DeLille winery’s new lounge is adjacent to its Woodinville tasting room (formerly the Old Redhook Brewery) — and there’s a separate deck with picturesque views. Alongside bottles and glass pours is a light menu of cheese and charcuterie plates, some salads and sandwiches, steamed mussels, and rotating entrees, including short ribs. Proof of vaccination is required for entry.

Maple Leaf’s Peruvian restaurant serves up some excellent lomo saltado and has built not one, but two patios since the pandemic started, with the intention of keeping them around all year long. There are 16 tables, which are covered and heated whenever it gets too brisk, plus some big screen TVs for diners to enjoy on game days.

This hidden triangle feels a world away from busy Aurora Avenue right next door. Bongos dishes up excellent Caribbean sandwiches and plates on its sand pit of a patio, and is the perfect place to tuck into a citrus-braised pork sandwich, or a plate of Jamaican chicken curry.

This funky Fremont diner serves all-day breakfast and a selection of solid cocktails, including guava Moscow mules and vegan grasshopper slushies. All make for good outdoor drinking on the restaurant’s spacious and well-decorated patio. Tables are first-come-first serve, and the wait time can be extensive on the weekends, so best to get there early.

Lower Queen Anne’s all-day cafe is a popular place in the warmer months to chill outside and play cornhole. On the menu is a selection of brunch items, including some solid waffles and sandwiches. The cafe also recently introduced Citizen Campfire for the 21-plus crowd, which includes DJs on the weekends and a series of pop-up events.

This Madison Valley restaurant with a focus on wine and tasting menus may have one of the more sought-after patios in the city at the moment. There’s a fully covered garden, with beautiful wood tables, and the staff is attentive to any need. Surrell also has some private dining and a wine club at the moment, with occasional tastings; reservations available via Tock.

At this Capitol Hill restaurant from respected chef Tamara Murphy, dishes such as Muscovy duck breast, chilled cavatelli with English peas, and roast pig shine alongside a robust list of cocktails, best enjoyed while hanging out on the comfortable roof deck. Diners who are able to nab a seat out there are surrounded by Murphy’s edible garden.

The small but enchanting Madrona patio at Bottlehouse, one of the city’s top wine bars, is a charming area to relax with a glass of rosé — frozen, if the weather is warm enough — and a cheese plate. The service is always welcoming and it’s rarely hard to get a table.

Star chef Melissa Miranda has developed a dynamic menu at her acclaimed Beacon Hill Filipinx spot with dishes such as arroz valenciana, short rib kare kare, and black cod escebeche, plus plenty of well-executed cocktails. The outdoor patio isn’t enormous, but it is leafy and charming, like hanging out in someone’s backyard. Proof of vaccination required for entry.

West Seattle’s smokehouse has a sizable patio with a fire pit and plenty of shade. One can embrace the restaurant’s theme with a smoked bologna sandwich and smoked old fashioneds, while admiring a painted mural that depicts a “Mount Rushmore” of country music greats. Proof of vaccination required for entry.

The sweeter sibling to vegetarian mainstay Cafe Flora has staked out a prime location in Beacon Hill with a variety of wonderful baked goods, including chocolate sea salt croissants, kouign-amann, cinnamon rolls, and unicorn horn meringues. It also recently opened up a handsome new rooftop deck, with both covered and open-air seating options.