Please please don't go to the Cheesecake Factory. Try someplace like Duke's on Lake Union, Lowell's in Pike Place Market, Oaxaca (very authentic Mexican in Ball

Please please don't go to the Cheesecake Factory. Try someplace like Duke's on Lake Union, Lowell's in Pike Place Market, Oaxaca (very authentic Mexican in Ballard). You really should go to Three Girls in Pike Place for lunch. Also, the Pink Door in Pike Place is good Italian. For coffee, please don't go to Starbucks. It's like going to McDonalds, but with better coffee. I recommend Victrola on 15th Ave E on Capitol Hill or Vivace (http://www.espressovivace.com/retail.html http://www.espressovivace.com/retail.html). For local shows, you should check out the KEXP.org events calendar (http://kexp.org/events/ http://kexp.org/events/). KEXP is a nationally known and amazing listener-supported indie radio station in Seattle.