Dick's Drive-In Broadway ★ 4.4
Dick's Drive-In Broadway in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the 1955 walk-up burger window: the Deluxe with mayo, lettuce and pickle, fries and a hand-dipped milkshake until 02:00 daily.
Try: Deluxe burger and milkshake
Salumi in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the Armandino Batali sandwich counter since 1999: house-cured charcuterie, the iconic braised porchetta with Calabrian chimichurri.
Address: 404 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA 98104
Dick's Drive-In Broadway in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the 1955 walk-up burger window: the Deluxe with mayo, lettuce and pickle, fries and a hand-dipped milkshake until 02:00 daily.
Try: Deluxe burger and milkshake
Tat's Delicatessen in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the East Coast deli counter: cheesesteaks, pastrami subs, the Tat's Bomb with a fried egg, all on house-baked rolls.
Try: Philly cheesesteak with pastrami
Pike Place Chowder in Seattle is Larry Mellum's 2003 Post Alley counter: eight national chowder cook-off wins, the New England with manila clams, served in a sourdough boule.
Try: Award-winning clam chowder
Daily Dozen Doughnut in Seattle's Pike Place is the Economy Building counter: hot mini doughnuts off the conveyor, dusted in sugar, sold by the bag, paid in cash.
Try: Hot mini powdered sugar doughnuts
Piroshky Piroshky in Seattle's Pike Place is the 1992 Russian bakery hand-folding stuffed buns: salmon and cream cheese, cabbage and beef, the line down Pike Place.
Try: Russian and Eastern European stuffed buns
Paseo Fremont in Seattle is the city's Cuban pork sandwich counter since the early 1990s: caramelised onions, aioli, marinated pork on a ciabatta roll, eaten over the bag.
Try: Cuban-style pork sandwich