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the heathman hotel
425-284-5800
220 Kirkland ave.
www.heathmankirkland.com 269
Kirkland 98033
americas Best Value inn
253-589-8800
4215 Sharondale St. Sw
www.americasbestvalueinn.com
Lakewood 98499
hampton inn & suites seattle-north
425-771-1888
Lynnwood 19324 alderwood mall
www.hamptonseattlenorth.com
pkwy. Lynnwood 98036
holiday inn express hotel & suites
360-530-1234
99
marysville 8606 36th ave. ne
www.hiexpress.com/ Hmr
199
marysville 98270
marysvillewa
staybridge suites
425-493-9500
119
9600 Harbour place
Hmr
www.staymukilteo.com
169
mukilteo 98275
motel 6 tumwater
360-754-7320
40
400 Lee St. Sw
Hmr
www.motel6.com
50
Tumwater 98501
ramada olympia
360-459-8866
4520 martin way e
www.ramada.com/hotel/30856
olympia 98516
red Lion hotel olympia
360-943-4000
109
2300 evergreen park Dr. Sw
Hmr
www.redlion.com/olympia
169
olympia 98502
redmond inn
425-883-4900
89
17601 redmond way
Hmr
www.redmondinn.com
169
redmond 98052
americas Best Value airport inn
800-426-5060
20620 international Blvd.
www.bestvalueairportinn.com 69
SeaTac 98198
ramada suites sea-tac airport
206-277-0700
16720 international Blvd
www.ramada.com/hotel/10919
SeaTac 98188
travelodge - seatac
206-242-1777
50
14845 international Blvd.
Hmr
www.seatactravelodge.com
130
SeaTac 98168
american hotel
206-622-5443
520 S King St.
www.americanhotelseattle.com
Seattle 98104
Bacon mansion Bed & Breakfast
206-329-1864
104
959 Broadway e
B&B
www.baconmansion.com
239
Seattle 98102
Belltown inn
206-529-3700
99
2301 3rd ave.
Hmr
www.belltown-inn.com
169
Seattle 98121
Best Western airport executel
206-878-3300
79
20717 international Blvd.
Hmr
www.apexecutel.com
149
Seattle 98198
Best Western Loyal inn
206-682-0200
82
2301 8th ave.
www.bestwestern.com/ Hmr
189
Seattle 98121
prop.48062
Best Western PLus executive inn
206-448-9444
82
200 Taylor ave. n
www.bestwestern.com/ Hmr
199
Seattle 98109
prop.48068
Best Western PLus Pioneer square
206-340-1234
110
hotel 77 Yesler way
Hmr
www.pioneersquare.com
399
Seattle 98104
Cedarbrook Lodge
206-901-9268
129
18525 36th ave. S
Hmr
www.cedarbrooklodge.com
269
Seattle 98188
College inn
206-633-4441
50
4000 University way ne
B&B
www.collegeinnseattle.com
100
Seattle 98105
doubletree arctic Club hotel
206-340-0340
109
700 3rd ave.
www.arcticclubseattle Hmr
399
Seattle 98104
downtown.doubletree..com
doubletree by hilton seattle
206-246-8600
a irport 18740 international Blvd. www.seattleairport.doubletree.
Seattle 98188
com
the edgewater
206-728-7000
199
2411 alaskan way, pier 67
Hmr
www.edgewaterhotel.com
899
Seattle 98121
WILLOWS INN
WILLOWS INN
TENDRILS RESTAURANT
From left: Grand
Marnier French
Toast; peak peeks
in the Methow;
sunset and oysters
for dinner
on Lummi Island;
seared Alaskan
scallop, capellini
and garden basil
on a cliff near the
Columbia River.
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WINE COUNTRY
Tri-Cities, Yakima Valley, Prosser, and Walla Walla
peak
DiNiNG
epic epicurean excursions are a feast for
the eye and palate. by leslie forsberg
umbling waterfalls spilling off granite cliff
sides in the Cascades, the quicksilver glint of
sunlight on the Salish Sea, sun-warmed vineyards
overlooking a sapphire lake—all these
places are the essence of what makes Washington
so special, and each is a dining destination.
Reaching one requires a drive through the jagged
North Cascades and across a dam to the edge of a sparkling lake.
For another, diners must take a spectacular ferry cruise that laces
back and forth between emerald San Juan Islands. And one of the
most memorable meals in the state can be experienced only via
a jingling sleigh ride high atop a mountain.
These unique dining settings offer more than just stunning locales
and visual splendor. They also feature the kind of local-food
crafted meals that sear themselves into memory. Here is a handful
of singular Washington dining experiences.
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dine on high
When winter snows blanket the Cascade
Range, one of the state’s most dramatic
dinner settings is at Sun Mountain Lodge
(sunmountainlodge.com), in the eastern
foothills of the North Cascades, 100 miles
north of Wenatchee.
While the dining room here is spectacular,
on icicle-crisp winter nights
December through mid-March, guests are
bundled into wool blankets in a wooden
sleigh at the lodge, which is then pulled
by muscular draft horses Yukon and Dawson.
The bay siblings lean into their traces
and bells chime as the sleigh cuts a path
through the snow up a nearby hill. Rounding
a bend, a vista of snow-encrusted
mountains emerges, and on a clear night
the Milky Way is splashed across the
cobalt vault of sky.
A mile distant, the team pulls to a stop
at a billowing, white-canvas prospector’s
tent lit like a lantern itself, with flickering
propane lanterns.
