fav local restaurant?

sarack

what is your fav local restaurants/holes in the wall? list the neighborhood/city it's in and what's so great about it.

karimychel

You're going to get more than just one from me!

Goldenbeetle - Ballard. It's amazing and tapas style, so you get to try a ton of stuff. Nice staff and a changing menu so you can try something new every time you go.

Naan & Curry - Renton. Some of the best Indian I've ever had. The owner is a trip and makes dining there fun.

 Mike's Chili Parlor - Ballard. Comfort food at it's finest. Chili with chili and a side of chili basically, but it's cheap and great. 

sarack

karimychel:

You're going to get more than just one from me!

Goldenbeetle - Ballard. It's amazing and tapas style, so you get to try a ton of stuff. Nice staff and a changing menu so you can try something new every time you go.

Naan & Curry - Renton. Some of the best Indian I've ever had. The owner is a trip and makes dining there fun.

 Mike's Chili Parlor - Ballard. Comfort food at it's finest. Chili with chili and a side of chili basically, but it's cheap and great. 

i've never had indian food. i'd love to try and this is in my neck of the woods. what would you recommend ordering?

sarack

Yummy Teriyaki- Federal Way- everything is sooo good here. the owner is so adorable and she just LOVES us. we've been going since junior high and she remembers us every time we come in! love it.

Chao Praya- Kent- best yellow curry ever.

(i obv need to branch out. )

karimychel

sarack:

karimychel:

You're going to get more than just one from me!

Goldenbeetle - Ballard. It's amazing and tapas style, so you get to try a ton of stuff. Nice staff and a changing menu so you can try something new every time you go.

Naan & Curry - Renton. Some of the best Indian I've ever had. The owner is a trip and makes dining there fun.

 Mike's Chili Parlor - Ballard. Comfort food at it's finest. Chili with chili and a side of chili basically, but it's cheap and great. 

I love chicken tikka masala or butter chicken. They let you choose how spicy you want it 1-5. He has a list of the most popular dishes with really good descriptions.

Melrose Grill and Red House Beer & Wine are in Renton and pretty good as well.  

i've never had indian food. i'd love to try and this is in my neck of the woods. what would you recommend ordering?

Ciaram22

Doc's Bar and Grill: Good Food and love the overall vibe of the restaurant.

Silver City:Great food and great locally brewed beer.

 

 

jennuinne

DH and I love:

Paseo (cuban sandwiches) in Ballard and Freemont.

Pam's Kitchen (carribean) on the Ave in U-District.

Marzano's (italian) in Parkland near PLU.

And we drive to Oly occasionally just to have brunch at Sage's.  If you're in Oly, you also have to get coffee at Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.

We also like Bangkok Garden (thai) in Federal Way. 

 

karimychel

jennuinne:

DH and I love:

Paseo (cuban sandwiches) in Ballard and Freemont.

Pam's Kitchen (carribean) on the Ave in U-District.

Marzano's (italian) in Parkland near PLU.

And we drive to Oly occasionally just to have brunch at Sage's.  If you're in Oly, you also have to get coffee at Olympia Coffee Roasting Co.

We also like Bangkok Garden (thai) in Federal Way. 

 

How in the world did I miss list Paseo! DH and I pick up sandwiches and have picnics at Golden Garden quite frequently in the summer.

uwhuskygirl

Another vote for Paseo and Naan and Curry, however, I didn't care for Red House at all.

AQUA (Formerly Waterfront Seafood Grill) on pier 70

Cap Hill:

Supreme 611

La Spiga

Monsoon (I'm really embarrassed to admit to this one bc my mom's food is just as good, but sometimes I just want Vietnamese food somewhere other than my parents house)

Kirkland:

Cafe Juanita

Downtown:

Mistral Kitchen

Fremont:

Brouwers

A few locations in Seattle and the East side: 

Tutta Bella

Renton: 

Peyrassol

Berliner

Ballard: 

Volterra

Bastille - the only thing that I don't like is that it can get loud

 

jennuinne

karimychel:

How in the world did I miss list Paseo! DH and I pick up sandwiches and have picnics at Golden Garden quite frequently in the summer.

This is heaven!  (And maybe some cupcakes on the way home).  DH and I discovered Paseo this year.  We live near Tacoma but got married at Golden Gardens.  He made me drive up to Paseo several times, just to go eat a sandwich and drive home.  : )

dreamwinds

Wallingford 

Bizzaro - the food there is just /so/ amazing. I have never had gnocchi as soft and pillowy as there. It just melts on your tongue and the clam linguine is so great (traditional, but with a twist) and their elk bolognese is fantastic.

Tilth - We are not fans of the dinner, but the brunch? Holy cow. So much love. I have never had an egg so perfect as it is done here.

 

Fremont 

Chiso - my favorite sushi restaurant ever. Hiro-san is just a wonderful sushi chef and inventive.

Kappo Tamura - my other favorite sushi place. Taichi used to own Chiso, before he sold the business in order to focus on a different style of sushi restaurant, an extension of his old Chiso Kappo.

