We were thinking of places to visit during winter break with Zoey and there weren't very many good options, so we decided to go back to Washington and visit my parents. It was Kaelan's birthday weekend as well so we went down to Seattle for 2 days.
The weather was suppose to be rainy and gloomy and in the 50's. We just hope it doesn't start pouring when we are walking around the Pike Market. I had come across a food tour group that had a lot of 5 star reviews when I was searching around on Yelp for restaurants near by. It seem like a very cool idea to get to know the Pike Market and try some food while you are at it, so we sign up for 2 tours. The site offers few different kinds of tours, we signed up for the Booze-n-Bites for the first day and the Tour of Pike Place Market on the second day.
Savor Seattle Food Tours
1916 Pike Place
Ste 12-480
(between Western Ave & Virginia St)
Seattle, WA 98101
(206) 209-5485
We had arrived half hour early before meeting up with the tour, so we decide to walk around for a bit and check out the area.
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| Do you know what this is? |
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| Yes, it's a wall made of gum... yuck! |
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| Something you don't see everyday!! I dare you to try it! |
We came across this shop called Rachel's Ginger Beer that makes their own "ginger beer" aka ginger ale. You can get it flavored or mix with alcohol.
Rachel's Ginger Beer
1530 Post Alley
(between Pike Pl & Pine St)
Seattle, WA 98101
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 467-4924
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| Blood orange ginger beer (very spicy but very yummy!) |
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| Very cute store display. |
This is the first meet up area for our Booze-N-Bites Tour.
Lost River Winery
Pike Place Market
2003 Western Ave
Seattle, WA 98121
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 448-2124
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| Everyone gets to start with a glass of local red and white wines. |
Our second stop is Long Provincial restaurant, we started with their spring roll - a traditional Vietnamese appetizer that is a variety of veggies rolled up in a rice paper, with a peanut dipping sauce. It was very good.
Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant
1901 2nd Ave
(between Stewart St & Virginia St)
Seattle, WA 98101
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 443-6266
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| Spring rolls with caramelized shrimp and pork |
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| To pair with our spring roll we got a lemongrass martini. |
Our third stop is Mexican:
El Borracho
1521 1st Ave
(between Pike St & Pine St)
Seattle, WA 98101
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 538-0440
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| AL PASTOR marinated grilled pork with pineapple Taco with a house Margarita |
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| Zesty lime margaritas |
Our fourth stop
Can Can
94 Pike St
(between Post Aly & 1st Ave)
Seattle, WA 98101
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 652-0832
This is a French Burlesque venue in the heart of Pike Market. With our tour, we can come back later for a free show for each person using our ticket stubs. The show cost $30 per person I believe, so it's a great deal and I would recommend taking advantage of this.
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| The bartender making our drink - Green Fairy absinthe and rum cocktail, which became legal here a decade ago (I think?). |
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| Goat cheese with mache salad with golden beats and apples. |
Last stop for the night:
Von's 1000Spirits
1225 1st Ave
(between Seneca St & University St)
Seattle, WA 98101
Neighborhood: Downtown
(206) 621-8667
They have a giant spinning wheel with drinks on there and every 30 minutes it gets spun and the drink it lands on will be the drink special for that half hour. The restaurant is very upscale and hip and it was PACKED on this Friday night.
Our drink here was very cool, it's spun candy martini (not sure the exact name) but you can see the process here:
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| End result |
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| Sourdough Goat cheese flatbread |
Overall, I would say Booze-N-Bites Tour was very fun but was it really worth $59.95 a person? Probably not. I would still recommend this because you get a free show that was worth $30 so it evens out the price. But at every stop, the food, drinks and tables are ready for you, there's no waiting in line and you get to sample food from each place. It doesn't fill you up by any means but it gives you a great chance to go back to the restaurants you liked for an actual sit down dinner. We went back to The Can Can and had a sit down dinner with show. The food and drinks were fantastic there, which you wouldn't expect a show venue to have great food, but they do. Kaelan still talks how much he loved their Poutine (a Canadian dish - steak fries with gravy topped with cheese curds). The show itself was very entertaining, the host was very funny and with it's intimate atmosphere (looks like it only seats no more than 30 people in there, our show only had about 15 people), it was a great experience overall.
Our hotel was 6 blocks away from the Pike Market, it was a great fun night. Here is a view walking back to the hotel.
