The Smith Tower Observatory
Explore unique views of the past and present at Seattle’s first skyscraper. Get tickets at the door for a ride to the Observatory level (35 floors up!) and enjoy a menu of local favorites and craft cocktails.
Downtown Is Open
Welcome Back Downtown
Downtown Seattle’s business and nonprofit landscape was significantly altered by COVID-19. Today, more workers and visitors are returning to the center city, helping put downtown on a steady path to recovery. Help support downtown arts and cultural venues, retailers, restaurants and other businesses by using our directory below. Updated regularly, it features over 500 listings, including hours of operation and neighborhood. See you downtown!
Restaurants & Bars
The Victor Tavern
The Victor Tavern is a modern urban tavern from Chef Ethan Stowell, and the perfect spot for a burger and a beer after work or for cocktails and dinner with friends while out on the town. The space features a large dining room, bar, open air patio, and gaming mezzanine with televisions, pool, and shuffleboard.
Check out both locations – South Lake Union and Downtown.
Restaurants & Bars
Thomas Street Warehouse
Meet your new favorite pub! This funky spot offers affordable eats, good tunes and even better people. Now serving tap beer, classic cocktails and pub grub.
Restaurants & Bars
Top Pot Doughnuts
Exceptional quality, vintage aesthetic, and personal customer service offers a fresh take on the old “coffee and doughnuts” routine.
Restaurants & Bars
Tougo Coffee
Choose your favorite fresh-baked sweet or savory artisanal bread, then raise your morning to the next level with a honey oat latte, cortado or salted caramel mocha!
Tous les Jours
Artisan bakery serving freshly baked bread, pastries and light meals with French flair.
Umi Sake House
Unique Japanese cuisine including inventive sushi rolls, izakaya-style snacks and sake.
Vovito
With locally roasted coffee, locally sourced pastries and treats and the best thin-crust pizza in Seattle, Vovito is proud to be a family owned small, local business for over a decade.
There are plenty of safe and clean ways to get downtown, but if you choose to drive, consider visiting downtownseattleparking.com for the best parking rates.