Bangrak Market

Bangrak Market in Belltown has a lot going on. The Thai street food options are practically endless, but half the fun is craning your neck around to look up at the woven baskets, colorful beams, and little packages of spices, nuts, and other food products. It's named after one of Bangkok's most popular night markets, and the Thai street food options are practically endless, but half the fun is craning your neck around to look up at the woven baskets, colorful beams, and little packages of spices, nuts, and other food products. Snacks like skewered meats and creamy curries like mussamun and panang are on the menu. It's all delicious, but the moo ping pork sticks with a rum-spiked Thai iced tea are the two dishes you should have again and again. You've just discovered your new Happy Hour hangout after work.

A rainbow of beams arch over the bar, plastic baskets of every hue fashioned into chandeliers dangle from the soaring ceiling, and a mock market stall serves as the host stand at the entryway of this shotgun-shaped Belltown eatery. The message: Get ready for Thai street food classics that are vibrant and warm. Perfectly roasted pig belly, sausages with a significant spicy taste, deep-fried crab cakes, and a carousel of housemade hot sauces to dial up the heat—the extensive menu takes elements from the renowned Bangkok market after which it's called. If the sheer quantity of dishes overwhelms you (there are six papaya salad options alone, which is amazing), staff can point you in the appropriate chile-spiked direction.

Location: 2319 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98121

Website: www.bangrakmarket.com