Seattle/ Retail & Industry
Published on September 12, 2019
Check out the 5 top spots in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhoodIkiiki | Photo: Jocelyn C./Yelp

Spending time in Queen Anne? Get to know this Seattle neighborhood by browsing its most popular local businesses, from a tattoo shop to a sushi spot.

Hoodline crunched the numbers to find the top places to visit in Queen Anne, using both Yelp data and our own secret sauce to produce a ranked list of neighborhood businesses. Read on for the results.

1. Ikiiki

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Topping the list is sushi bar, Japanese and Chinese spot Ikiiki. Located at 12 Boston St. (between North Queen Anne and North First avenues), it's the highest-rated business in the neighborhood, boasting four stars out of 71 reviews on Yelp. 

On the menu, you'll find egg rolls, garlic chicken wings, tuna poke, mochi ice cream, sake and more. 

2. Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge

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Next up is Cajun/Creole spot Toulouse Petit Kitchen & Lounge, situated at 601 Queen Anne Ave. North (between Roy and Mercer streets). With four stars out of 3,833 reviews on Yelp, it's proven to be a local favorite.

The award-winning restaurant has been recognized in the Oregon Wine A-List Awards, the Seattle Restaurant Awards and the Gayot Awards, according to the restaurant's website

The menu features brunch, lunch and dinner options like beignets and buttermilk biscuits with spicy creole sausage gravy, as well as po' boy sandwiches, seafood gumbo and smoked salmon.

3. Damask Tattoo

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Tattoo spot Damask Tattoo is another top choice. Yelpers give the business, located at 1509 Queen Anne Ave. North (between Galer and Garfield streets), five stars out of 176 reviews. 

The tattoo shop offers private tattoo rooms and all-natural, vegan and petroleum-free aftercare products. Coffee, tea and candy are also available for customers. 

4. Canlis

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Canlis, a New American spot that offers seafood and more, is another high-traffic neighborhood go-to, with four stars out of 1,423 Yelp reviews. Head over to 2576 Aurora Ave. North to see for yourself. 

"Food & Wine Magazine once called Canlis 'one of the 40 most important restaurants in the past 40 years.' We’ve humbly received 22 consecutive Wine Spectator Grand Awards. We’ve been nominated for 15 James Beard Awards and we've won three of them," says the restaurant's website. 

Here, you can expect to find dishes like pork with charred apricot, dry-aged lamb with cauliflower, grilled carrots with chorizo and clams and more. 

5. Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream

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Check out Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream, which has earned 4.5 stars out of 390 reviews on Yelp. You can find the spot to score ice cream and frozen yogurt and more at 321 W. Galer St. (between West Fourth and West Third avenues). 

Ice cream flavors include early grey, honey lavender, sweet cream, salted caramel, cookie dough, Union coffee and more. 

Aside from serving up scoops of ice cream, Molly Moon's Handmade Ice Cream donates more than 3,200 scoops of ice cream each year to raise money for local non-profits, according to the shop's website. In addition, 1% of the shop's sales go toward food banks, equity organizations, women and girl empowerment initiatives, Seattle Public Schools and local arts organizations. 


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