About art walks Many galleries downtown and in Pioneer Square stay open until about 8pm the first Thursday of each month to mark the openings of monthly shows. The Seattle Art Museum also stays open late Thursday evenings and is free on First Thursday.

Galleries in downtown Seattle Center on Contemporary Art 65 Cedar Street Phoenix Rising 2030 Western Avenue Gallery Mack 2003 Western Avenue in Market Place. Lisa Harris Gallery 1922 Pike Place, second floor. Art Bar 1516 2nd Avenue Also has a restaurant. Gordon Woodside/John Braseth Gallery 1533 Ninth Avenue Foster/White Gallery-City Centre 1420 5th Avenue, second floor in City Centre. Facere Jewelry Art 1420 5th Avenue, first floor in City Centre. Mesolini & Amici 1410 Western Avenue Vetri 1408 1st Avenue William Traver Gallery 110 Union Street, second floor. Jeffrey Moose Gallery 1333 5th Avenue, in Rainier Square. Soil Gallery 82 University Street Seattle Art Museum 100 University Street Benham Studio Gallery 1216 1st Avenue Kimzey Miller Gallery 1225 2nd Avenue Friesen Gallery 1210 2nd Avenue, in the Washington Mutual Tower Plaza. Alexis Hotel 1007 1st Avenue (lobby area) Lead Art Gallery and Wine Bar 1022 First Avenue Seafirst Gallery 701 5th Avenue, third floor atrium in the Columbia Seafirst Center. Restaurants in downtown Seattle Owl 'N Thistle Irish Pub & Restaurant 808 Post Avenue The Bookstore Bar and Cafe 1007 1st Avenue McCormick & Schmick's 1103 1st Avenue Brooklyn Seafood, Steak & Oyster House 1212 2nd Avenue Virazon 1329 1st Avenue (closed) Wild Ginger 1400 Western Avenue Leo Melina Ristorante di Mare 96 Union Street Palomino Euro-Bistro 1420 5th Avenue, third floor in City Centre. Theoz 1523 6th Avenue Alibi Room 85 Pike Street, lower level. Il Bistro 93-A Pike Street, lower level. Shea's Lounge 94 Pike Street, Suite 34, second floor. Art Bar 1516 2nd Avenue Also has a gallery. Cafe Campagne 1600 Post Alley, near First Avenue and Pine Street. Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar 1916 Pike Place, Suite 16, near the back of the building. Andaluca 407 Olive Way, in the Mayflower Park Hotel. Dahlia Lounge 1904 4th Avenue Nikko Restaurant 1900 5th Avenue, lower level of Westin Hotel. Main entrance on 6th Avenue and Stewart Street.