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EATING
Formerly scruffy but now condo-clean, Belltown makes it easy to spend
either a little or a lot and still get a fabulous meal. Among its rows of bars
and cocktail lounges are a great variety of cafes, delis, top-of-the-line res-
taurants and low-budget noodle huts frequented by arty musicians and
starving students. The other advantage of Belltown is that you're more
likely to be able to find late-night dining, thanks to an active cocktail
scene that encourages many restaurants to serve at least a bar menu un-
til 2am.
TOP POT HAND-FORGED DOUGHNUTS
CAFE
$
(
www.toppotdoughnuts.com
;
2124 5th Ave; doughnuts from $1.50; 6am-7pm; 13)
Top Pot
is to doughnuts what champagne is to wine - a different class. And its cafes - espe-
cially this one in an old car showroom with floor-to-ceiling library shelves and art-deco
signage - are equally legendary. The coffee's pretty potent too.
MACRINA
BAKERY
$
( 206-448-4032; 2408 1st Ave; pastries $2-3.75; 7am-7pm; 13)
That snaking queue's
there for a reason: damned good artisan bread (you can watch through the window as
the experts roll out the dough). There are two options and two lines at Macrina. One is
for the fantastic take-out bakery (possibly the best in Seattle); the other's for the sit-
down cafe with its so-good-it-could-be-Paris sandwiches, soups and other such snacks.
Join the pilgrimage.
5pm-2am daily, plus 9am-2pm Sat &
Sun;
13)
Sometimes when you're tramping the streets in search of food and drink
