PRICE:
Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Aside from Serious Pie, Tom Douglas's pizza place, this is the most casual of Douglas's five Seattle establishments, with a bar that attracts nearly as many customers as the restaurant. The atmosphere is urban chic, with cement pillars, simple wood booths, and a few tables in the front window, which overlooks the monorail tracks. The menu is short and features a nightly selection of unusual cheeses and different preparations from the apple-wood grill. I like to begin a meal here with the creamy goat-cheese fondue. Entrees are usually simple and delicious, ranging from the Palace burger royale (a strong contender for best burger in Seattle) to apple-wood grilled wagyu flank steak and tasty ravioli dishes. For dessert, the coconut-cream pie is an absolute must.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Seattle 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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