Amy’s guidebook
Food scene
Our favorite. Excellent breakfast/lunch cafe with fresh pastries, excellent coffee and always art on the wall! It is an entirely vegetarian cafe with plenty of vegan meals and pastries as well.
37 locals recommend
Redwing Cafe
9272 57th Ave SOur favorite. Excellent breakfast/lunch cafe with fresh pastries, excellent coffee and always art on the wall! It is an entirely vegetarian cafe with plenty of vegan meals and pastries as well.
The establishment our family has eaten at the longest. Best tofu scramble around. Also, old school breakfast cafe with things like bacon and eggs...for those who still eat that sort of thing. 5-7 minute drive from the studio.
64 locals recommend
Both Ways Cafe
4922 S Genesee StThe establishment our family has eaten at the longest. Best tofu scramble around. Also, old school breakfast cafe with things like bacon and eggs...for those who still eat that sort of thing. 5-7 minute drive from the studio.
Jude's Old Town
9252 57th Ave SLocal nighttime bar with good food and drinks.
Excellent food and drinks, great atmosphere and otherwise a very good taste of Seattle's Columbia City residents. Top recommendation.
86 locals recommend
Island Soul Rum Bar & Soul Shack
4869 Rainier Ave SExcellent food and drinks, great atmosphere and otherwise a very good taste of Seattle's Columbia City residents. Top recommendation.
Lottie's Lounge
4900 Rainier Ave SOne of the oldest bars and eateries in Columbia City.
From the ones who brought us the Marination Station...Hawaii folks bringing their skills to Seattle.
89 locals recommend
Super Six
3714 S Hudson StFrom the ones who brought us the Marination Station...Hawaii folks bringing their skills to Seattle.
Yum. Chicken and Waffles and more. For those who don't mind a bit of cholesterol.
10 locals recommend
Drae's Lake Route Eatery
9261 57th Ave SYum. Chicken and Waffles and more. For those who don't mind a bit of cholesterol.
Sports on a million screens. It's silly how much time my sports loving family spends in this Columbia City establishment.
53 locals recommend
Rookies Sports Bar & Grill
3820 S Ferdinand StSports on a million screens. It's silly how much time my sports loving family spends in this Columbia City establishment.
Most likely Seattle's most popular breakfast joint. And for good reason.
192 locals recommend
Geraldine's Counter Restaurant
4872 Rainier Ave SMost likely Seattle's most popular breakfast joint. And for good reason.
Pizzutos
5032 Wilson Ave SItalian food like every neighborhood should be so lucky to have.
Taproot Cafe & Bar
4908 Rainier Ave Soh the smoothies
Cafe Red
7148 Martin Luther King Jr Way SChuck's Hop Shop Seward Park
5041 Wilson Avenue SouthCaffe Vita
5028 Wilson Ave SJapanese garden
Kubota Garden
9817 55th Ave SSeattle Japanese Garden
1075 Lake Washington Blvd ERecreational Marijuana
21 +
Close to the studio. North on Seward Park Ave S. and left on Othello.
6 locals recommend
Seattle Cannabis Co. - Recreational Marijuana Dispensary
7266 Rainier Ave SClose to the studio. North on Seward Park Ave S. and left on Othello.
Beach and wetlands
Pritchard Beach is just down the road from the studio. There's a wetland park as well to the south. Good birding for those with that skill. And if you happen to be at the studio around father's day Pritchard Beach offers a one-of-a-kind slip-n-slide spectacle...once a year.
16 locals recommend
Pritchard Island Beach
8400 55th Ave SPritchard Beach is just down the road from the studio. There's a wetland park as well to the south. Good birding for those with that skill. And if you happen to be at the studio around father's day Pritchard Beach offers a one-of-a-kind slip-n-slide spectacle...once a year.
Rainier Beach Urban Farm and Wetlands
5513 S Cloverdale StWalking/running/everything park
Seward Park is one of Seattle's gems. A 2.5 mile walk around the perimeter gives the walker/runner a view of Seattle, Mercer Island and Mt Rainier. There's a great beach, a large kids play area, a pottery studio, a Nature Conservancy office and many hidden, fun paths to be explored up and through the inside of the Park. Several times a year there are 5k and 10k runs.
477 locals recommend
Seward Park
5900 Lake Washington Blvd SSeward Park is one of Seattle's gems. A 2.5 mile walk around the perimeter gives the walker/runner a view of Seattle, Mercer Island and Mt Rainier. There's a great beach, a large kids play area, a pottery studio, a Nature Conservancy office and many hidden, fun paths to be explored up and through the inside of the Park. Several times a year there are 5k and 10k runs.
Neighborhoods
Columbia City
A place to find shopping, food and fun.
You are here, and we have this amazing notoriety.
The 98118. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seattles-rainier-valley-one-of-americas-dynamic-neighborhoods/
Rainier Valley
You are here, and we have this amazing notoriety.
The 98118. https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seattles-rainier-valley-one-of-americas-dynamic-neighborhoods/
Shopping Used/Consignment/new
Gather
4863 Rainier Ave SExcellently curated women's consignment store.
Eileen Fisher
4860 Rainier Ave SWink Eyewear
4854 Rainier Ave SPhase Two Interiors
3808 S Edmunds St