Royal Grinders - some of the best sandwiches in Fremont. D and I used to bike down the Burke Gilman to go grab a sandwich and eat it on one of the benches that overlook the Fremont canal area right next to Adobe.

Revel - I really love the unique take on Korean-style dumplings and the fusion Korean-French food here. I actually prefer this to Joule.

 

Ballard

Portage Bay Cafe - I know there are other locations, but we go to this one the most cause it's just down the street. I always get the seasonal shrimp and grits.

 

SLU

Mistral Kitchen - They don't have their fabulous bartender anymore. They don't have their fabulous pastry chef anymore. But the food here? It's still pretty spectacular, though I will miss the D&D dice-thrown based drink.

 

Capitol Hill

Tavern Law - What is there not to love about a bar that also has a not-so-secret secret speakeasy upstairs that you either have to have the password to get in to or have an interesting voice when you call the bartender upstairs from the phone next to the locked vault door? I love it. One of these days, I want to go decked out in all 1920s style with my friends.

 

Queen Anne

Canlis - Not just for dinner, but the lounge? And the bartender? Amazing drinks, and I love drinking.

jennlin

mukilteo - diamond knot - pub

a little greek place in downtown edmonds...don't know the name of it. it's on the corner.

rainier ave - tea garden - chinese food

mukilteo - amici bistro - italian

 

picksthemusic

uwhuskygirl:

Another vote for Paseo and Naan and Curry, however, I didn't care for Red House at all.

AQUA (Formerly Waterfront Seafood Grill) on pier 70

Cap Hill:

Supreme 611

La Spiga

Monsoon (I'm really embarrassed to admit to this one bc my mom's food is just as good, but sometimes I just want Vietnamese food somewhere other than my parents house)

Kirkland:

Cafe Juanita

Downtown:

Mistral Kitchen

Fremont:

Brouwers

A few locations in Seattle and the East side: 

Tutta Bella

Renton: 

Peyrassol

Berliner

Ballard: 

Volterra

Bastille - the only thing that I don't like is that it can get loud

 

May I just say you have amazing taste in food? DH and I love a lot of those places. Maybe we should double sometime just so we can go eat at those places! 

Tygirljojo

Melrose Grill (Steakhouse) - Renton

Nicolino's (Italian) - Issaquah

Ristorante Paradiso (Italian) - Kirkland

Spiros (Greek) - Kent

Covington Teriyaki (Japanese) - Covington

Tamarind Tree (Vietnamese) - Seattle (International District)

Noodle Boat (Thai) - Issaquah

Bai Tong (Thai) - Redmond/Bellevue

Shanghai Cafe (Chinese - namely their hand shaved chow fun noodles) - Bellevue

Peking Wok (Chinese)  - Bellevue

Pine Lake Ale House (Pub) - Issaquah/Sammamish

Elysian Fields (Pub/brewery) - Seattle (the location next to Qwest)

McMenamin's (Pub/brewery) - Seattle (the location next to the Seattle Center)

Issaquah Cafe (breakfast) - Issaquah

Village Square Cafe (breakfast) - Redmond (same owners as Issaquah Cafe)

Tygirljojo

karimychel:

Naan & Curry - Renton. Some of the best Indian I've ever had. The owner is a trip and makes dining there fun.

I've heard awesome reviews about that place!

jennlin

Tygirljojo:

Shanghai Cafe (Chinese - namely their hand shaved chow fun noodles) - Bellevue

hand shaved noodles are one of my fave things in life. i'll have to check out this place.

Tygirljojo

jennlin:

Tygirljojo:

Shanghai Cafe (Chinese - namely their hand shaved chow fun noodles) - Bellevue

hand shaved noodles are one of my fave things in life. i'll have to check out this place.

I didn't even know such a thing existed until I visited this place.  You're going to have to tell me about the places you know that do it too!  Oh, and the restaurant is in the Factoria area of Bellevue, just an FYI.

jennlin

Tygirljojo:

I didn't even know such a thing existed until I visited this place.  You're going to have to tell me about the places you know that do it too!  Oh, and the restaurant is in the Factoria area of Bellevue, just an FYI.

factoria during traffic makes me want to jump in front of a train.i'll have to go on a weekend.

there's a place in kenmore (taiho) that does it..and lots of places in canada. we don't usually get it around here. 

speaking of canada, and shanghainese food...there's a place in vancouver called top shanghai. my family is *from* shanghai, and everyone says this place is better than home.

Tygirljojo

jennlin:

factoria during traffic makes me want to jump in front of a train.i'll have to go on a weekend.

there's a place in kenmore (taiho) that does it..and lots of places in canada. we don't usually get it around here. 

speaking of canada, and shanghainese food...there's a place in vancouver called top shanghai. my family is *from* shanghai, and everyone says this place is better than home.

Yumz - I'll have to check that place out if I ever hit up Canada with someone other than H.