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  • Lombardi’s at the Everett Marina: 38 Years of Getting Italian Right — and the Ravioli Is Why You Keep Coming Back

    Lombardi’s at the Everett Marina: 38 Years of Getting Italian Right — and the Ravioli Is Why You Keep Coming Back

    Q: What should I order at Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant in Everett?
    A: Start with the porcini mushroom ravioli — a rotating signature that showcases house-made pasta in a wild mushroom cream sauce with goat cheese. The tortellini gorgonzola and lobster ravioli are also perennial favorites. Grab a table on the covered waterfront deck, go at sunset, and pair dinner with something from their rotating wine list.

    Lombardi’s at the Everett Marina: 38 Years of Getting Italian Right — and the Ravioli Is Why You Keep Coming Back

    Address: 1620 W Marine View Dr, Everett, WA 98201 | Hours: Lunch Tue–Sun 11:30 am–3 pm; Dinner Mon 3–8 pm, Tue–Thu & Sun 3–8:30 pm, Fri–Sat 3–9:30 pm | Price range: Mid-range fine dining | Parking: Free marina lot | Reservations: Strongly recommended on weekends

    There’s a version of the Everett Marina waterfront story that gets told every few months, usually whenever a new restaurant opens along the stretch of Craftsman Way and Seiner Drive that now bills itself as Restaurant Row. The story is right: the buildout has been real, the tenants are good, and the Port deserves credit for turning a spectacular piece of Pacific Northwest geography into the dining destination it always should have been.

    But that story usually skips the part where Lombardi’s has been here since 1987.

    That’s 38 years of house-made pasta. Thirty-eight years of watching the sun drop behind the Olympics from a covered waterfront deck. Thirty-eight years before Bluewater Organic Distilling arrived next door, before Rustic Cork opened its rooftop, before Tapped Public House became Snohomish County’s most-photographed restaurant deck. Lombardi’s was here first, and if you’ve been sleeping on it because it opened before Instagram existed, we’d like to have a word.

    The Story Behind the Table

    Diane Symms founded Lombardi’s in 1987 with a specific vision: a regional Italian restaurant drawing on the culinary traditions of Italy’s Lombardy region, built around fresh ingredients and seasonal rotation. That wasn’t a common restaurant playbook in 1987 Everett. It was an ambitious bet.

    It paid off. Lombardi’s ran for over three decades under Symms before she sold the majority share to her daughter, Kerri Lonergan-Dreke, in 2021. The founder remains involved. The kitchen philosophy hasn’t changed. The pasta is still made in-house. The menu still rotates seasonally, pulling from whatever’s fresh and good.

    Kerri has led the restaurant into its fourth decade as the most durable sit-down Italian option on the Everett waterfront — which, when you consider how many restaurants have come and gone along this stretch in 38 years, is not a small thing.

    The Room and the View

    The dining room at Lombardi’s works on two levels. Inside, it’s warm and a little old-school in exactly the right way — comfortable booths, good lighting, the kind of space where a long dinner conversation doesn’t feel rushed. The windows frame the marina, and if you’re eating in the evening the light on the water does most of the decorating for you.

    The covered outdoor deck is the move in spring and summer. Positioned directly on the marina, it catches sunsets over the Olympic Mountains and puts you at eye level with the boats. Bring a reservation and ask for the deck on any Friday or Saturday evening between May and September.

    There’s also a private dining room — the Harbor Room — that seats up to 50 people with dockside water views. It makes Lombardi’s an obvious call for larger celebrations or work dinners that need something more memorable than a conference center.

    What to Order

    The pasta program is where Lombardi’s earns its reputation. The menu rotates, but a few dishes have become perennial anchors:

    Porcini mushroom ravioli — house-made pasta in a wild mushroom cream sauce, finished with roasted tomatoes and goat cheese. This is the dish that reviewers have been describing as a reason to return since before most of the other restaurants on this waterfront existed. Order it.

    Tortellini gorgonzola — a rich, satisfying pasta that commits to the gorgonzola without apology. Not for the timid. Very much for the people who want to actually taste what they’re eating.

    Lobster ravioli — the showpiece for special occasions, house-made pasta with a filling that doesn’t skimp. Pairs well with whatever the wine list is offering in whites that month.

    The seafood side of the menu draws from local sourcing wherever possible and rotates with the season. The kitchen also runs gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options — a range that’s become increasingly important for group dining, and Lombardi’s handles it without reducing those options to an afterthought. The wine list is curated, rotates with the menu, and is strong enough to support the food.

    The Parking Situation

    Free lot at the marina. Easy to find, well-signed from Marine View Drive. No parking stress.

