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The covered rooftop patio at Capitol Hill restaurant Terra Plata with wooden communal tables and a surrounding garden.
Terra Plata
Tamara Murphy

Stellar Seattle Restaurants With Heated and Covered Patios

Where to eat outdoors even on the coldest, drizzliest Seattle days

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If you’re looking at this map, it’s probably raining. That’s not because it rains all the time in Seattle — as anyone who has actually lived here will tell you, we get several dry, sunny months every year. But when the rain comes, it can stay for a long time, and even the world’s biggest hygge fan doesn’t want to spend the entire wet season indoors.

Fortunately, you have options. After the pandemic hit, restaurants pushed for an expansion of open-air seating options, and many of these patios, sidewalk tents, pergolas, and other structures were winterized with coverings and heaters. Indoor dining is back, but these enclosures have become permanent. Here is a selection of some of the city’s most notable heated and covered patios for outdoor dining, a list that includes some of Seattle’s top restaurants.

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Don Lucho's Restaurant & Pisco Bar

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

Brimmer & Heeltap

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Set in a beautiful brick building on Market Street with an airy dining room and leafy patio (that’s heated in the winter), this neighborhood bistro serves creative dishes like radishes with salmon roe and creme fraiche, Manila clams in cider broth, and pork chops with fermented greens. The business also has a wine club and a small cafe called Red Arrow Coffee in the backyard.

Sabine Café

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In 2020, James Weimann and Deming Maclise closed down their Ballard French spot Bastille and replaced it with Sabine, a brunchy spot serving toasts, meze, coffee, and cocktails. As befits an all-day-hang type of place, there’s a large patio with lots of chairs, vegetation, and a fireplace that gets comfortably toasty.

Westward

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Adirondack chairs lined up on the northern shore of Lake Union provide amazing views from this impeccably designed, seafood-focused favorite from Renee Erickson’s Sea Creatures restaurant group. In the colder months, the restaurant still uses its outdoor space, with a covered patio and overhead heaters, plus two fire pits and blankets for diners.

Saint Bread

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The restaurant-slash-bakery-slash-everything makes full use of its location right on Portage Bay. In the summer months it hosts Hinoki, a wood-fired Japanese-influenced food truck, alongside an outdoor bar called Heave Ho! When the weather turns whippy it’s just Saint Bread, but “just” Saint Bread makes some of the best pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and cheeseburgers in town. And while there’s no indoor seating, the heated outdoor patio stays warm and dry.

Citizen

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Lower Queen Anne’s all-day cafe is usually a gathering place in the warmer months to chill outside and play cornhole. More subdued in colder weather, the outdoor beer garden is still humming thanks to its fire pits and cozy covered seating areas.

Plenty of Clouds

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Plenty of Clouds is located in Capitol Hill’s Pearl Apartments and features a Pacific Northwest take on Sichuan and Yunnan dishes like dry-fried chicken with chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorn, and kohlrabi. The heated, covered patio makes it easy to enjoy the fiery dishes even on a cold, rainy day, which is ideal weather for Sichuan food.

Terra Plata

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At this Capitol Hill restaurant from respected chef Tamara Murphy, dishes like paella and roast pig shine alongside a robust list of cocktails, excellent in takeout form or for chilling outside on the covered and heated roof deck. Diners who choose to hang out there are surrounded by Murphy’s beautiful edible garden.

The covered rooftop patio at Capitol Hill restaurant Terra Plata with wooden communal tables and a surrounding garden.
The rooftop at Terra Plata
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Reckless Noodle House

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The Central District’s Vietnamese street food and cocktail destination Reckless Noodle House offers covered outdoor seating, with fishing nets hung from the ceiling. Some of the sides are covered in clear plastic to reduce the wind and keep in as much heat as possible. While the dishes here are all excellent, the mala braised beef cheek noodle with pickled Fresno chili peppers, fermented mustard greens, and thick, chewy wheat noodles is one of the best-constructed noodle dishes in the city.

Star chef Melissa Miranda leads this buzzy Beacon Hill spot with Filipino dishes like short rib kare kare, smoked oysters, and mussels cooked with moringa plus plenty of killer cocktails. Guests can dine indoors or outside at its covered, heated patio. Reservations are recommended since Musang tends to fill up fast.

Bar del Corso

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Chef and owner Jerry Corso’s perfectly executed Neapolitan-style pizzas are the primary draw for this Beacon Hill hideaway, thanks to their light, slightly charred crusts. The garlic mussels, baccala fritters, and grilled octopus with corona beans are also exceptional. The sidewalk patio — great for people watching on Beacon Avenue —  has propane heaters between each table and vines growing on trellises. 

Lady Jaye

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West Seattle’s smokehouse has a decently-sized patio with a fire pit and heaters over most of the tables. One can embrace the restaurant’s theme with a massive smoked bologna sandwich and a smoked old fashioned, while admiring a painted mural that depicts a “Mount Rushmore” of country greats, including Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings.

