Piroshky Piroshky Bakeryhello
made from scratch piroshkieshello
Follow your nose at Pike Place Market and you will see long lines. Hand held pies baked in an East European tradition.
Cherry Street Coffee Househello
wake up seattlehello
Family owned and operated since 1997 serving the community. Locations throughout Seattle. Great place to watch Seattle wake-up.
Sorrento Hotelhello
civilized seattlehello
Since 1909, The 76-room Sorrento brings classic accommodations to visitors to Seattle. Jewel-like architecture, warm and inviting lobby and the fabulous Dunbar Room for eating and drinking, even if not spending the night upstairs. A short stroll to the best of Seattle.
Wall of Soundshello
“lovliest music for you and yours"hello
Vast selection of new and used cds and lps. Music for the discriminating listener.
Space Needlehello
seattle landmarkhello
Built in Seattle Center for the 1962 World’s Fair, the 605 foot high landmark contains an observation deck and restaurant. The tower affords tremendous views of the downtown skyline, Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker and Elliott Bay. John Graham & Company designed this landmark.
Chophouse Rowhello
adaptive reuse architecture done righthello
Award-winning mixed use development in the Pike-Pine district combining a 1924 timber and masonry structure with a new seven-story steel and concrete building. A public alleyway contains hidden restaurants and shops that are charming, delicious and handsome.
Caffee Vitahello
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Lovely spots to enjoy coffee throughout Seattle. Roasted on-site at Capitol Hill location since 1995.
Ace Hotelhello
true original lodginghello
I am thrilled to have experienced the original Ace Hotel (in Seattle) “happy place”. This 28-room lodging facility is brilliant for countless reasons, one of which is because it is not easily categorized. Is this Ace hip hostel? design-focused? boutique? lifestyle? apartment? sharing economy? It contains aspects from “all of the above” but with unique twists and turns to make it its own.
This brilliant invention came from the late Alex Calderwood in 1999 and has remained relevant ever since. It defined a now burgeoning group of Aces, named because an ace is both “high and low” and appeals to a wide variety of travelers.
The building itself is unassuming, situated on a hill in Belltown. Not many lodging properties can boast a series of amenities and features that include a retro barber shop, Cyclops to eat and drink, waxing parlour, storefront breakfast room that doubles as guest laundry, my favorite lighting globes, guestroom keys (not key cards), no elevator service, unwrapped bars of soap (common-sense green), fine men’s haberdashery and a handful of immaculate shared (but private) WCs.
As the industry wrestles to come up with a name for the unbranded space, Ace certainly helped shape and define a sector of the industry, which I refer to as common sense ingenious.
Caffe Senso Unicohello
serious coffee downtownhello
Pleasant cafe in the heart of downtown. Delicious coffee served in civilized, comfortable modern space with limited selection of sandwiches.