    The Bottom Line

    Lombardi’s isn’t new. It’s not trying to be the most-photographed thing on the waterfront. What it is: the restaurant that was doing house-made pasta with seasonal Italian menus and waterfront views before the Port of Everett’s Restaurant Row build-out was a gleam in anyone’s eye, and it hasn’t gotten complacent about any of it.

    Thirty-eight years is a long time to stay good. Most restaurants don’t make it five. The fact that Lombardi’s is still making its own pasta, still rotating the menu with the seasons, and still turning out a porcini mushroom ravioli that gets talked about in 2026 the same way it did in 2015 says something about the kitchen, the ownership, and the care. If you haven’t been, you’re overdue. If you haven’t been in a while, you’re overdue in a different way. Reserve the deck table. Go at sunset. Start with the porcini ravioli.

    Also worth your time on the waterfront: Fisherman Jack’s for dim sum and Asian-fusion, and Anthony’s HomePort for the halibut season menu.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Lombardi’s Italian Restaurant in Everett known for?

    Lombardi’s is known for house-made pasta, a rotating seasonal Italian menu, and a covered waterfront deck overlooking the Everett Marina. The porcini mushroom ravioli and tortellini gorgonzola are standout dishes.

    Does Lombardi’s take reservations?

    Yes — and you should make one, especially on weekends. The deck fills early on summer evenings.

    Is Lombardi’s gluten-free friendly?

    Yes. The menu includes gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan options across most courses.

    Does Lombardi’s have private dining?

    Yes. The Harbor Room seats up to 50 with dockside water views and is available for private events.

    When did Lombardi’s open?

    Lombardi’s was founded in 1987 by Diane Symms. Her daughter, Kerri Lonergan-Dreke, now leads the restaurant as of 2021.

    Where is Lombardi’s Italian in Everett?

    1620 W Marine View Dr, Everett, WA 98201, at the Everett Marina. Free parking in the marina lot.

  • Jetty Bar & Grille: The Everett Waterfront’s Hidden Best Table

    Jetty Bar & Grille: The Everett Waterfront’s Hidden Best Table

    Quick answer: Jetty Bar & Grille (1028 13th St, Everett, inside Hotel Indigo Waterfront Place) serves Salish Sea-inspired seafood with marina views. Weekend brunch Sat–Sun 7am–3pm. Mother’s Day specials May 10 — Brioche French Toast, Spanish Quiche, mimosas. Reserve at (425) 535-4414 or OpenTable.

    Jetty Bar & Grille: The Everett Waterfront’s Hidden Best Table

    The Port of Everett’s Restaurant Row has been getting a lot of well-deserved press over the last 18 months. Tapped Public House with its rooftop deck. Marina Azul’s 100-tequila back bar. Anthony’s halibut season. South Fork Baking’s scratch pastries. The waterfront has become a destination, and that’s a sentence nobody was saying three years ago.

    But one waterfront table has been quietly delivering four-star seafood and marina views the entire time the newer spots were opening: Jetty Bar & Grille, the restaurant inside Hotel Indigo Seattle Everett Waterfront. Located at 1028 13th St in the heart of Fisherman’s Harbor, Jetty has been here since the hotel opened — and it keeps getting underrated in the conversation about where to eat on the water. We’re here to fix that. Especially this Sunday.

    The Setting: Right on the Marina

    Hotel Indigo Everett Waterfront is the glass-and-steel building that anchors the north end of Waterfront Place, and Jetty occupies its ground-floor dining space with direct access to an outdoor patio overlooking the Port of Everett Marina. On a clear May day you get an unobstructed line of sight across Possession Sound toward the Olympic Mountains. The nautical décor inside isn’t overdone — warm wood tones, blue accents, floor-to-ceiling windows — and it feels like you’re actually on the water without being weather-dependent.

    Parking is free in the Waterfront Place lot, and you’re a short walk from the marina docks if someone in your party wants to admire the boats before or after eating.

    What to Order

    The menu focuses on approachable Pacific Northwest seafood sourced from local purveyors. This isn’t white-tablecloth fine dining — it’s well-executed casual-to-midrange that genuinely knows what it’s doing with fish.

    Start with the smoked salmon chowder. It’s thick, properly smoked, and local — not the gluey tourist version you get at some waterfront spots. Follow it with the olive oil poached halibut, which arrives delicate and seasonal and makes a case for halibut prepared simply rather than buried in sauce. The fish and chips set a legitimate benchmark: light batter, fresh fish, crisp fries.

    The cocktail program leans local too — handcrafted drinks, Pacific Northwest spirits where available — and the daily happy hour runs 3pm to 5pm, making the waterfront patio genuinely affordable on a weekday afternoon.

