McMenamins Queen Anne

If you've never been to a McMenamins, you're missing out on traditional northwest pubs that are consistently excellent for choices of brews and food.

A solid pub near Seattle Center. True to the McMenamins chain, they've got great burgers and tater tots, and a selection of their own micro brews. The vegetarian and salad options are also solid and satisfying. Happy hour has some good deals and fun pub apps like mini corndogs. We come here about once a month for a casual, comforting dinner.

My wife and I visited, with a friend's daughter and her friend; they're both 12 or 13. We had good vegetarian meals, and the girls had their respective whims. We all appreciated our food. We even had desserts, which were delicious. Service was excellent; although the place is mainly a pub, the kids were treated as well as in a family style place, and when we've been there without kids we've had good service too.