Weirdest seattle

The international district of Seattle is home to some amazing restaurants but Harbour City is a local favorite. Why not explore Seattle from a different angle and go below Pioneer Square. Learn more about the Seattle underground tour here. Thai Tom is sure to bring tears to your eyes, tears of joy of course. Or tears of spicy goodness if you so choose.

Once you get through the long wait you will be rewarded with authentic Thai classics presented in a hole-in-the-wall style restaurant. The restaurant is buzzing with activity as the meals are prepared in an open kitchen for everyone to see.

Pots and pans flying, knives chopping, it really is quite a site. Thai Tom ranks top 3 of my all-time favorite restaurants. Have you heard of Glamping? Well luxury camping is alive and kicking with several near Seattle. Morsel rocks the house with amazing coffee and to die for biscuit sandwiches. Giant and buttery with the freshest ingredients is the theme at Morsel.

After a full belly cruise the Alki beach for a perfect evening sunset. Housed in the charming Pioneer Square area of Seattle this year old brick building ads to the charm of Damn The Weather. A great place to dodge the drizzle and enjoy a refreshing cocktail and a delicious meal. For an appetizer the curried chickpeas are terrific. My first impression was that it looked like she [had] just woken up, in pajamas, no effort, and I had my hair done, plaid shirt and jeans.

She went from the girl who blew up my phone, to absolutely quiet during coffee at her apartment, with no effort. The opinions expressed in reader comments are those of the author only and do not reflect the opinions of The Seattle Times. Show caption. By Amy Wong. Marina Resto. Answers have been edited for spelling and clarity.

Amy Wong: awong seattletimes. Amy Wong is the Seattle Times features producer. This Seattle steakhouse wants to be part of the solution. Posting comments is now limited to subscribers only. Just north of the Fremont Bridge is the Fremont area of Seattle. America's Largest Troll sits under the other nearby bridge, the Aurora Bridge, getting ready to emerge and charge a toll on those who pass overhead.

The statue, referred to as the Fremont Troll, named after the city district despite that it sits under the Aurora Bridge and not the Fremont Bridge, is about eighteen feet tall, weighs about 13, pounds and was built by a team of four Seattle area artists calling themselves the Jersey Devils: Steve Badanes, Will Martin, Donna Walter, and Ross Whitehead.

The sculpture has been there since Halloween and can be found under Aurora Avenue on Troll Avenue around 36th Street. The troll clutches in its left hand a Volkswagen Bug, which at one point had a California license plate as well as a time capsule filled with Elvis memorabilia.

However, the car was vandalized, the license plate stolen, and as a result, the time capsule was relocated. Every year, a roving Halloween party called Trollaween begins at the site of the troll. Trolls guard other bridges as well. For example in California, the Bay Bridge , which bridges the bay from San Francisco to Oakland, has a troll guarding it. And in Norway, trolls guard the Trollstiegen road which crosses the Stigofssen falls. The road even has a "Troll Crossing" sign.

Troll pictures courtesy of Jandro Gamboa. Check out his Instagram account Forgotten California to see more pictures of abandoned and forgotten sites throughout California! Other noteworthy weird items found in Seattle includes the Seattle Underground Tour. Seattle at some point in its history decided to raise all the streets up one level, and so the buildings that existed already suddenly had their first floors become basements; their old sidewalks became tunnels underground, and an entire network of rooms, underground paths, and warrens was born.

The previously mentioned Fremont Bridge has towers over-looking it. Inside at least two of them are neon artworks.

The northwest tower has a Rapunzel with long neon hair and another tower represents Kipling's tale showing How the Elephant Got his Trunk.