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Originally Posted by TheMentat
what time of year?
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Critical question. In Seattle, it's cold and rainy for about 9 months of the year. It's warm and rainy for the other 3.
If you're in Seattle for two nights:
- Craft beer: Given the weather, we PNW folk occupy ourselves by brewing. It's tough to go wrong, but if you're really nuts, try out the Tap House. There's more beer than you can sample in two nights. Alternately, take a $15 Uber north into Fremont and sample the breweries there, on site. Totes McGotes, worth the trip.
- Wine: If you prefer wine, Washington is becoming well-known for their local wines. Purple Café always generates good reviews, though I'm not enough of a connoisseur to have made it myself.
- Seafood: It's right on the water, so the seafood here is pretty darn good. Ivar's is a historic site, and they do a mean fisherman's stew. Up a block is Nijo Sushi, which I've always enjoyed. That said, most of the local places are insanely competitive, so if they have seafood on the menu, it's likely to be good.
- Coffee: You'd be remiss not to have some coffee while you're here. The original Starbucks is in Pike Place, but I prefer Storyville, right upstairs -- better atmosphere, better coffee, and Storyville is really a front company for a non-profit that's working to abolish human trafficking.
- Food Tour of Pike's Place: There's a bunch of spots in the market area that do food. Grab a sample of chowder, a tiny grilled cheese sandwich, some hard pear cider, and a Turkish delight. Can't go wrong, seriously.
- Improv: If you like improvised comedy, Unexpected Productions (Post Alley, next to the Gum Wall) is a great local non-profit.
- Jazz: Dimitriou's Jazz Alley does really first rate live jazz music over dinner. If you catch a no-name show on a weeknight, you get great live music, front row seats, and a good dinner, all at once.
- Miscellaneous: We've got everything from local theater to opera to burlesque, from ACT Theater to the Seattle Opera to The Pink Door.
Outdoor stuff: I'll just put in one small plug. One of the great draws of this area is the mountains. If you have time, figuring out how to make a day hike would almost certainly be worth the effort.
Hope that clarifies Seattle, at least.
