Guidebook for Seattle
Entertainment & Activities
So fun to go out onto the water and paddle to the Magnolia Lighthouse! You can even do SUP Yoga class too!
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Surf Ballard
6300 Seaview Ave NWSo fun to go out onto the water and paddle to the Magnolia Lighthouse! You can even do SUP Yoga class too!
The arrangements for the animals are great (check out the new penguin area!). The zoo makes for a great day, with a really nice playground and park just outside as well.
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Zoológico de Woodland Park
5500 Phinney Ave NThe arrangements for the animals are great (check out the new penguin area!). The zoo makes for a great day, with a really nice playground and park just outside as well.
Musicians from Seattle and around the world play in the heart of Ballard. Many roots/alt-country/americana artists, but just as likely to have a brass band from New Orleans or a punk band from Mexico!
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Tractor Tavern
5213 Ballard Ave NWMusicians from Seattle and around the world play in the heart of Ballard. Many roots/alt-country/americana artists, but just as likely to have a brass band from New Orleans or a punk band from Mexico!
Shopping
Great wine shop, they also have ciders and beers--this is the retail face of a great wine importer and distributor! Pick up a bottle to enjoy in the back garden!
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Portalis Wine Shop
6754 15th Ave NWGreat wine shop, they also have ciders and beers--this is the retail face of a great wine importer and distributor! Pick up a bottle to enjoy in the back garden!
Secret Garden is a delightful bookstore in the heart of Ballard.
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Secret Garden Bookshop
2214 NW Market StSecret Garden is a delightful bookstore in the heart of Ballard.
This bookstore was opened by a Jeopardy winner, who used his winnings to follow his dream of opening a bookstore. You will find a recommended book that you've never heard of, and you'll be thrilled that you did. My favorite bookstore in Seattle!
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Phinney Books
7405 Greenwood Ave NThis bookstore was opened by a Jeopardy winner, who used his winnings to follow his dream of opening a bookstore. You will find a recommended book that you've never heard of, and you'll be thrilled that you did. My favorite bookstore in Seattle!
Essentials
This grocery store is a local one, has a good selection of organic produce and they have great employee benefits that mean a lot of folks have been there for a long time and are really invested in providing really good customer service. Stock up on supplies here, but watch out for Sunday evenings, when everyone else is doing the same.
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Ballard Market
1400 NW 56th StThis grocery store is a local one, has a good selection of organic produce and they have great employee benefits that mean a lot of folks have been there for a long time and are really invested in providing really good customer service. Stock up on supplies here, but watch out for Sunday evenings, when everyone else is doing the same.
Food Scene
Lovely pastries and they have a little secret back garden too.
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Rosellini’s Fine Cakes & Baked Goods
1413 NW 70th StLovely pastries and they have a little secret back garden too.
This is the best New York wood-fired pizza on the west coast. The food is delectable, the service friendly and knowledgeable. The wait can be really long, so get there either at 4:45 pm or on the later side. You can also get a cocktail and delicious apps at Essex next door to see you through.
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Delancey
1415 NW 70th StThis is the best New York wood-fired pizza on the west coast. The food is delectable, the service friendly and knowledgeable. The wait can be really long, so get there either at 4:45 pm or on the later side. You can also get a cocktail and delicious apps at Essex next door to see you through.
The baked eggs make me sing. The owners met in pastry school in Paris (enjoy the cakes while waiting for delicious baked eggs or divine benedicts). They are busy on weekends so expect a wait, but it is worth it!
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The Fat Hen
1418 NW 70th StThe baked eggs make me sing. The owners met in pastry school in Paris (enjoy the cakes while waiting for delicious baked eggs or divine benedicts). They are busy on weekends so expect a wait, but it is worth it!
A loaf of bread, the granola, stop by Tall Grass or their stall at the Sunday Ballard Farmer's Market sets you up for breakfast, picnic fair, burgers, etc.
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Tall Grass Bakery
5907 24th Ave NWA loaf of bread, the granola, stop by Tall Grass or their stall at the Sunday Ballard Farmer's Market sets you up for breakfast, picnic fair, burgers, etc.
The market runs year round, which gives you a sense of how vital an institution it is. The focus is food, not crafts. Produce, eggs, meat, cheese, all sorts of potable items, and buskers whose music and other performances make The Ballard Farmer's Market a sunday morning treasure. Walk down from the house with a few bags and you will avoid parking hassles. And go with an appetite, because there are incredible delights to be had. We have spent many happy Sundays having crepes and watching the little kids dance to The Tall Boys.
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Ballard Sunday Farmers Market
5345 Ballard Ave NWThe market runs year round, which gives you a sense of how vital an institution it is. The focus is food, not crafts. Produce, eggs, meat, cheese, all sorts of potable items, and buskers whose music and other performances make The Ballard Farmer's Market a sunday morning treasure. Walk down from the house with a few bags and you will avoid parking hassles. And go with an appetite, because there are incredible delights to be had. We have spent many happy Sundays having crepes and watching the little kids dance to The Tall Boys.
