Steve S.

BEST Barbecue Smokin' Pete's BBQ

serious about BBQ? check out Pete's

BEST Breakfast Portage Bay Cafe

BEST Burger Bad Albert's Tap & Grill

pretty damn good for a chain resturant.

BEST Burrito Chipotle Mexican Grill

The freshest, local ingredients, and u really get a lot for your $$, plus the employees are fast!

BEST Crepes Anita's Crepes

Simply amazing food! and the staff was very thoughful when they brought out a small fruit dish for our 14 m/o daughter. 5 Stars!

BEST Food Truck Skillet Street Food

they really know how to BBQ

BEST Greasy Spoon Country Cousin

its almost worth the 2 hour trip from Lynnwood, but we hit it every time we go down the I-5 corrador

BEST Healthy Lunch Honey Bear Bakery

i absolutly love this place, the indoor play area for the kids is a plus too. they could be the best lunch and brunch place, also.

BEST Hot Dog Costco

You can't dissagree, for the $$ you can't beat'em & with a business motto like there's why would you want to.

BEST Pizza Lombardos Pizzeria

Best pizza in all washington, hands down! my wife & I agree, and shes picky.

BEST Sandwich Shop Yeh Yeh's Vietnamese Sandwiches

you can't beat the grilled pork sandwich for the price, even if you go all the way down to the ID, just as good as paso's but half the $$ & these guys always have bread.

BEST Teriyaki King's Teriyaki

i've probably gone to nearly 3 dozen in washington, and they're awesome, and cheaper than most!

BEST Asian Fusion Kona Kitchen

i'ts really Hawiian but, they do have great asian items on the menu, i ned to back soon.

BEST Brunch Salty's Seafood Grills

it's expensive but worth it if your hungry. also they don't do free champiagn likee the one in Portland, OR.

BEST Chinese Szechaun 99

best chinese, for your $$, the place doesn't seem like it from the shape of the dining room but trust me, it's good. They go a bit heavy on the noodles in the chow mien.

BEST Fine Dining Ponti Seafood Grill

excellent food, great views of the canal, and thery have great happy hour daily.

BEST Mexican La Carta de Oaxaca

Amazing traditional mexican, with some delighful twists and reasonable prices for ballard.

BEST New American Quinn's

everything i had here was amazing. i went for my birthday and he had 11 people at the large table upstairs & we all tried each others food and there wasn't a simple thing i didn't like, little on the expensive side though,

BEST New Restaurant Almquist Family Cellars

sooo, good, very expensive though.

BEST Thai Thai Amorn

OMG! they're curry's are awesome not mention everything else onthe menu and if it's in season get the thia mango sticky rice! Unfortunatly they close down every summer for 2-3 months to go back to Thailand, to find new flavors, but return mid september.

BEST Vietnamese Tamarind Tree

hands down the best! every time we have visitor from out of town and want to dazzel them with Vietnamese food, we take them all the way down to the ID, to show them seattle does it right, and we live in Lynnwood. Also the most dishes are under $10, for fine dinning its truely a great deal.

BEST Beer Selection Duck Island Alehouse

Always new beers on tap, and friendly bartender, plus you can order off the Beth's menu and they will bring it over to the duck for you! the tots rock!

BEST Arts and Crafts Pacific Fabrics and Crafts

They have an amazing staff, & recently hired a new manager that is awesome at giving creative ideas, and really knows her yarn, not to mention everything else in the store. It feels like a new store!

BEST Ice Cream Shop Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream

we're tring to get them for our wedding.

BEST Biggest Public Eyesore Former Ballard Denny's Location

yup, gotta say, its pretty terrible. shoulda left it there, it they were ready to do something with it. it was the first denny's ever. also the sunset bowl acrossed 15th is bad also.

BEST Man of the Year Dan Savage

We need more people like him!