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Loyal clientele come here for Burk’s southern cuisine, specifically Cajun and Creole styles. Order alder-smoked barbecue, jambalaya, or blackened rockfish to your heart’s content.

This local chain captures the basic espresso requirements: consistent pours and loyal clientele.

In an entirely urban locale, Camp Long comes close to imparting the wild and natural experience usually found only during hikes in local mountain ranges. Once the 1941-era camp served only scouting organizations, but in 1984, the 68-acre compound opened to the general public. Inside the grounds, visitors can hike trails, learn about the environment from professional naturalists, or even rent rustic cabins for in-city camping. One of the most popular attractions is the 20-ft (6-m) high Schurman climbing rock, carefully designed to incorporate every climbing maneuver. Bats, Opossum, raccoons, chipmunks, and northern flying squirrels have been sighted in the camp. Weekly interpretive walks, rock climbing classes, and a golf course are also available.

A home furnishings and gift store with a sit-down café. Savor epicurean delights such as blackened breast of chicken Caesar salads, Moroccan stews, and sumptuous sandwiches on peasant bread.

Fashionably aware 30-somethings, Mediterranean fare, plum-hued decor, and plush furnishings create the vibe at this popular spot. Strike it rich with the organic Kobe beef burger, a deluxe take on proletarian pride.

Take a little time for a delightful promenade through the greenery of lush trees and rare and exotic plants that fill the garden’s seven acres, bordering the Locks on the north side of the Ship Canal. The gift shop, which also serves visitors to the Locks, makes a guide available to assist in identifying the plants.

Along with assorted jewelry and accessories for women, the boutique sells apparel manufactured by Nanette Lepore, Ella Moss, and Hanky Panky.

Visitors can select the fabric and color for a custom leather dress or jacket. Joining the hip set may cost you up to $2,700 for a two-piece suit, while armbands are merely $45.

Capitol Hill has a number of landmark places of worship, including the grand St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, which belongs to the Diocese of Olympia. Organ enthusiasts come from afar to play St. Mark’s 3,944-pipe Flentrop organ, installed in 1965. The Saint Nicholas Russian Orthodox Cathedral, one of the oldest parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church outside of Russia, was founded in 1930 by immigrants who fled the 1917 Russian Revolution. The structure’s ornate turquoise lukovitsa (16th century “onion dome” style of cupolas) and spires rise high above the trees and neighboring homes.