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April 12, 2011 at 11:40 pm #598600
ElizagraceParticipantI would like some suggestions of the best place to grab a bite in WS, also the best cocktail/drink. It doesn’t have to be the same place, just looking for some new suggestions to keep it local.
Cheers.
April 13, 2011 at 1:37 am #722378
CurtissimoMembersadly no good restaurants in West Seattle.
April 13, 2011 at 3:12 am #722379
JanSParticipantgeez, curtissimo, have you been to them all?
Cocktails…try the Feedback…
Restaurant? Ephesus for kebabs, Avalon West Seattle (new on Avalon), has yummy food, and a nice bar. Steak? Jak’s. Breakfasts? Meander’s on Calif. Ave. SW near Graham. Burgers? Elliot Bay Brew Pub, Highstrike Grill at West Seattle Bowl, Zippy’s, soon to be in White Center from Highland Park.
Don’t listen to Curtissimo…he’s in a foul mood today :D
April 13, 2011 at 3:21 am #722380
CurtissimoMemberI agree about Zippys at least and didn’t know they were moving! Seems dumb since the ghetto mart next door shut down they should have knocked out the wall and finally added some seating… maybe then they could splurge for a CC machine so people could actually go there more regularly!!!
April 13, 2011 at 3:24 am #722381
Genesee HillParticipantI recommend Curtissimo’s Restaurant. The food is lousy, the wait staff pathetic, and the owner a troll.
April 13, 2011 at 3:31 am #722382
CurtissimoMemberOooh! I moved to West Seattle from North Seattle about 5 years ago and have been quite dispappointed at the quality of eats, shopping, etc. That is all I am saying. Tell me to move but it doesn’t disprove my thesis. West Seattle is a ramshackle hillbilly enclave in an otherwise sophisticated city. The saving grace is White Center Mexican food.
April 13, 2011 at 3:42 am #722383
johnnyblegsMemberI just tuned in here after having another awesome take-out from Buddah Ruska (crack chicken anyone?)and can’t really believe this Curtissimo fellow. Ramshackle hillbilly enclave??? No quality food? I want names because I believe you’re just trolling around and don’t know anything.
April 13, 2011 at 3:43 am #722384
Genesee HillParticipantNah. The saving grace is you moved out of North Seattle. Now, just keep movin’.
April 13, 2011 at 3:50 am #722385
CurtissimoMembergenesse hill you are very immature. how old are you? don’t answer, but really if you are over 30 your parents really failed you.
johnny blegs- where is buddah ruska and what kind of food? i will give it a try.
April 13, 2011 at 3:50 am #722386
dawsonctParticipantSo, once living in North Seattle qualifies you as a social and restaurant critic?
Yawn, sure, whatever.
West Seattle MAY NOT have the SINGLE best example of any one type of cuisine Eliza (Spring Hill is really very good, though troll probably has some truly insightful criticism of it), but it DOES have a significant number of very good restaurants at generally better prices than much of the rest of the city.
That, and the fact that Downtown, the ID, the CD, South Park, White Center, and Burien are all close and easy to get to and all have a bunch of very exciting and very authentic restaurants representing a wide variety of ethnic cuisines at all price points.
As someone who actually gets payed to cook, and has lived all over Seattle (including N. Seattle, from Ballard to Lake City and EVERY place in between), the country, and the world, I can assure you that you will be able to find a lot of very satisfying dining options living over here in W. Seattle.
We also have, hands down, the best French bakery for many hundreds of miles around in Bakery Nouveau.
April 13, 2011 at 3:51 am #722387
dawsonctParticipantQuite the expert curtis. Does your knowledge of W. Seattle restaurants start and end at Taco Time?
April 13, 2011 at 4:02 am #722388
redblackParticipantcurtis: so you poked your head out 5 years ago, saw your shadow, and ducked back in, never to be seen in public again.
seriously?
a lot has happened here in 5 years, and 80 – 90 % + has been positive. (table 35 notwithstanding.) i should know. that’s how long ago i moved here from queen anne.
furthermore, i was just in ballard over the weekend, and i will match them restaurant-for-restaurant.
forget buddha ruksa for now. start with “pub food” at the bridge.
(that goes for eliza, too. they have good food and creative cocktails.)
April 13, 2011 at 4:36 am #722389
datamuseParticipantEphesus is my favorite restaurant in the entire city, bar none. Mashiko is a close second. I haven’t had better sushi anywhere in town.
I’ve never been too terribly impressed with Buddha Ruksa, admittedly; they aren’t terrible, but I go to Kaosamai Thai in Fremont when I want Thai food.
Curtissimo, I gotta ask where in North Seattle you were living, because I’ve never been that thrilled with the restaurants up that way. What have I missed?