Guests enter the woodstove-heated
encampment where pine boughs, red
bows, and flickering candles offer a festive
welcome, and where long tables with redand-white-checked
tablecloths encourage
a sense of conviviality. It’s impossible not
to make new friends when sipping hot
chocolate or spiced cider at a table full of
photographs from left: by olivia brent, courtesy sun mountain lodge,
courtesy willows inn, by jess volker; bottom courtesy willows inn
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM LEFT: BY OLIVIA BRENT, COURTESY SUN MOUNTAIN LODGE,
COURTESY WILLOWS INN, BY JESS VOLKER; BOTTOM COURTESY WILLOWS INN
similarly adventure-minded guests. Lummi Island, home to an exceptional restaurant—Willows
Inn (willows-inn.com)—
Hearty western fare—perhaps a salad
of fresh microgreens with pear and blue garnering buzz for its remarkable chef,
cheese, a savory, braised pot roast, and Blaine Wetzel and the innovative dishes
grilled vegetables—is served buffet-style he crafts using hyperlocal ingredients.
and topped off with a rich chocolate or Wetzel’s prowess in the kitchen belies
fruit pie dessert.
his age. At 25 he has already worked
During the holidays and on special alongside the storied chef of the prestigious
Copenhagen restaurant Noma,
weekends, folk musicians join the gathering,
and everyone joins in singing folk winner of the 2011 S. Pellegrino “World’s
or Christmas songs that ring out beyond Best Restaurant” Award. And, he is a 2012
the tent and into the crystalline night air. James Beard Foundation Rising Star Chef
of the Year semifinalist.
SEA FOOD
Using the freshest local produce from
On the glistening Salish Sea, only a the neighboring acreage, Nettles Farm,
10-minute ferry ride from the mainland, is mushrooms sourced from nearby woods,
and local ingredients such as spot prawns
plucked from the deep, cold, fast-moving
waters of the Rosario Strait, Wetzel crafts
innovative dishes that burst with unique
flavor combinations.
The dining room has a single seating
each night for a prix fixe five-course chef’s
tasting menu, which might include wild
mushrooms with fresh cheese and woodruff,
slow-roasted pork shoulder with red
cabbage and lemon verbena, and green
apples with buttermilk and licorice.
The Willows Inn dining room faces
Rosario Strait to the west, and it’s not
uncommon to see a pod of whales swim
past while you watch the tangerine
ribbons of sunset
over the Olympic
Mountains.
The experience
goes beyond the
meal. Guests can
also walk from the
inn to the farm to
wander through
greenhouses and
admire the vegetable
gardens and flock of chickens. For
those interested in more of a hands-on
experience, the farm offers workshops to
learn how to fillet a salmon.
An overnight stay in the Willows’ farmhouse
suite, at the inn, or in a room down
by the marina, allows even more time
to decompress and savor this ultimate
foodie getaway.
VINEYARD FEASTS
Gazing out at the landscape from the
patio of Tendrils Restaurant (caveb
inn.com), near Quincy, Washington,
it’s easy to imagine you’re at a lesserknown
arm of the Grand Canyon. A
fantastical landscape of striated sandstone
in buff and pale coral rises behind a
900-foot-deep crevice in the Earth’s skin
where the Columbia River courses, a vivid
slash of blue in the desert landscape. The
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IN THIS SECTION
Great Grapes...111
Radical Paddles...111
PROSSER BALLOON RALLY
BY KEVIN MCNEAL
7
NORTH CENTRAL
To Seattle
90
Local Flavor...112
Taste of the Town...114
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C A N A D A
Oroville
Tonasket
Okanogan
2 Mazama
National Forest
Winthrop
6
2
Omak
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7
Stehekin
Twisp
Okanogan
Brewster
Bridgeport
Grand Coulee
Electric City
Chelan
6
Plain
Waterville
Leavenworth
3
Orondo
6
Coulee City
Cashmere
3
Wenatchee
4
2
Ephrata
Quincy
1 Cle Elum
Crescent Bar
Moses Lake
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6
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Ellensburg
Vantage
5 7
Othello
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Yakima
Methow River
Columbia River
Republic
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READ MORE
1 Golf at Suncadia, p. 15
2 Area skiing, p. 16
3 Orchards and fruit
stands, p. 18
4 Fire lookouts, p. 18
5 Yakima River flyfishing,
p. 20
6 Area dining, pp. 34–35
7 Area rodeos, p. 43
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DID YOU KNOW
Myths and Legends
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THE CASCADE mountain range (which um, and the Old Molson
includes active volcanoes) dissects the Ghost Town—full-scale,
state, stretching from British Columbia
to Oregon. Known to locals as the with a restored school-
intact and complete
Cascade Curtain, these mountains house. You can still get a
help keep the west side wet and the slice at Roslyn’s (café), as seen on the Canyon. Come August, horses and
east side dry and sunny. In fact, the hit TV show Northern Exposure, which riders run 225 feet down a 62- degree
North Central region—just east of the was filmed in Roslyn, just north of Cle slope into the Okanogan River in the
mountains—boasts 300 days of sunshine
each year. The area is home to to the Conconully Outhouse Races. High above the Columbia, near Van-
Elum. In January, travelers are privy world famous Omak Suicide Race.
the state’s largest natural lake (Lake Okanogan County is home to 1,000 tage, 15 metal horses gallop across a
Chelan), 5,000 nutcrackers (including miles of snowmobile trails, hiking ridge. The sculpture—Grandfather Cuts
one that is more than 1,800 years old) and biking trails, and the Pipestone Loose the Ponies—can be seen from
at the Leavenworth Nutcracker Muse-
Canyon—a postage stamp–size Grand spots along I-90. —STEPHANIE RUBESH
PHOTOGRAPH BY WESLEY ROSENBLUM
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