Dining al fresco

 I love The Pink Door's deck in the summer.  The Pink Door is on Post Alley
 at the Pike Place Market.  It's often rather crowded, but what a great
 tapenade!

 Ponti has one of the most beautiful outdoor dining atmospheres in
 Seattle.  Ponti is right across the Fremont Bridge, and it overlooks the
 ship canal.  It's a little pricey though.  3014 3rd N - 284-3000.

 I want to keep my favorite place a secret, but I hate when others do that so...

 Serafina has a wonderful little courtyard in back of their restaurant.
 I've never been there for dinner, only lunches.  There's no view (except
 of the surrounding flowers and bushes), and it's shady.  It's not for
 everyone, since there's no view and it's not on the water.  It's very
 small and intimate.  Don't go there if you don't want to be overheard.
 But it's so sweet, and their food is so wonderful.  The place is getting
 more and more crowded each time I go, so I guess Serafina is no longer
 "my" secret.

 Serafina is at 2043 Eastlake (used to be Nick and Sully's for you old
 timers), and their phone number is 323-0807.

 -Jen

 Cheryl wrote:

 >>This glorious weather is giving me a hankering to slap on some summer
 >>clothes and do some outdoor dining. Where do y'all like to go to dine al
 >>fresco?  I like the barge on Lake Union at Ivar's, and Anthony's Home Port
 >>on Shilshole.  Where else?
 >>
 >>                                         -- Cheryl

 Cheryl  claimed:
 >
 >This glorious weather is giving me a hankering to slap on some summer
 >clothes and do some outdoor dining. Where do y'all like to go to dine al
 >fresco?  I like the barge on Lake Union at Ivar's, and Anthony's Home Port
 >on Shilshole.  Where else?

 Palisade, near Magnolia
 Da Vinci's, in Kirkland
 and for more casual events, just about every Teriyaki place I've seen. :)

 Someone wrote:

 >This glorious weather is giving me a hankering to slap on some summer
 >clothes and do some outdoor dining. Where do y'all like to go to dine al
 >fresco?  I like the barge on Lake Union at Ivar's, and Anthony's Home Port
 >on Shilshole.  Where else?

 Ponti and the Triangle Tavern in Fremont, the 5-Spot on Queen Anne, and
 Serafina in Eastlake.

 (Oh, and Pecos Pit BBQ across the street from SODO Center.)

 Cheryl wrote:

 >This glorious weather is giving me a hankering to slap on some summer
 >clothes and do some outdoor dining. Where do y'all like to go to dine al
 >fresco?  I like the barge on Lake Union at Ivar's, and Anthony's Home Port
 >on Shilshole.  Where else?

 Your list is a nice start.

 Pescatore by the locks in Ballard.  Palisade, beneath the Magnolia
 bluffs.  Duke's, near Green Lake.  Benjamin's on the south shore
 of Lake Union.   If I want pub eats and microbrews, there's the Red
 Door and the Nickerson Street Saloon, across the Fremont Bridge from
 each other.

 Someone wrote:
 >
 >This glorious weather is giving me a hankering to slap on some summer
 >clothes and do some outdoor dining. Where do y'all like to go to dine al
 >fresco?  I like the barge on Lake Union at Ivar's, and Anthony's Home Port
 >on Shilshole.  Where else?

 Ray's Boathouse. Had lunch there on Saturday, May 10th, and it was
 great.