OK, that is fairly close to the old spaghetti factory. I’ve only eaten there once. Its main draw is that it is cheap, but it is a pretty old Seattle “mainstay”.
Needless to say there is also the Pike Place market and the waterfront, but that is a bit of a walk. From there, pretty much everything is a bit of a walk.
Seattle Center is fun this time of year.
Oh, and the Pike Place Brewery is an excellent restaurant-brewery in the market. They have a great sampler beer plank. I get it every time I go there.
And westlake mall and park is where you see a lot of the protesters getting arrested. There is usually a “come to Jesus” or “save the unborn gay feminists” rally going on there. it can be entertaining.
Technically, all that stuff is within walking distance for me, but YMMV. As Steven Wright says, “everywhere is walking distance if you have the time.”
And most of the stuff I mentioned is in the Pike and pine area between Alaska Way and 6th avenue, except for the Spaghetti factory, which is at the end of Alaskan way in the opposite direction, and then northeast about a block. It’s a big brick building, very easy to see.
Oh, I almost forgot. My very favorite attraction: Go to Ivars fish bar just north of the ferry terminal and get a few “murphy’s” (orders of fries) and go to the left of the fish bar and down the pier 50 feet or so. Feed the seagulls. It’s a hoot. They’ll take the fries right out of your mouth or hand. Once they know you’re feeding them, about 10-30 of them will circle in a 50 yard loop between you and the tug boat there and swoop in to catch the fries. I like to throw them way up to make the birds do tricks. Sometimes several of them will go for the same fry, colliding spectacularly. I’ve been beaten by their wings, had them push off my arm with their feet, you name it.
Wash your hands afterward... :-)
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Thanks great recommendations!