    Brunch: Their Secret Weapon

    Weekday brunch runs Monday through Friday from 6am to 3pm. Weekend brunch is Saturday and Sunday from 7am to 3pm, and it’s where Jetty makes its most compelling argument: the morning light across the marina, a mimosa in hand, avocado toast or eggs Benedict with smoked salmon — this is the strongest brunch case in Snohomish County at this price point. We’ll stand by that.

    Mother’s Day Brunch This Sunday — Reserve Now

    This Sunday, May 10, is Mother’s Day, and Jetty is running brunch specials alongside the regular menu: Brioche French Toast and Spanish Quiche, with mimosas and the full marina view. If you want a reservation for Sunday brunch, do not wait — call (425) 535-4414 or book through OpenTable today. Jetty holds 4.4 stars across more than 400 OpenTable diners, and waterfront Mother’s Day tables at this price go fast.

    Here’s a full morning plan we’d recommend: start at the Everett Farmers Market’s opening day (10:30am, 2930 Wetmore Ave — also Mother’s Day), grab flowers from the Hmong farmer vendors, then walk or drive to the waterfront for Jetty brunch. Flowers in the car, mimosas at the marina. That’s a complete Mother’s Day at a very reasonable cost.

    Dinner Service

    Dinner runs Sunday through Thursday 4pm to 9pm and Friday through Saturday 4pm to 10pm. The seafood focus continues through the evening — the poached halibut and chowder carry over from lunch — joined by a broader selection of Salish Sea fish preparations and a full cocktail menu. This is the restaurant you bring out-of-town guests when you want to show them what Everett’s waterfront actually looks like from inside a good meal.

    The Verdict

    Jetty Bar & Grille has been the quiet backbone of Waterfront Place dining since Hotel Indigo opened. While newer Restaurant Row tenants got bigger marketing pushes, Jetty has been doing consistent, honest Salish Sea seafood with one of the best marina views in the county. Four-point-four stars across 400-plus OpenTable diners over multiple years doesn’t happen without getting the fundamentals right.

    If you haven’t been, this Mother’s Day weekend is the prompt you needed. Make the reservation. Start at the farmers market. Do the mimosa with marina views. Come back in the summer for the patio at sunset. Tapped Public House and Rustic Cork are great neighbors for a waterfront evening that runs long.

    Jetty Bar & Grille
    1028 13th St, Everett, WA (inside Hotel Indigo Waterfront Place)
    (425) 535-4414 | OpenTable reservations
    Brunch: Mon–Fri 6am–3pm | Sat–Sun 7am–3pm
    Dinner: Sun–Thu 4–9pm | Fri–Sat 4–10pm
    Happy Hour: Daily 3–5pm

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is Jetty Bar & Grille in Everett?

    1028 13th St inside Hotel Indigo Seattle Everett Waterfront, at Fisherman’s Harbor in the Waterfront Place development.

    Does Jetty Bar & Grille serve brunch?

    Yes — weekdays 6am–3pm, weekends 7am–3pm. Weekend brunch is their strongest meal.

    What are Jetty Bar & Grille’s Mother’s Day 2026 specials?

    Brioche French Toast and Spanish Quiche added to the regular brunch menu Sunday May 10. Reserve at (425) 535-4414 or OpenTable.

    What is Jetty Bar & Grille’s best dish?

    Smoked salmon chowder to start, olive oil poached halibut as the main. For brunch, eggs Benedict with smoked salmon or avocado toast with the marina view.

    Is there parking at Jetty Bar & Grille?

    Free parking in the Waterfront Place lot adjacent to Hotel Indigo.

    What is Jetty Bar & Grille’s rating?

    4.4 stars across 400+ OpenTable diners (as of May 2026).

  • Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina Is Open on the Everett Waterfront — And It Was Worth the Wait

    Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina Is Open on the Everett Waterfront — And It Was Worth the Wait

    Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina is open. After months of anticipation — we covered the signed lease back in September 2025 and the coming-soon preview in April — the restaurant from the family behind Cava Azul in Woodinville and Agave Cocina in Redmond and Kent has officially landed at the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place. If you’ve been watching that new Restaurant Row building go up on Seiner Drive and wondering when you’d finally get a margarita with a marina view, the answer is now.

    We stopped by to see what the Eastside team brought to Everett’s waterfront, and the short version is: this is a serious restaurant. Not a tourist trap, not a chain spin-off. Marina Azul is the real thing.

    Where It Is and How to Get There

    Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina sits at 1500 Seiner Drive, Suite 102, inside the new Restaurant Row building at Fisherman’s Harbor, Port of Everett Waterfront Place. That puts it right next door to The Net Shed, steps from the marina esplanade, and inside the same development as Tapped Public House and South Fork Baking Co. Parking is in the Port’s main Waterfront Place lot — it’s free and plentiful. If you’re arriving by boat, the marina docks are right there.

