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I'm finally going to Seattle! Suggestions of cool places?

RacingpaperplanesRacingpaperplanes Posts: 95
edited January 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Is there something besides the obvious tourist places you guys would recommend? Cool bars and hangouts, art places, anything you can think of. I'm going there this easter.

Thanx :mrgreen:
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  • morellomorello Posts: 6,212
    edited January 2011
    I expect it'll be a long, long time before I make it to Seattle but snagging this so I can dream. ;)
    Cheers.
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  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
    hike up Tiger Mountain on a weekend and check out the paragliders 20 min. east of Seattle, the trail is 3 Mi. roundtrip.

    http://www.tigermountainparagliding.com/Photos.html

    Go to El Chupacabra for non-tourist Seattle food/bar/environment. they have free pool and a nice selection on their jukebox.

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/el-chupacabra-seattle

    Go add to the gum wall in pike place : it's semi-touristy but off-the-cuff and worth seeing and contributing to

    http://www.yelp.com/biz/pike-place-market-gum-wall-seattle
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  • RacingpaperplanesRacingpaperplanes Posts: 95
    Nice! Keep 'em coming! ;) Thank you.
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  • MookieBfan01MookieBfan01 Posts: 15
    Check out these eateries:

    ITALIAN: How To Cook A Wolf
    JAPANESE/SUSHI: Shiki Japanese Restaurant
    GREEK: Panos Greek Taverna Kleftiko
    THAI: Tup Tim Thai
    BURGERS: Stell's Burgers
    MEXICAN: Pesos
    They are all very good (my opinion) especially Pesos for breakfast.
  • mookeywrenchmookeywrench Posts: 5,870
    Pasta Freska - Unique eating experience...there's no menu, you go in and have a quick interview with the house chef about your likes and dislikes and he prepares a six course meal for you, for about 20-25 bucks.

    From the Seattle Times:

    Pasta Freska

    1515 Westlake Ave. N., Seattle; 206-283-1515; www.pastafreska.com

    Hours: lunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, dinner 5-9 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 5-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.

    Multicourse prix-fixe menus? Forget $85 five-coursers and let me tell you about the $21.95 six-course dinner I ate at this funky little triangular restaurant off Lake Union. Late last month, I put myself in the loving hands of owner/chef Mike Horri, who invited this stranger into his humble, candlelit abode, took a survey of my likes and dislikes ("I hate beef liver," I admitted), and spent the rest of my stay doing what he does best: surprising his guests.

    There's no set dinner menu. He decides, making substitutions for those who don't eat meat or seafood. "Wine?" he asked. "Yes," I answered. And away we went — me and everybody else in the place that busy night.

    I began with a slender slice of silky eggplant, barely recognizable as such. And a salad served with warm garlic bread. Next, penne, cooked al dente, with spicy Italian sausage. (Horri, born in Iran, has Southern Italian blood in his veins.)

    Chicken Marsala arrived as a tenderly rolled breast, its mushroom sauce sweet, but not overly so. King salmon was gently cooked, followed by oversized prawns sautéed with garlic, onion and tomatoes. Add two glasses of Italian grape (he's got more than 100 labels on hand, all half-price on Tuesday nights) and a dessert trio ($5.50), and I was out of the door, smiling and sated.

    You bet I went back for lunch, helping myself to the $7.95 all-you-can-eat mini-

    buffet (salad, spaghetti and meatballs, decent pizza, eggplant!) while trenchermen sat nearby downing ginormous grinders ($5.50-$6.95).
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Starbucks
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  • Nothingman54Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    81 wrote:
    Starbucks


    Beat me to it.
    I'll be back
  • Nothingman54Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    I won a trip there 11 years ago. Best time of my life.
    I'll be back
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  • RacingpaperplanesRacingpaperplanes Posts: 95
    81 wrote:
    Starbucks
    Ha ha! yeah I'm quite sure we'll end up there too ;)

    Any one know a cheap hotel, but still in the city? I'll look around of course but if you had anything special you know is good...

    Thanx again for your suggestions!

    /r
    Houston Tx@The Vatican 1991, Stockholm@Moderna Museet 1992, Stockholm@Sjöhistoriska 1995, Warzawa@Torwar 1996, Stockholm@Sjöhistoriska 2000, Oslo@Spectrum 2000, Berlin@Wuhlheide 2009, Stockholm@Globen 2012, Oslo@Spectrum 2012, Copenhagen@Forum 2012, Amsterdam x2 2014, Berlin 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014 (Strangest Tribe!), London 2018, Berlin 2018, Seattle 1+2 2018.... 
  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    the pink door in post alley ..good times
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    Racingpaperplanes wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Starbucks
    Ha ha! yeah I'm quite sure we'll end up there too ;)

    Any one know a cheap hotel, but still in the city? I'll look around of course but if you had anything special you know is good...

    Thanx again for your suggestions!

    /r
    Iwe always use priceline name your own price.
    81 is now off the air

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  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    Racingpaperplanes wrote:
    81 wrote:
    Starbucks
    Ha ha! yeah I'm quite sure we'll end up there too ;)

    Any one know a cheap hotel, but still in the city? I'll look around of course but if you had anything special you know is good...

    Thanx again for your suggestions!

    /r


    best western by the needle is very reasonable and right by EMP and the needle (obviously)
    nothing special but good enough
    the tram that goes downtown is 2 blocks away
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    making transfers at the seattle airport can be a bit of a challenge the first time thru. you shouldn't have to worry about that tho. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • RacingpaperplanesRacingpaperplanes Posts: 95
    Cool. I'll be staying at a hostel on 6th avenue. Seems pretty good. My friend is setting up some shows for me so if you're in town come check me out :) I used to have a band called racingpaperplanes but now I'm solo. myspace.com/richardwilsonmusic

    Yeah I know myspace sucks...

    /r
    Houston Tx@The Vatican 1991, Stockholm@Moderna Museet 1992, Stockholm@Sjöhistoriska 1995, Warzawa@Torwar 1996, Stockholm@Sjöhistoriska 2000, Oslo@Spectrum 2000, Berlin@Wuhlheide 2009, Stockholm@Globen 2012, Oslo@Spectrum 2012, Copenhagen@Forum 2012, Amsterdam x2 2014, Berlin 2014, Stockholm 2014, Oslo 2014 (Strangest Tribe!), London 2018, Berlin 2018, Seattle 1+2 2018.... 
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