April 13, 2011 at 4:41 am #722390
angelescrestParticipantWe liked Chupacabra tonight…I think I’d love it for a Margarita and chips and dip on some blustery evening. It has a cave feeling and a great view. My everything burrito filled that burrito craving–though as good as a SF burrito? Well…
April 13, 2011 at 6:16 am #722391
JanSParticipantI suppose I equate the North End with Shoreline, Edmonds,Northgate. etc. and I can guarantee you, the restaurants in W.Seattle are far better than whatever you might find in the strip malls up that way.
Curtissimo needs a good night’s sleep, and a shot of good humor.
April 13, 2011 at 7:27 am #722392
crackedmachineMemberThe north end actually has some great food, and I drive up there from West Seattle whenever I have the craving and enough time. It’s definitely the place to go for Korean food, and El Camion on Aurora bests any of the Mexican food in White Center (but maybe not Burien) by a wide margin.
That said, West Seattle also has some excellent places. Mashiko is absolutely amazing for sushi. Nothing that I have had elsewhere in the city compares. It’s my favorite place for a night out in West Seattle. Buddha Ruksa is great for Thai food. Bakery Nouveau is a good choice for a pastry or a unique slice of pizza. Blackboard Bistro is offering some interesting and tasty dishes. Pretty much everyone knows that the burgers at Zippy’s rule.
The one thing I have not found in West Seattle is a great cocktail.
April 13, 2011 at 1:59 pm #722393
lucky chickMemberCocktails – 5 West and Cactus (also good for food). Kamei gets my vote for sushi!
April 13, 2011 at 4:49 pm #722394
squareeyesParticipantFeedback is on top for inventive and quality cocktails.
Blackboard Bistro and Fresh have the best eclectic menus. Others above have already covered the best ethnic food. I second (or third) Ephesus for lamb kebabs – nobody does them better.
April 13, 2011 at 5:49 pm #722395
dawsonctParticipantAgreed Cracked, no Korean food in W. Seattle that I’m aware of.
Not a big fan of El Camion though. The only one I’ve been to was the Sodo location and they were extraordinarily slow, considering there were three people in the truck, and I was their only customer. A torta shouldn’t take 15 minutes to make, but somehow they managed to take that long. And then? Mediocre.
I usually go for the Salvadorean food in Burien. You should try El Trapiche on S.W. 153rd, just off 1st Ave. Best pupusas I’VE ever had, but I’m a gringo, so what do I know?
April 13, 2011 at 6:36 pm #722396
The Velvet BulldogParticipantThis is an ongoing discussion on the blog. You’ll find other options in the following discussions. Some of these restaurants may now be closed, but there seems to be less of the annoying negative commentary:
https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/what-is-the-best-restaurant-in-west-seattle
https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/best-places-to-eatdrink-with-your-dog
https://westseattleblog.com/forum/topic/best-hamburger-is-west-seattle
April 13, 2011 at 9:29 pm #722397
HamiltonsBrainMemberTry Beveridge Place you can bring in any food you want and they have all sorts of good brew on tap and good wine as well :D. You can bring your dog.
April 14, 2011 at 5:25 am #722398
CurtissimoMemberOK great comments all I will try each of these five places before commenting again: the Bridge, Buddha Ruska, Ephesus, Mashiko, Bakery Nouveau.
As for North Seattle eats, I lived between
Green Lake and the U-District while in college and every day had my pick of falafel (cedar’s on 43rd) pizza (pagliacci and not the crappy one on California Ave), greek food (fremont or crown hill), korean, sushi, china town was closer by, the list goes on and on.
I’ve had quite disappointing pizza at giononi’s, pegasus, & the place in south park. + the pagliacci on California can’t seem to do anything right. It’s like it is being run by some degenerates from Vashon who would rather be growing peaches; it isn’t even the same pizza as the other outlets.
As for Mexican food I always get a laugh at the California transplants who think they know what real Mexican food is. I’ve lived in Mexico and they don’t know much in SFO about Mexican food.
April 14, 2011 at 5:41 am #722399
angelescrestParticipantYou do pisseth me off, really curt (as in rude) dude!
Of course a burrito from SF(0) ain’t the real Mexican thing, ’cause a friggin’ burrito ain’t Mexican food. Jeez…good ole Tex-Mex, and San Francisco’s burritos rock in that heavy, hearty pile-it-on, yummy way.
April 14, 2011 at 5:57 pm #722400
dawsonctParticipantSo, let me get this straight Curtis, you came on here to comment on the dearth of dining options in W. Seattle, yet you seem COMPLETELY unaware of the food that’s available over here.
Sounds like you’re a real pizza expert; don’t believe that qualifies you as a restaurant critic, and definitely does NOT qualify you in any way to come onto this thread and state, as you did in your first post:
“sadly no good restaurants in West Seattle.”
And your sense of geography sucks, too. Chinatown/ID is WAY closer, and easier to get to, from W. Seattle than it is from the U. Dist.
April 14, 2011 at 6:06 pm #722401
roddy3Participantcrackedmachine, the best cocktails I’ve had in WS are at Fresh Bistro. Strong, tasty and imaginative!
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