A ‘Beer Cafe,’ a Smash Burger Window, and 16 More Seattle Restaurant Openings to Know for July
Also, a chocolate factory, a new tapas spot, and more.
FREMONT — Award-winning chocolate maker Spinnaker has expanded from its shoebox-sized Ravenna spot to a much larger chocolate factory in Fremont. With expansion comes a chocolate cafe, featuring rich hot chocolate and even richer European-style “drinking chocolate” alongside some chocolate cookies and brownies. (Gluten-free options are available.)
LAKE CITY — Earlier this year, famed fried chicken maker Heaven Sent closed its doors, but now there’s a new fried chicken spot called Cluck ‘N’ Crunch in its place on Lake City Way. It’s serving rice bowls and chicken sandwiches in addition to chicken by the piece.
DOWNTOWN — The Klimpton Hill Monaco just wrapped up some renovations, and is now ready to unveil its new restaurant called Marin, like the county. Led by longtime Seattle chef Robin Posey, it’ll be serving “global coastal cuisine,” with influences from Morocco and the wider Mediterranean.
TANGLETOWN — The Bellingham-founded brewery Aslan has expanded its Seattle footprint with Aslan Brewing Tangletown, a taproom that also features a oyster-centric seafood menu. It also has a kids’ menu.
DOWNTOWN — Another brewery expansion: Famed craft brewery Reuben’s now has a massive new taproom next to Pike Place Market. It has 220 seats (including outdoor seating), TVs tuned to sporting events, and huge windows. It also has pub food and a kids’ menu.
ROOSEVELT — A “beer cafe”? That’s what Human People Beer is calling itself. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., it’s billing itself as a friendly all-day hangout spot serving small plates and sandwiches… sort of like… a bar? (We kid, we kid. Also, it has coffee if you don’t like to drink beer in the morning.)
BALLARD — Not a beer cafe but just a bar, Schooner Street Pub has just taken over the former Pour Decisions space on 80th Street and 15th Avenue Northwest. It’s got drinks plus sandwiches and typical pub fare.
WEST SEATTLE — Fresh off of opening a downtown waterfront scoop shop, Molly Moon’s has added yet another location, this one in the Junction area of West Seattle.
BELLEVUE — A “purpose-driven cafe” that is apparently “seed-oil free” according to its Instagram, Sano just opened a location in Bellevue serving protein bars, acai bowls, smoothies, and that sort of thing. It’s the second of four planned locations for Sano, which started in Mercer Island.
CAPITOL HILL — A new Indian restaurant called Aamrai recently opened on Bellevue Avenue. Its owner, Rupesh Naik, has worked all over the world and started his career in Mumbai.
CAPITOL HILL — There’s another new Indian restaurant on the other side of Capitol Hill: Mint and Martini, which on Instagram claims to have “signature mocktails.”
SOUTH LAKE UNION — A hip new waterfront wine bar called The Cove just opened in South Lake Union. It has small bites to go along with your wine, plus weekend brunch.
CAPITOL HILL — The former Mercado Luna building got a rooftop bar last month and now it has a smash burger walk-up window called Double O’ Burgers. This is part of the ongoing transformation of the space under Pike Street Hospitality Group.
BALLARD — A tapas restaurant from South African–raised Sheldon Raju, Kahlo and Loyal just opened in the former Little Prague Bakery space. According to MyBallard, the constantly shifting menu is “influenced by street food from around the world.”
WEST SEATTLE — Steakhouse chain Jak’s Grill, which used to have a few locations around the Seattle area (and still has one in Issaquah), is expanding back to the city limits, opening a new restaurant in West Seattle at the Junction.
CAPITOL HILL — There’s another place to get tacos from local favorite Carmelo’s Tacos, as the burgeoning chain now has another restaurant at Broadway and Denny, near Cal Anderson Park.
WEST SEATTLE — The search engine-unfriendly Italian restaurant The Neighborhood just opened in the Morgan Junction, serving pizza, pasta, and a few entrees.
WHITE CENTER — Wolfpack Cellars, a small winery, has moved its tasting room to 9617 16th Avenue Southwest. Tasting visits are $20, but that fee is waived with the purchase of a $30 bottle.
