# Seattle Restaurant **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648 "2003-11-06T01:58:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Interrobang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/interrobang/32/17463_2.png) [@Interrobang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Interrobang)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/21 "2003-11-07T23:34:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Binarydrone \*Generally speaking, the food seems more like lowish end comfort food rather than something that I would suggest for a special treat. That’s a good point. I’d call it mid-range comfort food, myself, but it’s not particularly swank. (Jitterbug might qualify, though.) **herownself** , are you thinking of the Bungalow? I’ve never been, and I think it may be closed now, but I always heard good things. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/22 "2003-11-08T00:07:37Z")
Redhook Brewery, any night they have live music. Also, the Byzantion (or is it the Olympian?) on Capital Hill. The food is okay Greek; the big draw is their amazing wall murals that reproduce the storybook illustrations of [Ivan Bilibin](http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/bilibin.htm) . I haven’t lived in Seattle in over ten years, so both of these places might have disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/23 "2003-11-08T00:26:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Krokodil \* > \*\*Also, the Byzantion (or is it the Olympian?) on Capital Hill. The food is okay Greek; the big draw is their amazing wall murals that reproduce the storybook illustrations of [Ivan Bilibin](http://www.bpib.com/illustrat/bilibin.htm) . > > I haven’t lived in Seattle in over ten years, so both of these places might have disappeared. \*\* The Byzantion has moved to a new location a block and a half away. A different Greek restaurant, the Bacchus, took over their old location. The murals are still intact. Re food, both are fine; the Bacchus has better atmosphere. ---
**Author:** ![herownself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8baadc/32.png) [@herownself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/herownself)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/24 "2003-11-08T01:04:57Z")
I think the Bungalow is it, I’m really not sure if it’s still there. My favorite slogan about the restaurant at the space needle (seen on a t shirt worn by a former employee of that fine establishment): **The Space Needle Restaurant: Because Rats Can’t Fly** That just kills me every time I think of it. No, I have never eaten there. ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/25 "2003-11-08T07:27:17Z")
Lots of good suggestions here so far… Wild Ginger definitely tops my list. But I find myself surprised to note that I’m the first to mention… [Buca di Beppo](http://www.bucadibeppo.com/loc_details.asp?ID=4701) - One of the most unique Seattle restaurants I know of, and the food’s always good. Sit at the Pope’s table, if you can swing it somehow. [The Melting Pot](http://www.meltingpotnw.com/) - Yum, fondue. Lots of options for all sorts of different tastes (including veggies), and the dessert is worth going for all by itself. Bits of cheesecake dipped in steaming-hot chocolate. Ooohhh… [Luigi’s Grotto](http://www.lostinseattle.com/LIS/restaurant/luigisgrotto.html) - A tiny underground Italian place (the real stuff); excellent food and a pretty relaxed atmosphere. Hope that helps… ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648/26 "2003-11-08T08:22:46Z")
I’ll second **Carmelita** , which I love. If you go to **Two Dagos from Texas** (and hey, why not?) for dinner, do not eat breakfast or lunch. Or breakfast the next day. And bring Altoids: all that wonderful garlic! Mmmm… Some of my favorites… Italian: **Cafe Lago** ; **La Fontana** (along with Carmelita, these are where Mrs. Thorp and I go for special occasions) Mexican: **Galerias on Broadway** Greek: **Bacchus** (cozy little cave across from the Harvard Exit movie theatre and next to the even cozier espresso joint **Joe Bar** ); **El Greco** on Broadway is a bit more stylish and tapas-y Indian: **Chutney’s** on 15th & Mercer, Capitol Hill; even better is a place on Market Street in Ballard whose name I can’t remember Thai: too many to mention (if you’re shooting blind, try any of the ones in Fremont), but my favorite super-cheap no-ambiance hole in the wall is **Mae Phim** , downtown on 1st and Columbia Pizza: Don’t bother. You live on the east coast, where the pizza is worlds better. The Florentine pizza at Cafe Lago is nice, though. Actually, a fun pizza place with decent food is **Madame K’s** , in Ballard. The “brothel” theme is entertaining, in a local-color kind of way. Pub food: Surprisingly good pub grub and beer brewed on premises at the **Elysian**. I’m a vegetarian, so I can’t speak with any authority about seafood, but many people say Seattle is the place to eat salmon, or at least go to Ivar’s for clams. Happy eating! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seattle-restaurant/211648.md?page=1)