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Dec. 17, 2007 Where to dine on Christmas Day
After weeks of frantic shopping, hours of gift-wrapping and several trips to the airport to pick up family members, you owe it to yourself to enjoy the best kind of Christmas Day meal: One that you don't have to make yourself. Just relax and let these fine establishments do the cooking.
13 Coins
(Downtown)
The 13 Coins' huge 24-hour menu is a wonder to behold, including as it does everything from sandwiches and French onion soup to old-school steak dishes, pasta galore and serious seafood ($50 Australian rock lobster dinner, anyone?).
Andaluca
(Downtown)
This is an intimate and romantic spot to enjoy dishes with a Mediterranean and Northwest flair. Try one of the celebrated classic martinis to start, either here or at the sister bar, Oliver's.
Barking Frog
(Woodinville)
The patio area of this Woodinville eatery is lush and beautiful -- the very essence of wine country.
BOKA Kitchen + Bar
(Downtown)
BOKA Kitchen + Bar in downtown Seattle offers such thrilling eclectic/American dishes as Dungeness crab cupcakes, veal cheeks with sea urchin, hamachi ceviche and slow-roasted salmon.
Bombay Grill
(Ravenna/Roosevelt)
The food at Bombay Grill in the University District can be wonderful, from the usual suspects - tandooris, curries, vegetarian dishes, the daily lunch buffet - to the uncommonly interesting list of seafood. Standouts include the seafood curry and tandoori trout.
Brasserie Margaux
(Downtown)
The lunch specials here are the penny-pinching Francophile foodie's best friend, and the dinners are scrumptious as well.
Earth & Ocean
(Downtown)
Seattle's current crop of "it" ingredients are well represented (foie gras, carnaroli rice, blood oranges), as is local geography (Dungeness crab, Penn Cove mussels, Samish Bay gouda).
Fish Club
(Downtown)
This hotel restaurant and bar has much to recommend it: its creative, seafood-centric menu with intriguing "small bites," gorgeous salads and spit-roasted specialties that take advantage of the freshest seafood available.
Masala of India Cuisine
(North Seattle)
This Northgate mainstay serves up Indian entrees based on hundred-year-old recipes. They take particular pride in their Tandoori dishes, and they've got a nice-sized selection of vegetarian plates.
Sazerac
(Downtown)
Like its namesake cocktail, Chef Jan Birnbaum’s little corner of New Orleans in the Hotel Monaco is a potent mixture of “serious fun and damn good food.” It offers a seriously good brunch, too.
Six Seven
(Downtown)
You'll like Six Seven's deliciously varied brunch menu, and love its terrific waterfront location.
Waters Lakeside Bistro
(Kirkland)
The Woodmark Hotel's casual bistro couldn't be closer to Lake Washington if it were floating in it. The kitchen serves up seafood dishes informed with a Northwestern sensibility, and they seem to be pretty darn good at it.
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