The menu has fine salads and pastas, and there's often live jazz. Also in the neighborhood, the Globe is a crunchy lesbo-popular bakery and vegetarian cafe. Here the Seattle Asian Art Museum, which does charge admission, has a comprehensive collection. Throngs of gay guys and lesbians lounge on Volunteer Park's lawns, reading books and each other. This is a lovely place to jog or toss a Frisbee, and there are views of the Space Needle, Lake Washington and Elliott Bay from various vantage points.
Breakfasts are huge, with memorable cinnamon rolls.
You can grab cappuccino in the Mae's Mud Room espresso bar. Fremont A bit southwest, Fremont was Seattle's hippie haven of the '60s but today is home to a mix of grungers, dot-commers and artists. On Sundays, vendors show crafts, antiques and objets d'art at the Fremont Market, a two-block plot just off Fremont Avenue. Pike Place Market. The sprawling 1907 structure is abuzz with fishmongers and food marketers of every ilk.