great neighborhood to walk around and grab a drink.
Momiji
SUSHI Our favorite spot for sushi. Be sure to go hungry, the rolls are huge.
JuneBaby
LUNCH & DINNER A Paul Serpe recommendation. Enjoy chef Edouardo Jordan's homage to Southern food.
Revel
LUNCH & DINNER A stop on Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown. They have street food-style comfort food including dumplings, savory pancakes, noodles, and rice bowls.
Ba Bar Restaurant
LUNCH & DINNER Vietnamese street food. The Crispy Imperial Rolls and The Sai Gon Chicken Wings are a must. They're open late, but do not take reservations.
Din Tai Fung Pacific Place
LUNCH & DINNER Ignore the fact that this restaurant is located in a mall, it's amazing. There are other locations throughout the city, but this one is downtown. The first thing you'll see at the front of the restaurant are the xiaolongboa (steamed dumplings) being made by hand to order behind a pane glass window. They're a must order. There's always a wait, but they seat you quickly and the food comes out even faster.
Bing's
LUNCH & DINNER This is one of our go-to spots. A casual restaurant serving modern American food. After dinner, head down to the water for a great view of Lake Washington and stop by The Attic, our favorite local bar.
Pestle Rock
LUNCH & DINNER “Pestle Rock” Isan Thai Cuisine “Rocking” the pestle grinds the spices that create the flavors of Isan (Northeast) Thai cuisine.
Bateau
DINNER Sustainable cuts from a local farm headline a classy, contemporary steakhouse from Renee Erickson.
Canlis
UPSCALE DINNER James Beard Award-winning fine dining. Reservations fill up 2-3 months in advance. No casual or athletic attire, gentlemen wear a suit or sport coat if possible.
How To Cook A Wolf
DINNER We brought the whole Serpe clan here and Paul, my brother and chef, bought the kitchen a bottle of whiskey because he loved the food so much. Now that's saying something! You'll enjoy an ever-changing menu of Italian inspired small plates. Make a reservation.
Purple Cafe and Wine Bar
WINE (and food) This is one of Russell's favorite spots after a long flight from the east coast. Can you guess why? WINE. It's hard to ignore their two-story wine tower stocked with 5,500 wine bottles.
Navy Strength
DRINKS (and food) A funky Seattle paradise, offering tropical cocktails from renowned Seattle bartenders Anu & Chris Elford. The bar has received accolades including best new american cocktail bar at the 2018 spirited awards at Tales of the Cocktail.
Liberty
DRINKS (and sushi) A great spot for sushi and craft cocktails in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
Chuck's Hop Shop
BEER The land of a thousand beers. A super casual spot to find 50 beers (and some ciders) on-tap and a huge bottle shop selection. They always have great food trucks out front. They have a second location in Greenwood.
Fremont Brewing Company
BEER They are a family-owned craft brewery founded in 2009 to brew small-batch artisan beers made with the best local ingredients they can find.
Optimism Brewing Company
BEER A great open space to drink a bunch of beer. Their mission is to make craft beer easy to understand and drink.
Urban Family Brewing Co.
BEER
Holy Mountain Brewing Company
BEER
Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream
ICE CREAM LOVE. Their waffle cones are leak-proof and smell unbelievable. The long line moves quickly and you can ask for as many samples as you want.
Hello Robin
COOKIES & ICE CREAM Fresh homemade cookies and Molly Moon's ice cream. Need I say more?
Frankie & Jo's Capitol Hill
PLANT-BASED ICE CREAM Not a fan of dairy? Neither is Eric. This place is so good, you won't notice the difference. We highly recommend the Chocolate Mint Brownie flavor.
Salt & Straw
ICE CREAM Yet another delicious ice cream spot. Vegan options available.
Pike Place Market
SIGHTSEEING The quintessential Seattle landmark. The multilevel space is home to more than 500 shops, vendors, restaurants, and bars. Check out Rachel's Ginger Beer, Piroshky Piroshky, Beecher's Handmade Cheese, and DeLaurenti Italian Market.
T-Mobile Park
BASEBALL If you're a baseball fan, definitely check out this ballpark for a Ms game.
The Fremont Troll
SIGHTSEEING Just your average troll living under a bridge. If you have the time, it's a silly sculpture to see.
Starbucks Reserve Roastery
COFFEE & SIGHTSEEING The Willy Wonka version of a coffee shop. Starbucks Reserve is a selection of the rarest, most extraordinary coffees Starbucks has to offer.
Seattle Aquarium
SIGHTSEEING The region’s premier resource for hands-on marine experiences and conservation education, the Seattle Aquarium offers fun, exciting ways to discover more about the amazing Puget Sound and our world’s one big ocean.
Seattle Great Wheel
SIGHTSEEING Take a ride on the iconic Seattle Great Wheel on Pier 57 and see the city of Seattle like never before. Each gondola can fit 8 people and provide an amazing ride that lights up the sky at night.
Space Needle
SIGHTSEEING In our opinion, not worth going to the top, but fun to look at.
Chihuly Garden and Glass
SIGHTSEEING Located at the base of the Space Needle.
Museum of Pop Culture
SIGHTSEEING
Seattle Art Museum
SIGHTSEEING
Argosy Cruises - Seattle Waterfront
SIGHTSEEING
Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
SIGHTSEEING Seattle’s most unusual attraction, a humorous stroll through intriguing subterranean storefronts and sidewalks entombed when the city rebuilt on top of itself after the Great Fire of 1889. The 75-minute guided walking tour begins beneath Doc Maynard’s Public House, then spills into historic Pioneer Square, Seattle’s birthplace, before plunging underground for an exclusive, time-capsule view of the buried city.
Discovery Park
PARK & VIEWS Discovery Park is a 534-acre natural area park and is the largest city park in Seattle. Situated on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Discovery Park offers spectacular view of both the Cascade and the Olympic Mountain ranges. Go for a hike or park near the lighthouse for a great view.
Golden Gardens Park
BEACH & VIEWS This popular park offers extraordinary views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. This park features two wetlands, a short loop trail, and restored the northern beach.
Kerry Park
VIEWS An unsurpassed view of Elliott Bay and the Central City, with an occasional backdrop of Mount Rainier, draws camera buffs to this spot.
Gas Works Park
PARK & VIEWS A 19.1-acre public park on the site of the former Seattle Gas Light Company gasification plant, located on the north shore of Lake Union.
Snoqualmie Falls
HIKE Easy/Nature walk - 1.4 miles roundtrip - 250 ft. elevation gain.
Poo Poo Point
HIKE Intermediate - 3.8 miles roundtrip - 1760 ft. elevation gain.
Ira Spring Trailhead - Mason Lake
HIKE Intermediate/Advanced - 6.5 miles roundtrip - 2420 ft. elevation gain.
Mount Pilchuck
HIKE Intermediate/Advanced - 5.4 roundtrip - 2300 ft. elevation gain.
Mount Si
HIKE Advanced - 8 miles roundtrip - 3150 ft. elevation gain.