You did Seattle very well, sir.
Probably my favorite meal. Wife got the sea bass and I got the rockfish. Would definitely go back.
Fifth time in Seattle, and I've walked past this a dozen times before but never went because it seemed a bit chainy. But it was good enough for Anthony Bourdain, so why not? It turned out to be the perfect lunch on a long hike from Pike Place all the way to Upper Queen Anne. Had a fantastic Bloody Mary and the smoked oyster dip to start. My main was what might sound like a boring Louie salad, but I added dungeness crab and it was awesome.
I don't drink as much beer as I did 10 years or so ago. But when I'm in Seattle, I consume a lot of the local stuff, which is so, so good.
We left a lot on the table with only 3.5 days in town. The wife definitely wants to go back and take the ferry to Bainbridge, and we'll spend more time in Freemont, and try to make it to Ballard and Capitol Hill. And we'll probably stay somewhere north of Belltown. The location was excellent, and our apartment and block were fine, but venturing out south to walk to Pike Place or the coffee shops in the morning, there were a lot of homeless, more so than I've seen in any other trip. We felt safe for the most part and they are usually quiet and leave others alone. But we literally saw a couple shooting up in a parking lot right off a busy sidewalk.