DK Travel : Seattle : Editor's choice

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Allegro Espresso Bar

Keeps students, professors, and locals stoked on caffeine brewed to perfection.
B&O Espresso

A destination for coffee, complete meals, and rich desserts piled high.
Bauhaus Books & Coffee
Beyond the Closet Bookstore

There’s no repression at Capitol Hill’s favorite retail outlet of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender books and magazines.
Boating

An aerial view of Seattle reveals that this town practically floats in a vast watershed. Natural and man-made canals, rivers, lakes, and estuaries abound. Pleasure boats and commercial ships of all kinds ply the waterways of one of the busiest and most picturesque maritime communities in the United States.
Caffé Lladro

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

When the WTO met in Seattle in 1999, thousands of demonstrators turned the city upside down. But that was only the most recent chapter in a long history of civil disobedience. In the early 20th century, the International Workers of the World unionized logging and mining industries. Violent riots erupted in 1916 in Everett and in 1919 in Centralia, cities to the north and south of Seattle.
Code Warriors

Microsoft, its supporting vendors, and upstart competitors still employ thousands of computer programmers and developers. Writing the killer application inspires many an entrepreneur. The laptop user at the café table next to yours may well be the next software mogul.
Coffee Town

Seattle’s signature beverage comes in myriad forms. The rampant availability of whole bean, latte, espresso, and basic drip created a coffee craze even before Starbucks went global. Though Seattelites love their streetside espresso carts and neighborhood cafés, the city is also home to Starbucks and its major competitors, Tully’s and Seattle’s Best Coffee.
Eagle

It’s Seattle’s oldest leather bar, and the atmosphere reeks of a crowd driven by studs and black leather straps and hard rock music.