Guidebook for Seattle
Drinks & Nightlife
Drivable or get there on a bike. Great patio for drinks, plenty of space to meet your friends.
84 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tallulah's
Drivable or get there on a bike. Great patio for drinks, plenty of space to meet your friends.
Burgers & basic pub grub are made from scratch at a tiny dive with jukebox, pinball & cheap drinks. Good walk, short bike ride.
102 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Twilight Exit
2514 E Cherry StBurgers & basic pub grub are made from scratch at a tiny dive with jukebox, pinball & cheap drinks. Good walk, short bike ride.
Not exactly nearby by but the terminus of a trip to Pioneer Square it can be. Built 1890 and reestablished in 2011. The Merchant's Café is Seattle's oldest operating restaurant and watering hole.
8 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Merchant's Cafe and Saloon
109 Yesler WayNot exactly nearby by but the terminus of a trip to Pioneer Square it can be. Built 1890 and reestablished in 2011. The Merchant's Café is Seattle's oldest operating restaurant and watering hole.
Everything Else
20/20 Cycle
2020 E Union StBikes are COOL!
Wonderful studio, check out Matt Huish's Nadi Yoga Immersions, M-F 6:15 to 7:30 am --- he's not listed on the studio calendar!
13 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Seattle Yoga Arts
1540 15th AveWonderful studio, check out Matt Huish's Nadi Yoga Immersions, M-F 6:15 to 7:30 am --- he's not listed on the studio calendar!
If you need to go to the hospital, this is one of the best. No ER service.
16 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Swedish Outpatient Rehabilitation - Cherry Hill
500 17th AveIf you need to go to the hospital, this is one of the best. No ER service.
Fredrick Douglas Sojourner Truth Seattle Public Library. Use your city's library card for a guest pass.
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Douglass-Truth Branch - The Seattle Public Library
2300 E Yesler WayFredrick Douglas Sojourner Truth Seattle Public Library. Use your city's library card for a guest pass.
Get a day pass for 5 dollars and some exercise. Large pool and usually open. See the schedule in the house manual. You can walk to it and check in 12 minutes. Tricky to find the entrance!
19 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Medgar Evers Pool
500 23rd AveGet a day pass for 5 dollars and some exercise. Large pool and usually open. See the schedule in the house manual. You can walk to it and check in 12 minutes. Tricky to find the entrance!
Don't mess with them! Open sparing every 3rd Sunday from 11am to 1pm. Open to all styles and genders.
Seven Star Women's Kung Fu
525 21st AveDon't mess with them! Open sparing every 3rd Sunday from 11am to 1pm. Open to all styles and genders.
An institution in the African American community and a short walk from the house. Sunday services at 11am. Gospel Choir will make you a believer. Dress-up attendance, as everyone around you will be.
Goodwill Baptist Church
126 15th AvenueAn institution in the African American community and a short walk from the house. Sunday services at 11am. Gospel Choir will make you a believer. Dress-up attendance, as everyone around you will be.
Emergency medical care 2 minutes ambulance ride to the west down Jefferson. One of America's finest trauma centers. Hope you don't need to use it, but if you do...
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Regional Epilepsy Center at Harborview
325 9th AvenueEmergency medical care 2 minutes ambulance ride to the west down Jefferson. One of America's finest trauma centers. Hope you don't need to use it, but if you do...
Lather Daddy Laundry
Never been, but you might need it.
Food Scene
Katy's Corner Cafe
2000 E Union StNeighborhood gathering spot
Le Zinc Restaurant & Bar
1449 E Pine StMussels!
Do I need to explain this fried chicken? Famous for Oprah's take out orders.
181 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Ezell's Famous Chicken
501 E Jefferson StDo I need to explain this fried chicken? Famous for Oprah's take out orders.
Minutes from the house, neighborhood coffee house. Seattle style coffee and sandwiches. WiFi. Sit and relax. Across from the park.
69 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Broadcast Coffee Roasters
1918 E Yesler WayMinutes from the house, neighborhood coffee house. Seattle style coffee and sandwiches. WiFi. Sit and relax. Across from the park.
My favorite coffee house in the non-immediate but walkable neighborhood. These people are COMMITTED to coffee. Baristas with MFA's struggle for the perfect cuppa. Get very wired there, so watch out.
