I lived in the Seattle area for 5 1/2 years. The only part I miss is the Metropolitan Grill on 2nd and Marion. Oh, what a feast. I can still taste the beef.
I miss the bicycle commuting before cell phones made it too dangerous.
You haven’t lived until you leave the office near pike and second, surrounded by tired workers and busses, take that long coast down second avenue, hit the I-90 trail and on to the east side. Occasionally I’d bike up to capital hill or the U-district first just for fun. It’s like being a kid.
But cell phones and texting put the nix on it and allowed me to continue living.
I didn’t have any favorite restaurant. I had a lot of “favorites”.
And the last time I rode the elevator to the top of the space needle it cost me a buck. :)