This unusual shop is a little hard to categorize, but it's so cool, you just have to see it. Designed to resemble a Victorian-era mercantile, the store is a work of art, and, in fact, owner Curtis Steiner has had art installations at the Seattle Art Museum. Throughout this triangular space in a Ballard historic building, you'll find artistic displays of small antiques and curios.
Rustic French with splash of ostenation makes for the buzziest opening in Seattle: big, beautiful resto serving classic French fare with all the fixings. Design fetishes get fed, too: lavish, chandelier-lit bar (complete with oil portraits) and main dining hall (with zinc bartops and massive iron light fixtures) compete for attention. Menu's typical brasserie fare: salad lyonnaise with Frisée,...
Souvenir is a little hard to categorize, but it's so cool, you just have to see it. Designed to resemble Victorian-era curiosity cabinets, the displays of small antiques and curios here are works of art in themselves. That everything is for sale is an added bonus. Pull open old wooden drawers, gaze at tiny works of art through magnifying glasses, and marvel at a world of fascinating little...