Find the Best in Ballard

Sweets

Feed your sweet tooth in Ballard with Salt & Straw’s seasonal ice cream flavors. Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery is across the street and Full Tilt Ice Cream has games, beer and ice cream close-by.

Salt & Straw

5420 Ballard Ave. NW, 206.294.5581 www.saltandstraw.com

Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery

5427 Ballard Ave. NW, 206.453.3792, www.getyourhotcakes.com

Full Tilt Ice Cream

5453 Leary Ave. NW, 206.297.3000, www.fulltilticecream.com

Salt & Straw

Eat

Brand new hip American restaurant Sawyer has the ambience to go along with great food, with floor to ceiling windows in a renovated 1920s sawmill, a main dining room, full bar and patio. Gracia—Spanish for “grace”—provides Mexican cuisine with non- GMO, heirloom corn from Oaxaca, Mexico, resulting in fresh masa.

Sawyer

5309 22nd Ave. NW, 206.420.7225, www.sawyerseattle.com

Gracia

5313 Ballard Ave. NW, 206.268.0217, www.graciaseattle.com

Sawyer

Shop

Shop for vintage men’s and women’s clothing at Gold Dogs or if you’re in the need for summer gear, KAVU has got what you need. Music-lovers should head to Sonic Boom Records for a variety of vinyl records and CDs.

Gold Dogs

5221A Ballard Ave. NW, 206.499.1811, www.shopgolddogs.com

KAVU

5419 Ballard Ave. NW, 206.783.0060, www.kavu.com

Sonic Boom Records

2209 N.W. Market St., 206.297.2666, www.sonicboomrecords.com

Play

A trip to Ballard wouldn’t be complete without visiting the Hiram M. Chittenden Ballard Locks, where visitors can watch ships pass through, view migrating salmon, tour the museum and more. Afterwards, learn more about Seattle’s Nordic immigrants at the Nordic Museum.

Hiram M. Chittenden Ballard Locks

3015 N.W. 54th St., 206.682.4646, www.ballardlocks.org

Nordic Museum

2655 N.W. Market St., 206.789.5707, www.nordicmuseum.org

Hiram M. Chittenden

Nordic Museum