Food & Fun (no dance clubs or fancy restaurants)
CAPITOL HILL (walk)
- Still Liquor (cocktails) click here
- Six Arms (pub and grub) click here
- Pine Box (local beers) click here
- John John's Game Room (cheap drinks and video games) click here
- Knee High Stocking (classy cocktails) click here
- Montana (pickle back - trust me) click here
- Summit Public House (neighborhood dive) click here
- Lookout (low key pub with a view) click here
- Bait Shop (hipster dive with good grub) click here
- Sun Liquor (local booze, and my #1 BLT) click here
- Linda's Tavern (Kurt Cobain last seen here) click here
- Fogon (great Mexican food and tequila, 9pm reverse happy hour) click here
- Capitol Cider (cider and beer - go downstairs) click here
- Sam's (chill dive with big bloodys and burgers) click here
- Unicorn (two floor dive bar) click here
- Tavern Law (cocktails) click here
- Cha Cha (punk/metal dive bar - under Bimbo's Cantina) click here
- Rock Box (karaoke w/rooms) click here
- Lost Lake (casual bar / diner) click here
- Lil' Woody's (amazing burgers near home) click here
DOWNTOWN / BELLTOWN
- Diller Room (old timey hip hotel bar) click here
- Kell's (Irish pub and music) click here
- Pike Brewery (beer and grub) click here
- Shiro's Sushi (Jiro Dreams of Sushi)
- Rob Roy (cocktails) click here
- Rendezvous (dive bar with food and music) click here
- Buckley's (sports bar) click here
- Nitelite (dive, dive, dive - cheap drinks) click here
- Shorty's (pinball bar) click here
- Lava Lounge (dive bar) click here
- Rabbit Hole (chill bar) click here
- Whiskey Bar
- Shiro's Sushi (Have you seen Jiro Dreams of Sushi?)
- Bath Tub Gin
- Big Picture Theater
- 5 Point Cafe (24/7 diner / bar) click here
SoDO / PIONEER SQUARE
- Pyramid Alehouse click here
- The Central (bar with live music) click here
- J&M Lounge (historic bar with tunes) click here
- Fuel (sports and booze) click here
- McCoys (sausage sampler and local beer) click here
- 88 Keys (dueling piano bar) click here
- Temple Billiards (pool hall) click here
- Owl & Thistle (Irish Pub) click here
- Tat's Deli
- Elysian Brewery
- Forge Lounge (good luck finding it - look up!) click here
- Diller Room (hipster dive) click here
QUEEN ANNE
- Toulouse Petite (brunch)
- Ozzie's (sports, pool, karaoke) click here
- Streamline (classic dive) click here
- Buckley's (sports bar) click here
- Hula Hula (karaoke) click here
- Bandit's (dive heaven) click here
- Mecca (dive and diner) click here
- Dick's (burgers) click here
- Peso's Kitchen & Lounge (good food, great drinks) click here
- The Great Nabob (pub) click here
- 5 Points Cafe (dive & cafe) click here
WEST SEATTLE
- Easy Street Records & Cafe (breakfast) click here
- The Beer Junction (beer flights) click here
- Alki Beach
- Husky
UNIVERSITY DISTRICT
- The Kraken Bar & Lounge (dive) click here
- Thai Tom's
FREMONT
- Norm's Ale House (dog friendly bar) click here
- The Ballroom (pool and nice heated patio) click here
- High Dive (dive, live tunes)
- LTD (sports)
- 9 Million in Unmarked Bills (food, drinks)
- The Dubliner (irish pub) click here
- Add-A-Ball (pinball & 80's video games)
- Paseo (cuban sandwich) click here
THRIFTY SEATTLE
- Harbor City (potstickers $2.50)
- Freeway Park (free)
- MOD Pizza (pizza with unlimited toppings $7)
- Pike Market (free)
- Nitelite Lounge (cash only dive bar)
- Seattle Art Museum (free first thrsdays)
- Airbnb.com (rent a local room for under $50 per night)
- Delinomore (breakfast or lunch for about $5)
- Rainier Beer (most bars sell 16oz Rainiers for under $3)
- Olympic Structure Park (free)
- Lots of independant thrift stores nearby
- John John's Game Room (cheap booze & free video games on Sunday)
- Light Rail from downtown to airport $3 (10 stops)
- All Downtown Buses are free from 6am-7pm
- Museum of Flight (free first thursdays)
- 30 minute ferry ride to Bainbridge Island ($7 round trip)
- The Seattle Central Library (free & impressive)
- Center for Wooden Boats (free rides on Sundays)
- Dasio ($1.50 Japanese products)
- Marination Station (just order the $2.50 Spam Slider)
MY CITY WIDE FAVES
- Toulouse Petit (brunch or happy hour) click here
- Hula Hula (karaoke with attitude) click here
- Pike Market (fish, veggies, flowers) click here
- Unicorn (hip dive bar) click here
- Von Trapp's (german biers and sausages) click here
- Cha Cha (punk/metal dive) click here
- Temple Billiards (pool and sports) click here
- Canon (whiskey cocktails) click here
- MOD ($7 DIY pizza) click here
- Fogon (mexican) click here
- Fuel (sports pub near stadium) click here
- Sam's (pub grub and bloody marys) click here
- Rob Roy (cocktails) click here
- Serious Pie (pizza) click here
- John John's Game Room (cheap drinks and video games) click here
- Linda's (dive with big patio) click here
- Taylor Shellfish Farms (oysters) click here
- The Knee High Stocking (speakeasy cocktails) click here
- La Cocina Oaxaquena (best chips and guacamole ever) click here
- Montana (pickle backs) click here
- Garage (bowling and billiards) click here
- 8oz Burger Bar (burgers and beers) click here
- Ivar's (fried clams, chowder) click here
- Mike's Chili Parlor (WOW) click here