Loretta's Northwesterner

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This South Park institution disposes with pretensions. The outdoor patio — heated and decorated for the season — is a comfortable spot to grab a beer and one of Loretta’s famed burgers. There’s also a brunch menu with steak and eggs and breakfast sandwiches.

Can Bar

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White Center’s nautical-themed bar and restaurant has a relaxed neighborhood vibe, and a reputation for its copious selection of canned beers. Don’t overlook menu items like the fried chicken sandwich, smoked beef dip, and brisket chili when you’re hanging out on the heated outdoor patio seating area.

Don Lucho's Restaurant & Pisco Bar

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

Brimmer & Heeltap

Set in a beautiful brick building on Market Street with an airy dining room and leafy patio (that’s heated in the winter), this neighborhood bistro serves creative dishes like radishes with salmon roe and creme fraiche, Manila clams in cider broth, and pork chops with fermented greens. The business also has a wine club and a small cafe called Red Arrow Coffee in the backyard.

Sabine Café

In 2020, James Weimann and Deming Maclise closed down their Ballard French spot Bastille and replaced it with Sabine, a brunchy spot serving toasts, meze, coffee, and cocktails. As befits an all-day-hang type of place, there’s a large patio with lots of chairs, vegetation, and a fireplace that gets comfortably toasty.

Westward

Adirondack chairs lined up on the northern shore of Lake Union provide amazing views from this impeccably designed, seafood-focused favorite from Renee Erickson’s Sea Creatures restaurant group. In the colder months, the restaurant still uses its outdoor space, with a covered patio and overhead heaters, plus two fire pits and blankets for diners.

Saint Bread

The restaurant-slash-bakery-slash-everything makes full use of its location right on Portage Bay. In the summer months it hosts Hinoki, a wood-fired Japanese-influenced food truck, alongside an outdoor bar called Heave Ho! When the weather turns whippy it’s just Saint Bread, but “just” Saint Bread makes some of the best pastries, breakfast sandwiches, and cheeseburgers in town. And while there’s no indoor seating, the heated outdoor patio stays warm and dry.

Citizen

Lower Queen Anne’s all-day cafe is usually a gathering place in the warmer months to chill outside and play cornhole. More subdued in colder weather, the outdoor beer garden is still humming thanks to its fire pits and cozy covered seating areas.

Plenty of Clouds

Plenty of Clouds is located in Capitol Hill’s Pearl Apartments and features a Pacific Northwest take on Sichuan and Yunnan dishes like dry-fried chicken with chili peppers, Sichuan peppercorn, and kohlrabi. The heated, covered patio makes it easy to enjoy the fiery dishes even on a cold, rainy day, which is ideal weather for Sichuan food.

Terra Plata

At this Capitol Hill restaurant from respected chef Tamara Murphy, dishes like paella and roast pig shine alongside a robust list of cocktails, excellent in takeout form or for chilling outside on the covered and heated roof deck. Diners who choose to hang out there are surrounded by Murphy’s beautiful edible garden.

The covered rooftop patio at Capitol Hill restaurant Terra Plata with wooden communal tables and a surrounding garden.
The rooftop at Terra Plata
Courtesy of Tamara Murphy

Reckless Noodle House

The Central District’s Vietnamese street food and cocktail destination Reckless Noodle House offers covered outdoor seating, with fishing nets hung from the ceiling. Some of the sides are covered in clear plastic to reduce the wind and keep in as much heat as possible. While the dishes here are all excellent, the mala braised beef cheek noodle with pickled Fresno chili peppers, fermented mustard greens, and thick, chewy wheat noodles is one of the best-constructed noodle dishes in the city.

Musang

Star chef Melissa Miranda leads this buzzy Beacon Hill spot with Filipino dishes like short rib kare kare, smoked oysters, and mussels cooked with moringa plus plenty of killer cocktails. Guests can dine indoors or outside at its covered, heated patio. Reservations are recommended since Musang tends to fill up fast.

Bar del Corso

Chef and owner Jerry Corso’s perfectly executed Neapolitan-style pizzas are the primary draw for this Beacon Hill hideaway, thanks to their light, slightly charred crusts. The garlic mussels, baccala fritters, and grilled octopus with corona beans are also exceptional. The sidewalk patio — great for people watching on Beacon Avenue —  has propane heaters between each table and vines growing on trellises. 

Lady Jaye

West Seattle’s smokehouse has a decently-sized patio with a fire pit and heaters over most of the tables. One can embrace the restaurant’s theme with a massive smoked bologna sandwich and a smoked old fashioned, while admiring a painted mural that depicts a “Mount Rushmore” of country greats, including Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, and Waylon Jennings.

Loretta's Northwesterner

This South Park institution disposes with pretensions. The outdoor patio — heated and decorated for the season — is a comfortable spot to grab a beer and one of Loretta’s famed burgers. There’s also a brunch menu with steak and eggs and breakfast sandwiches.

Can Bar

White Center’s nautical-themed bar and restaurant has a relaxed neighborhood vibe, and a reputation for its copious selection of canned beers. Don’t overlook menu items like the fried chicken sandwich, smoked beef dip, and brisket chili when you’re hanging out on the heated outdoor patio seating area.

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