Bastille Cafe and Bar
With its French subway tile and vintage fixtures, Bastille delivers a lively shot of Paris to Ballard Ave. Few restaurants have mastered ambience like this one—from the speakeasylike Back Bar...
View ArticleCafe Presse
It's the most come-as-you-are French cafe in town, suffused with a casual dailiness that makes it dangerously easy to become a regular. And by the looks of it, half the students at the neighboring...
View ArticleKing's Hardware
Some joints stay new forever; some are old souls from the moment they blow the foam off the inaugural pint. That's King's Hardware—formerly a hardware store—which has Ballard Avenue to thank for its...
View ArticleVenik Lounge
One thin slice of Seattle’s emerging worldly elan can be found along the 200 block of Ninth Ave North in the South Lake Union district. There, across from the ornamental ironworks and next door to the...
View ArticleLottie's Lounge
Flashmail from the ongoing revival of Columbia City: It's Tuesday night at Lottie's Lounge, the coffeehouse that grew up to be a smokin' little nightclub, and an avant-garde keyboardist is jamming away...
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