Unpretentious homestyle food downtown?

[archipelagic]

Any recommendations for unpretentious homestyle breakfasts, lunches, dinners downtown, for someone staying in core downtown area for several days? Easy access a must.

[HungWeiLo]

Buffalo Deli is close by and is a non-pretentious sandwich+soup place.

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Buffalo Deli
2123 1st Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

[christy319]

Piroshky on 3rd (at 3rd and Cherry, next to the Arctic Club Hotel) does really nice Russian style lunch plates--things like stroganoff, stuffed cabbage, and stuffed peppers; evrything comes with mashed potatoes, salad and roll. Every day it's a different couple of plates. Their soups and piroshkies are great as well--they love to give out soup samples if, like most of us, you don't recognize the Russian words ie solyanka.

[frygirl]

Both of these are in Pike Place Market:

Cafe Yarmarka - homey stuffed cabbage rolls

Three Girls Bakery - a great meatloaf sandwich and BLT

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Three Girls Bakery
1514 Pike Pl Ste 1, Seattle, WA 98101

Cafe Yarmarka
1530 Post Aly Ste 3A, Seattle, WA 98101

[pusherman]

How about Virginia Inn (1st / Virginia) for dinner -- basically good bar food, very useful location.

If Pioneer Sq isn't too far afield, they have good breakfast sandwiches at Tat's (Yesler / Occidental).

[Vexorg]

I'll definitely second the recommendation for Bakeman's. I also happen to like Mel's Market (Third and Madison) for stuff like baked potatoes, lasagna and salads, but they're pretty much limited to the weekday lunch crowd.

[Leper]

I second Bakeman's--a Seattle gem. The hamburger at Two Bells Tavern is Americana comfort food. Emmet Watson's at the Market offers classic, diner seafood preparations. Lowell's for breakfast if the tour boats are not in town. (Order a beer and tomato juice so you look like a local.)

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Two Bells Tavern
2313 4th Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

[firecracker]

Icon Grill's Mac and Cheese or Meatloaf with Blackstrap Molasses Gravy is pretty down home and usually good!

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Icon Grill
1933 5th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98101

[seattleviking]

Icon Grill also has a Happy Hour from 3-6 where the entire lounge menu is half price... including the Ultimate Mac n Cheese and some other tasty items. We have also had good service there.

[Tom Armitage]

You can't do better than a turkey sandwich (made from whole fresh-roasted turkey) and turkey-noodle soup at Bakeman's. The meatloaf sandwich is good too. The drill here is to know what you want to order and order it quickly so as not to hold up the fast moving line. For the turkey sandwich you can specify white meat, dark meat, or mixed, and ask for cranberry sauce. Bakeman's is a Seattle classic.

[RandyB]

My usual Bakeman's order, spoken quickly: "Dry, dark on dark, berry and tomato, to go."

Translation: All dark meat turkey on wheat bread, no mayonnaise, with cranberry sauce and fresh tomato, to go.

[Janer]

Right on. And mine is "Light on dark double berry to go."

Translation: All light meat on wheat bread, with mayo, and a double serving of cranberry sauce, to go.

[mrnelso]

For me, it's "light on dark, with mayo and cran." Be ready, lest Jason stike you down.
Pike Place Market has all this, and will surprise anybody who has visited Rouse-style "markets' in malls around the world. It allows no chains.

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Pike Place Market
1501 Pike Pl, Seattle, WA 98101