Seattle Keeps On Calling My Name... Please Make It Stop (live, weather)

[xGrendelx]

Originally Posted by motor80

Ah, yes, the "east coast" (all 2,500 miles of it), where everything is infinitely better, cheaper, more delicious, more authentic, and their grass is greener than ours.

Sounds like you've been there before.

[garfield206]

wow for all the people who cant find cheap seattle you obviously dont get out much

1 pho is cheap
2 anything on university ave aurora or Roosevelt is cheap
3 el quetzal on beacon hill is cheap and the best mexican food in town
4 tutta bella has pizzas for 11 bucks and they are Neapolitan style
5 Pagliacci's is cheap pizza by the slice or delivery
6 we have all the fast food you could want
7 all the taco buses all over the south end have burritos for 4.50 or even bean burritos for 2.00
8 Vietnamese sandwich's for 2.00 all over the south end
9 tons of fairly cheap Asian joints with one dish at about 8 bucks
10 any Ethiopian restaurant has entrees on injira that are enough for 2 or 3 for 10 to 15 $

plus many more i could keep listing

also Seattle is amazing and i hope the OP joins us here soon

[JesseJB]

I heard Via Tribunali pizza inside the Crocodile Cafe serves their pizzas for $5 after 11pm. Sounds too good to be true though...

[SugarIsMyPimp]

Originally Posted by garfield206

wow for all the people who cant find cheap seattle you obviously dont get out much

1 pho is cheap
2 anything on university ave aurora or Roosevelt is cheap
3 el quetzal on beacon hill is cheap and the best mexican food in town
4 tutta bella has pizzas for 11 bucks and they are Neapolitan style
5 Pagliacci's is cheap pizza by the slice or delivery
6 we have all the fast food you could want
7 all the taco buses all over the south end have burritos for 4.50 or even bean burritos for 2.00
8 Vietnamese sandwich's for 2.00 all over the south end
9 tons of fairly cheap Asian joints with one dish at about 8 bucks
10 any Ethiopian restaurant has entrees on injira that are enough for 2 or 3 for 10 to 15 $

plus many more i could keep listing

also Seattle is amazing and i hope the OP joins us here soon

You should keep listing, it can only help!

[JesseJB]

The Rosebud on Pike Street. Most menu items are $2-$4 during their happy hour that goes to 7pm.
Same with the Blarney Stone on 2nd and Stewart if you like bar food.

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by pw72

Let me correct one idea you have. If you make it through two years, you will never leave.

Not true. I was there 3 years and ran when the opportunity came along and so did some of my co-workers who were there much longer.

[shoegal111]

Originally Posted by Ira500

The good:
It's got to be one of America's prettiest large cities, with lots of trees and water and mountain views, and year round greenery.
Lots of cultural activities: Art, theatre, music of all kinds, ballet, opera.
Strong environmental ethos.

The bad:
Holier than thou self righteous people.
Although there's lots of good food here, especially seafood, there's not a lot of good inexpensive or street food.
Housing prices are pretty high.

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Ira you got that right with the holier than thou self righteousness-tends to border on facism.

[Akoswa]

Hi
I just spent ten days in the Seattle area (Bothell), and to use the American vernacular, it was 'awesome'. I am also originally from England, and it's strange, but Seattle has also been calling my name for the past ten years. I hadn't been there either until my son moved there last October. I've been twice since then, and I want to move there yesterday! Currently I'm in Phoenix, Arizona, and what a contrast...........coming back to this dry desert after all that 'fresh air' and fresh fish has convinced me that Seattle is where I need to be, so come the summer of 2010, I will be moving!

[malarkey]

Originally Posted by garfield206

wow for all the people who cant find cheap seattle you obviously dont get out much

1 pho is cheap
2 anything on university ave aurora or Roosevelt is cheap
3 el quetzal on beacon hill is cheap and the best mexican food in town
4 tutta bella has pizzas for 11 bucks and they are Neapolitan style
5 Pagliacci's is cheap pizza by the slice or delivery
6 we have all the fast food you could want
7 all the taco buses all over the south end have burritos for 4.50 or even bean burritos for 2.00
8 Vietnamese sandwich's for 2.00 all over the south end
9 tons of fairly cheap Asian joints with one dish at about 8 bucks
10 any Ethiopian restaurant has entrees on injira that are enough for 2 or 3 for 10 to 15 $

plus many more i could keep listing

alright GARFIELD! ~ I was reading this thread thinking 'surely SOMEONE will post about all the good cheap eats here in Seattle.' I'll add to Garfield's list:

Not only Vietnamese sandwiches (banh mi) or pho, but also ALL Vietnamese food: check out restaurants like Tamarind Tree & Green Leaf and have the banh xeo (vietnamese crepe) or any of the noodles/grilled meat dishes and you will be in heaven. I swear, Vietnamese is the BEST and most delicious food for the least amount of money.

Also the local taco trucks. great, simple fare for just a few bucks.

Then there's trippy places like Fort St George, a Japanese deli in the International District. Cheap food, tasty and a few things you'd never expect ;-) It's a cult classic.

U-District is king to student cheap eats. Check out Thai Thom's, tiny place, and if Thom's in front of the stove, order your food one star or you'll be sorry.

Go to Pike Place Market and try all the street food there. Gyros, Piroshky, a la Francais... Go to the local Farmer's Markets and there's always someone making up some food there for cheap. There's a farmer's market almost every day of the week in a different neighborhood during the summer.

There are good cheap eats in the city. You just gotta find 'em

[malarkey]

Originally Posted by Ira500

There is definitely a snob factor where some Seattle folks look down on places like Renton because of Renton's working class roots ( it's a former coal mining town, and still has a Boeing airplane plant there), and it's mix of ethnicities.

Um, I don't really think that's why places like Renton are looked down on (and really, Renton's not so much 'looked down on' as are places like Bellevue, Kirkland, Redmond) its really because they lack the sophistication of Seattle proper but act like they ARE sophisticated and because the burbs are... well, the burbs. Lots of families feeding the kids at MickeyD's and not a lot of nice restaurants or good cocktail bars or good places for live music. And some ugly urban planning. Bellevue's Art Museum is in their MALL ferchrissakes.

Anyone who moves here will eventually notice the difference in atmosphere between Seattle & Bellevue. Some prefer one over the other, and ya know what? whatever floats yer boat, darlin'.

For the most part:

Bellevue/Redmond/Kirkland: new, garish, nouveau riche, McMansions, chain restaurants, strip malls.

Seattle: old money, classy, ballet, symphony, old established walking neighborhoods, each with their own little retail districts. Turn of the century homes. Unique locally owned restaurants, high end and low end.

It just depends on which vibe you like.

And ya know what? All of that doesn't mean I hate Bellevue/Kirkland. In fact, Bridle Trails is one of my most favorite spots in the whole area. I myself lease a horse who lives right across from Bridle Trails and I ride there every single weekend. (Bridle Trails State Park is a 500 acre State Park for equestrians and hikers/joggers) ~If you are horsey at ALL, or even into nature at all, BT Park is a treasure! Once you are in there, the rest of the world falls away...