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Best Of Seattle 2009
Call It a Comeback
It's been a rough year, but Seattle is making a fast comeback. Light rail's running, Amazon's reaping profits, and the sun just won't stop shining. With a little help from the Seattle Mist , the city's new lingerie-football team, we've blitzed the city to find all the best Seattle has to offer—from upstarts to holdouts, amp-makers to scone-bakers, divos to high-dives. We start with the results of our readers' poll, and then continue with scores of choices from Seattle Weekly's staff of critics, experts, and home-turf defenders. The rally continues... -- Mark D. Fefer, EditorBest Of Categories
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Arts & Entertainment >>
Best venue for one-hit wonders and noodles | Best impersonation of a (formerly) northwest musician | Best way to crash a showbox performance | Best place to get wasted and play ping-pong | Best way to score free concert tickets | Best hetero meat market | Best urban muralist | Best music venue that isn't one | Best museum comeback | Best theater for seeing a concert south of town | Best independent radio station | Best little cafe that could ... More >> -
Bars & Clubs >>
Best barstool(s) from which to seek inspiration | Best chinese lounge interior | Best communal drinking patio | Best downtown happy hour to bring your dog | Best downtown rendezvous | Best late night illegal-drinking hang-out spot for high-schoolers | Best place for a private karaoke party | Best place for dinner and a dance lesson | Best place to get fought over in heels | Best pool room | Best reason to stand in a long line at midnight | Best venue chameleon ... More >> -
Food & Drink >>
Best addition to california avenue | Best carb-on-carb action since hawaii invented the loco moco | Best corner for sugar addicts | Best farmers market booth to put down stakes | Best father-son cheap-fruit finders | Best french toast | Best gluttonous brunch experience | Best local food market for captive consumers | Best mecca for the irish in march | Best new burger with a view | Best place to take a vegetarian without sacrificing your omnivorous ethics | Best reason to attend a mariners game ... More >> -
People & Places >>
Best advice from a goth | Best baker on the rise | Best bedside manner | Best hope for high-school freaks | Best ice cream man in seward park | Best local-foods blog | Best new mariner | Best radio talk show | Best reason to learn a slip-slip-knit | Best right-man-at-the-right-time | Best sweaty, man-hugging electronica impresario | Best tweeting mortgage broker ... More >> -
Shopping & Services >>
Best alternative to the straightening iron | Best place to pamper your feet | Best hair salon | Best place to shop when you're a closet yuppie | Best place to jump on the retro-chic hipster bandwagon | Best independent fashion boutique | Best new downtown kiosk | Best source for last-minute gifts | Best fashion statement that needs a comeback | Best store for discount designer jeans | Best replacement for your second car | Best well-selected sonic weirdness ... More >> -
Sports & Recreation >>
Best activity for determining if your date's a tool | Best beach volleyball | Best expansion franchise | Best neighborhood that nobody seems to think is a good neighborhood | Best new pedestrian flight path | Best place for a (bicycling) date | Best place for a scenic and virtuous workout | Best place to be a rabid soccer fan in an authentic atmosphere | Best place to psych yourself up for a job interview | Best site for a new olympic games | Best spot to pretend to fly | Best tourist attraction to satisfy your dad ... More >> -
Readers' Choice >>
Readers reveal the city's best ... More >>
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