47 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tougo Coffee Co
860 Yesler WayMy favorite coffee house in the non-immediate but walkable neighborhood. These people are COMMITTED to coffee. Baristas with MFA's struggle for the perfect cuppa. Get very wired there, so watch out.
Portland comes to Seattle at the Stumptown Roasters. Park your bikes outside. A committed walk or easy ride from the house. Visit the Jesuit Chapel on the Seattle University Campus nearby.
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Stumptown Coffee Roasters
1115 12th AvePortland comes to Seattle at the Stumptown Roasters. Park your bikes outside. A committed walk or easy ride from the house. Visit the Jesuit Chapel on the Seattle University Campus nearby.
If you don't have a heart condition walk over here and do these ribs. 5 minutes from the house. Don't fall asleep on the way home. Delicious platters of soul food at it's finest.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
R&L Home Of Good Bar-B-Q
1816 E Yesler WayIf you don't have a heart condition walk over here and do these ribs. 5 minutes from the house. Don't fall asleep on the way home. Delicious platters of soul food at it's finest.
Pho Noodles in incredible broth. A Seattle landmark in a funky building shaped like a boat. Note the crazy menu text. They have a sense of humor. Make this a stop on your way from to explore the ID.
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Phở Bắc Restaurant
1314 S Jackson StPho Noodles in incredible broth. A Seattle landmark in a funky building shaped like a boat. Note the crazy menu text. They have a sense of humor. Make this a stop on your way from to explore the ID.
Inexpensive Vietnamese take-out. Buffet and sandwiches. Bubble tea. Vietnamese coffee. Fried sesame paste rice balls by the door. Eat one with sweet Vietnamese coffee. On the way to Chinatown.
10 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Seattle Deli
225 12th AveInexpensive Vietnamese take-out. Buffet and sandwiches. Bubble tea. Vietnamese coffee. Fried sesame paste rice balls by the door. Eat one with sweet Vietnamese coffee. On the way to Chinatown.
Walk to it. Delicious fusion Vietnamese food and creative cocktails. Watch-out, they are strong. Casual dinning with great decor and service. Usually packed and for good reason.
110 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Tamarind Tree
1036 S Jackson StWalk to it. Delicious fusion Vietnamese food and creative cocktails. Watch-out, they are strong. Casual dinning with great decor and service. Usually packed and for good reason.
BBQ & Soul Food. Incredible. An easy bike ride or a good walk.
11 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
The Barbeque Pit
1816 East Yesler WayBBQ & Soul Food. Incredible. An easy bike ride or a good walk.
A quick walk down the block. Tasty & relatively cheap Ethiopian food - especially as one combo plate feeds two. And of course you get to eat the plate. Beers.
Mesob Ethiopian Restaurant & Bar
1325 E Jefferson StA quick walk down the block. Tasty & relatively cheap Ethiopian food - especially as one combo plate feeds two. And of course you get to eat the plate. Beers.
Homey, ethnic and for real, generous portions and easy on the wallet. Choose the Family Platter and eat with your hands together.
Blue Nile Ethiopian Restaurant
7821 Rainier Avenue SouthHomey, ethnic and for real, generous portions and easy on the wallet. Choose the Family Platter and eat with your hands together.
Out the door and right down the block. Tasty food in a nice setting. Usually full of Somalis and Ethiopian taxi drivers and neighborhood folk. Full, if odd, bar. See the online site for take-out.
Zobel Ethiopian Cuisine
1219 E Jefferson StOut the door and right down the block. Tasty food in a nice setting. Usually full of Somalis and Ethiopian taxi drivers and neighborhood folk. Full, if odd, bar. See the online site for take-out.
Essentials
Best Co-op in town. Heathy food served by modern and ancient hipsters. You can get all your food here. Pricy but organic. Bulk foods too. Beer & wine and vitamins.
245 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Central Co-op
1600 E Madison StBest Co-op in town. Heathy food served by modern and ancient hipsters. You can get all your food here. Pricy but organic. Bulk foods too. Beer & wine and vitamins.
Basic economical acceptable groceries. 15 minutes walking due north through Seattle neighborhoods. Groceries- booze & wine too! Bring your own bag or be charged Seattle's no bag tax.
722 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Trader Joe's
1700 E Madison StBasic economical acceptable groceries. 15 minutes walking due north through Seattle neighborhoods. Groceries- booze & wine too! Bring your own bag or be charged Seattle's no bag tax.
