Thanksgiving dinner in Seattle
 

Half of the places listed are in hotels, so I'd imagine this year's offerings will be similar to last year's. Of the list, I don't think you'd go wrong with any of them, but if I had to pick, I'd probably go with Six Seven at the Edgewater Hotel for its combination of (typically) terrific food with its stunning view of Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains. I'd go around sunset (4:22 PM on the 28th) in hopes the mountains would be in silhouette.

For the non-hotel places, I'm sure they're all terrific, but for old-time style I'd probably go with the Daniel's Broiler location on Lake Union. Same story, always reliable, great view, and, like the Edgewater, parking close by, just in case it's raining, which is a major risk.

For an even more spectacular setting, one where rainy weather actually has its benefits, have a look at the dining room at the Salish Lodge (aka the "Great Northern" from Twin Peaks) which sits on the edge of Snoqualmie Falls. The falls are always fab in the fall and winter, and if there's been rain in the days before Thanksgiving (a good bet) the volume of water going over the falls is awesome. https://www.salishlodge.com/

I would LOVE to see the menu at Wild Ginger and how they do up Thanksgiving. That restaurant is fabulous and I'm sure they'd put their special spin on things.

Certainly the falls and Salish Lodge would be a special dinner to remember kind of place.

The one warning I always give to Seattle visitors for Thanksgiving is that Sunday of that weekend is the big marathon, so closed roads and full hotels for that Saturday night. So if you are planning on staying here on Saturday, be sure to book your lodging far in advance if you want something close to the core downtown. Then on Sunday, factor in road closures if you are needing to be out and about fairly early.

I can't help with restaurants as we always have Thanksgiving at home.

All the above suggestions are right on IMO. Tilth out near the University is also one of our best kind of "farm to table" style restaurants and set in a classic Seattle bungalow so an intimate and homey experience. Wild Ginger could be a more exotic but very nice choice as well so I am with suze there. And I would definitely start to call places that interest you now just to see what their thanksgiving plans are for this year-they may already be willing to book.

I don't know if it's on this year but I know in the past Brasserie Margaux at the Warwick Hotel did a traditional Thanksgiving spread. Have not been (as I too eat at home that day) but the menu looked stellar.

We have a really nice forum over on Trip Advisor too. One of the most helpful ones I've run across over there.

THANKS for the compliments. I learn a lot myself!

Just a quick follow up. Back in mid-Sept I would have been able to get a hotel, the Mayflower Park, at reasonable rates, but the flights were already $$$, multiplied by two as my younger son would have been going as well. Older son will come home instead. Thanks again, I hope to take advantage of your suggestions sometime in the future.

I appreciate this thread. We are in the process of selling our house and moving to a new neighborhood in Seattle, and this thread reminded me that we will be busy with the move and not attending to Thanksgiving dinner at the end of November. So I made reservations at Tilth for Thanksgiving.

Kathie--Oh wow, leaving such a great neighborhood must be hard. Best wishes with the move and all that that entails. Smart to think ahead and make things easier on yourself for the holiday meal:)

Kathie, I wish I'd known you'd listed your home. Your home was exactly what she wants, and I would have been willing to chip in just so I could come visit the garden on a regular basis!
Hope your move goes smoothly.

lcuy, our house hasn't sold yet! I'd love to sell it to someone who really appreciates the garden.

The whole deal is up in the air right now. The house we picked out counter-offered at a higher price... and two new listings in our current neighborhood have come online. So we will be looking at those and may return to look again at the house we made an offer on to get a better idea of what it would cost to fix it up as we would want it.

The Seattle housing market is not for the faint of heart!

Lucy--True, but it has gotten much better for buyers! It isn't nearby as bad as it was the last few years. Houses are sitting a bit now instead of selling even before a sign is in the yard.

This spring, in our neighborhood anything on the market that was reasonably priced sold immediately. It has now slowed down so isn't so frantic.