I know, 15th Ave is a big road, sounds unappetizing to go to a sandwich stand next to all that traffic... but GO GET A CUBAN! Their sandwiches are bliss on bread. You can call ahead so that you don't have to stand around and wait.
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Un Bien
7302.5 15th Ave NWI know, 15th Ave is a big road, sounds unappetizing to go to a sandwich stand next to all that traffic... but GO GET A CUBAN! Their sandwiches are bliss on bread. You can call ahead so that you don't have to stand around and wait.
This food truck is located in the Cloudburst Brewing beer garden and has exceptional Szechuan food! We probably eat here once a week. Recommended: rice bowl, dumplings, chrysanthemum salad
Dump Truck by Plenty of Clouds
This food truck is located in the Cloudburst Brewing beer garden and has exceptional Szechuan food! We probably eat here once a week. Recommended: rice bowl, dumplings, chrysanthemum salad
Exceptional northern Thai food! Recommended: khao soi, som tum, yum makheua yao, guay tiow tom yum
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Pestle Rock
2305 NW Market StExceptional northern Thai food! Recommended: khao soi, som tum, yum makheua yao, guay tiow tom yum
Arts & Culture
This museum is an old school Ballard gem (literally--it's in an old elementary school building). Ballard was a fishing and shipping town originally, with many Swedes and Norwegians. We have the largest Syttende Mai celebration outside of Norway. The Nordic museum gives you great insight into both the local history and contemporary Nordic arts and crafts. Plus there is a great playground right next to it!
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Museo Nórdico Nacional
2655 NW Market StThis museum is an old school Ballard gem (literally--it's in an old elementary school building). Ballard was a fishing and shipping town originally, with many Swedes and Norwegians. We have the largest Syttende Mai celebration outside of Norway. The Nordic museum gives you great insight into both the local history and contemporary Nordic arts and crafts. Plus there is a great playground right next to it!
It is a treat to wander this park--or bike in it with the City Bike program to Myrtle Edwards Trail!
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Parque de Esculturas Olímpicas
2901 Western AveIt is a treat to wander this park--or bike in it with the City Bike program to Myrtle Edwards Trail!
The exhibits are wonderful and the small scale of the space is a pleasure.
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Museo de Arte Frye
704 Terry AveThe exhibits are wonderful and the small scale of the space is a pleasure.
Sightseeing
This is just a really cool place. You can check out the fish making their way up to spawn or coming back out to the ocean, depending on the season. The engineering feat is impressive, the gardens a delight. Great for bird watching (kingfishers, eagles, hawks--there is even a heron rookery right on the Magnolia side).
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Ballard (Hiram M. Chittenden) Locks
3015 NW 54th StThis is just a really cool place. You can check out the fish making their way up to spawn or coming back out to the ocean, depending on the season. The engineering feat is impressive, the gardens a delight. Great for bird watching (kingfishers, eagles, hawks--there is even a heron rookery right on the Magnolia side).
Sounds weird, but truly worthwhile to see the history of the massive engineering feat that is Pioneer Square.
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Bill Speidel's Underground Tour
614 1st AveSounds weird, but truly worthwhile to see the history of the massive engineering feat that is Pioneer Square.
Drinks & Nightlife
Perfect! Next door to Delancey, the food here is great in its own right. The wings and burger are high-end takes on the classics, with the latter being cooked in the wood-fired oven. The cocktails are delightful. Go there on a Tuesday for Tiki and Taco night and you will have a heavenly taco experience.
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Essex
1421 NW 70th StPerfect! Next door to Delancey, the food here is great in its own right. The wings and burger are high-end takes on the classics, with the latter being cooked in the wood-fired oven. The cocktails are delightful. Go there on a Tuesday for Tiki and Taco night and you will have a heavenly taco experience.
"Bloody good beer" pretty much sums it up. Adam is British and has a lovely take on beer. The rotation is great, and at the weekends there are various food trucks in the afternoon/evening.
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Reuben's Brews
5010 14th Ave NW"Bloody good beer" pretty much sums it up. Adam is British and has a lovely take on beer. The rotation is great, and at the weekends there are various food trucks in the afternoon/evening.
Great beer, and the owners are also passionate bike advocates. Great to bike down and have a beer before meandering around to get dinner someplace in Ballard.
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Peddler Brewing Company
1514 NW Leary WayGreat beer, and the owners are also passionate bike advocates. Great to bike down and have a beer before meandering around to get dinner someplace in Ballard.
Another great stop on a bike! Great beer, ovely garden in the evening, sometimes there is live music, and often a food truck.
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Stoup Brewing
1108 NW 52nd StAnother great stop on a bike! Great beer, ovely garden in the evening, sometimes there is live music, and often a food truck.
Great beer, frequented by a range of people-cyclists, software folks, university students, etc. Hopping scene (pun intended).
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Fremont Brewing Company
1050 N 34th StGreat beer, frequented by a range of people-cyclists, software folks, university students, etc. Hopping scene (pun intended).
Looking for a dive bar? Ballard has you covered! Easy walk from the house :)
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Waterwheel Lounge
7034 15th Ave NWLooking for a dive bar? Ballard has you covered! Easy walk from the house :)