Sightseeing
Jesuits, but the Inquisition is over. Right down the street. Visit St. Ignatius chapel on the grounds and you walk towards lower Capitol Hill and it's cafes and bars. Very spread out.
40 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Seattle University
901 12th AveJesuits, but the Inquisition is over. Right down the street. Visit St. Ignatius chapel on the grounds and you walk towards lower Capitol Hill and it's cafes and bars. Very spread out.
Just 10 minutes walking to Vietnamese cafes, shops and then down into he heart of Chinatown (the International District) itself 10 minutes more. A great walk from the house.
200 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Seattle Chinatown-International District
Just 10 minutes walking to Vietnamese cafes, shops and then down into he heart of Chinatown (the International District) itself 10 minutes more. A great walk from the house.
Straight down Yesler, once the original Skid Row, where giant old growth logs hit the waters of Elliot bay. Pioneer Square the historic waterfront full of cafes, bars and historic buildings.
270 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Pioneer Square
Straight down Yesler, once the original Skid Row, where giant old growth logs hit the waters of Elliot bay. Pioneer Square the historic waterfront full of cafes, bars and historic buildings.
A great place to sit and people watch on a sunny or any day. Children in the fountain. Picnic on the grass. Many cultures and communities passing by. Have a seat. Take a look.
17 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Pratt Park
201 20th Ave SA great place to sit and people watch on a sunny or any day. Children in the fountain. Picnic on the grass. Many cultures and communities passing by. Have a seat. Take a look.
A lovely work of inspired design. I always sit here for a few minutes during a walk through campus. Beautiful and moving. Make it part of a long walk. You won't regret it.
9 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Chapel of Saint Ignatius
901 12th AveA lovely work of inspired design. I always sit here for a few minutes during a walk through campus. Beautiful and moving. Make it part of a long walk. You won't regret it.
Once the very heart of Japanese Seattle, the Buddhist Church a unique attempt to cross Buddhist beliefs into a recognizable American institution - the neighborhood church. Service on Sundays.
Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple
1427 South Main StOnce the very heart of Japanese Seattle, the Buddhist Church a unique attempt to cross Buddhist beliefs into a recognizable American institution - the neighborhood church. Service on Sundays.
Interesting building and landscaping. A living part of the Japanese Buddhist heritage of the Central District. Great walk-by. No visitors allowed.
Seattle Koyasan Buddhist Temple
1518 S Washington StInteresting building and landscaping. A living part of the Japanese Buddhist heritage of the Central District. Great walk-by. No visitors allowed.
Arts & Culture
Performing arts, music, films and exhibitions. See the online schedule of events. Short walking distance.
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Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
104 17th Ave SPerforming arts, music, films and exhibitions. See the online schedule of events. Short walking distance.
Hole in the walk mini theater of film buffs. Dine-in theater screening second-run films & serving beers, cocktails & comfort grub. A relaxing night out.
128 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Central Cinema
1411 21st AveHole in the walk mini theater of film buffs. Dine-in theater screening second-run films & serving beers, cocktails & comfort grub. A relaxing night out.
Pals of mine. Storefront performances with heart. Small ticket prices. Check online for schedule and prices. A Seattle non-establishment institution and a great evening out.
New City Theater
1404 18th AvePals of mine. Storefront performances with heart. Small ticket prices. Check online for schedule and prices. A Seattle non-establishment institution and a great evening out.
Coming to town for the game? It's 1 .7 miles. Walk or bus it downhill to the Stadium District. A normal 20 plus minute bus ride will get you there. Or you can walk from the house in 40 minutes.
386 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
Estadio Lumen
800 Occidental Ave SComing to town for the game? It's 1 .7 miles. Walk or bus it downhill to the Stadium District. A normal 20 plus minute bus ride will get you there. Or you can walk from the house in 40 minutes.
Coming to town for the game? It's 1 .7 miles. Walk (40 min.) or bus it (20 min.) downhill to the Stadium District.
300 Recomendado por los habitantes de la zona
T-Mobile Park
1250 1st Ave SComing to town for the game? It's 1 .7 miles. Walk (40 min.) or bus it (20 min.) downhill to the Stadium District.
Entertainment & Activities
Spruce Street Mini Park
160 21st AveChildren play and life goes on in this small park. 5 minute walk.