<p>DS and I were talking in the car on our way home from the city and I was giving him another directional tutorial about exits and parking and whatnot. He was talking about neighborhoods that he knows well and one that he doesn’t know well but would like to. We came up with the idea of doing a Seattle scavenger hunt with him driving. The idea would be to go to notable cheap fun destinations like parks, views, coffee shops etc so he’s comfortable with more fun places for a teen to go. Back in my day those places were things like B & O Espresso, The Last Exit and Trattoria Mitchelli where my friend and I would split a fettucini with clam and cannoli and have an urban adventure for about $5 a piece.</p>
<p>I’m thinking about heading all the way out to Golden Gardens, points in Ballard and Fremont, the route to downtown across the Ballard Bridge on Western, maybe Discovery Park, Queen Ann and Kerry Park (sp?) I’m not sure what else. I don’t know Alki well. I need to show him the NE Greenlake Parking (he’s good with the S/SW side) and would welcome a good little destination in the neighborhood at that end. He is already pretty comfortable downtown and with the Central Area and Columbia City.</p>
<p>I’m looking for suggestions of places, parks with views or good swing sets, coffee shops, food stands etc. that would be good, cheap destination fun for a kid. We plan to make a day of it and just drive from one to the other while he learns the city driving routes better.</p>
<p>( I have a couple friends who used to work at Trattoria Mitchelli during the 80s- they have stories)
He could take my dog to the dog park at upper Golden Gardens! 
There is a nice coffee shop close by that was the “head” shop for MANY years.
Caffe Fiore.
He could also go over to Magnolia.
Fish & Chips at Fishermans Terminal before going to Discovery Park.</p>
<p>If he likes Pearl Jam, he might be interested in the recording studio which the rhythm guitarist owns and the vintage junk shop where the lead singer found an old recording of Last Kiss, which are both in Fremont.</p>
<p>Many parks have sadly removed their swings and replaced them with much smaller swings, but there still may be some at Golden Gardens.</p>
<p>Carkeek Park is not as busy off of 3rd northwest.</p>
<p>Lots of musicians live in West Seattle and a visit to Easy Street records is a must do. ( they have food too)</p>
<p>Is Easy Street in West Seattle?! We used to bus over to Cellophane square the walk down to The Last exit for lattes and apple pie before Lattes were a thing.</p>
<p>Something around Montlake and the UW so he learns which lane to be in to continue North and not get shunted off toward Sand Point.
While you are in the area, have him find the public parking for Agua Verde and have fish tacos and rent a kayak. </p>
<p>Bauhaus Coffee is now open at the north end of Greenlake. How many coffee places/chocolate/bakery places round the lake perimeter?
Go West on 70th to 14th NW and Honore Bakery (& Delancy Pizza & Brunswick & Hunt)
Do the route from Greenlake to the Zoo, navigating Phinney Ridge. Look for Martinos, 74th St Ale House
Get from Fremont to Ballard
Get to all three Dicks drive ins - Holman Rd, 45th, Edmonds. </p>
<p>Sorry - 4 Dicks drive ins. I forgot Lake City Way</p>
<p>I spent a lot of time at the Last Exit. I wonder if it’s still there. I heard the B&O Espresso shut down. So terrible, they had the best desserts, EVER. Maybe the Arboretum would be a good stop. But I think this isn’t something you do in one day, maybe several days to go to different areas. I could recommend some places more on the east side, or if I knew his interests.</p>
<p>Or he could just go from dessert place to dessert place…I know many of those.</p>
<p>B&O is, so far as I know, gone. Two of my sisters worked there, at different times.</p>
<p>Somewhat interesting destinations:
- The park next to Kurt Cobain’s house in Madrona.
- Volunteer Park.
- Kubota Garden</p>
<p>Good God! Are people not aware there’s a Dick’s on Capitol Hill?</p>
<p>I guess the one by the Seattle Center is appropriately omitted, since it’s not really a drive in.</p>
<p>The owners of B & O espresso retired earlier this year. They had been running the cafe for 38 years, the last two in Ballard.
Bauhaus also opened in Ballard.</p>
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<p>They should be.
<a href=“Here's That Macklemore Video Shot at Dick's Drive-In - Eater Seattle”>Here's That Macklemore Video Shot at Dick's Drive-In - Eater Seattle;
<p>I’ve only been to Seattle once… but isn’t there a dam you can visit that has a “fish ladder”? I remember that being pretty cool (but not how to get there). There was also a park called Bye Krackie or something that was on a list of “best places to kiss” - not that you have to do any kissing, but it’s isolated and tricky to find and rather steep, with a wonderful overview of the city.</p>
<p>That would be " the locks"
<a href=“http://www.seattle.gov/tour/locks.htm”>http://www.seattle.gov/tour/locks.htm</a>
They could go that way to Golden Gardens.
Or go to Discovery park and walk across the canal.</p>
<p><a href=“http://m.yelp.com/biz/bhy-kracke-park-seattle”>http://m.yelp.com/biz/bhy-kracke-park-seattle</a>
Don’t know what the parking situation is.</p>
<p>He has been to Discovery Park but not driven there - we used to go there and once got caught by the tide and had to scale the sandy bluffs on the South side of the point. Not my smartest teenage moment.</p>
<p>He does know Volunteer Park and hasn’t been to the park by Cobain’s house but could get there. He is pretty good with Central Area, Madrona, Madison Valley, Columbia City as far as navigating. He doesn’t know cool places to go really, though, other than getting chicken to go at Ezell’s. :P</p>
<p>I heard there’s some kind of great Cuban sandwich food truck thing in Ballard. Does anyone know anything about that?</p>
<p>edit: Thank you google. Here is the Cuban sandwich place - it is half way between the Locks and Golden Gardens!</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.paseoseattle.com/”>http://www.paseoseattle.com/</a></p>
<p>Oooo . . . Bhy Kracke Park has playground equipment! Teen boys love to relieve their childhoods playing “Hot Lava Monster” on good playground structures.</p>
<p>@busdriver11 The Last Exit has been gone for quite awhile. He does know how to get to Cafe Race which is kind of funky and one could just get coffee and feel like they’d been someplace.</p>
<p>I guess I need to give him a lesson on reading parking signs as well. He seems to have the parallel parking gene like his mother, but Seattle will tow you in a heartbeat if you park in one of those spots that turn into a bus lane at 4pm.</p>
<p>OK cool . . . Bhy Kracke Park is only about 10 blocks from Kerry Park. Would that be the best places to kiss in Seattle tour? ;)</p>
<p>There is Paseos on Seaview, but not a food truck, also on Fremont Ave close to the 5 way intersection on the east side of Phinney Ridge/ zoo.
The food trucks seem to rotate.
( they often are parked at breweries or outside bars- something I’m assuming he’s too young for, although children are permitted inside the breweries, they even have toys for the little ones to play with)</p>
<p>I have only had pupusas in Bellingham, but Tiko Rico( Salvadoran) on Greenwood is supposed to be very good. ( however, I have been driving for 40 years and I haven’t felt like dealing with their parking lot)
My grandparents lived in Magnolia ( so did I when I was really small & my house is still there!) and my grandpa taught me to drive at Fort Lawton, now Discovery Park.</p>
<p>Paseos is what I was thinking of. We can split a sandwich and eat at Golden Gardens on our trek.</p>
<p>How about breakfast spots. Isn’t there a good one on Phinney Ridge? </p>
<p>more google . . . Pete’s Egg Nest . . . do you recommend, emeraldk?</p>