    The Food: Elevated Mexican Done Right

    Marina Azul is not your average chips-and-queso operation. The team behind the Woodinville and Redmond locations built a reputation on elevated traditional Mexican — fresh tacos, meticulous sauces, and a kitchen that actually respects what Mexican cuisine can be. The Everett menu follows suit: fresh tacos in multiple styles, specialty items that change seasonally, and an approach to ingredients that puts flavor first rather than defaulting to the same four proteins everyone else uses.

    The menu accommodates vegetarians, vegans, and gluten-free diners — a detail that matters in 2026 when half your dining party has a dietary note. That said, don’t let the plant-friendly options fool you into thinking this is health food dressed up as a night out. The kitchen’s strength is in the preparation: salsas made from actual chiles, sauces that taste like they took time, tortillas that have texture. Come hungry.

    The Tequila Program: 100+ Bottles

    Here’s the part worth calling out explicitly: Marina Azul carries more than 100 tequilas. Not a shelf of well tequila with a few premium bottles for show — a genuine sipping tequila program curated by people who care. Blanco, reposado, añejo, extra añejo — it’s all represented. If you’re a mezcal person, they have that covered too.

    The specialty margaritas are the entry point for most tables, and they’re built from the same philosophy as the food: actual fresh ingredients, good base spirits, no neon-green mix. The craft cocktail list extends beyond margaritas into curated agave-forward options. This is a bar worth lingering at.

    The Space: Waterfront Views, Year-Round Patio

    The interior seats a proper dining room with views out toward the marina. But the covered patio is the move — Marina Azul designed it specifically for Pacific Northwest year-round use, which means it works in May when the sun is out and in November when it’s not. A heated, covered patio with marina views and a margarita in hand is a specific kind of good that Everett hasn’t had until now.

    The space is about 2,500 square feet inside plus the patio, which means it can handle a full dinner crowd without feeling cramped. Reservations are strongly recommended for weekends — this is going to be a destination restaurant for the whole county, not just a neighborhood spot.

    Who’s Running It

    The Everett location is managed by Alejandro and Esteban Ramos — nephew and son of the founding family behind the Eastside locations. This isn’t an absentee franchise situation. It’s a family operation that understands the Eastside concept and is extending it with the intention of doing it well in a new market. The family has been in the elevated Mexican dining space in the Seattle region long enough to know what separates a restaurant that becomes a fixture from one that opens and quietly fades. The Everett location has the backing to be the former.

    Hours

    Monday through Thursday: 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM
    Friday: 11:00 AM – 10:00 PM
    Saturday: 10:00 AM – 10:00 PM
    Sunday: 10:00 AM – 9:00 PM

    Weekend brunch service starts at 10 AM — which puts Marina Azul on the short list of actual waterfront brunch options in Everett. That list was previously very short. Note that they’re running a Mother’s Day special (May 11) — if you haven’t booked yet, call soon: (425) 241-9023.

    The Verdict

    The Port of Everett’s Restaurant Row has been building toward something for years, and Marina Azul feels like the piece that completes the picture. You’ve now got fresh fish at The Net Shed, craft beer and brunch at Tapped, pastries and espresso at South Fork Baking Co., and now elevated Mexican with a serious tequila program at Marina Azul — all within a five-minute walk of each other on the marina esplanade.

    We’ve been waiting for Everett’s waterfront dining scene to have a proper night-out Mexican restaurant. The wait is over. Go get a margarita and watch the boats.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Is Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina open in Everett?

    Yes. Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina is now open at 1500 Seiner Drive, Suite 102, Port of Everett Waterfront Place. Hours are Monday–Thursday 11 AM–9 PM, Friday 11 AM–10 PM, Saturday–Sunday 10 AM–9/10 PM.

    What kind of food does Marina Azul serve?

    Elevated traditional Mexican cuisine — fresh tacos, specialty margaritas, curated cocktails, and more. The menu includes vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

    How many tequilas does Marina Azul carry?

    More than 100. It’s one of the most extensive tequila programs in Snohomish County.

    Is there outdoor seating?

    Yes — a covered, heated patio along the marina esplanade designed for year-round use.

    Who owns Marina Azul Everett?

    The same family behind Cava Azul Cocina & Cantina in Woodinville and Agave Cocina & Cantina in Redmond and Kent. The Everett location is managed by Alejandro and Esteban Ramos. Public relations contact: Deba Wegner at Recipe for Success, Inc.

    Is Marina Azul good for a date night or special occasion?

    Yes — waterfront views, serious cocktails, and a menu that’s actually trying. Reserve a table for weekends.

    Is there parking at Marina Azul?

    Yes, free parking in the Port of Everett Waterfront Place main lot off Seine Drive. Accessible by boat as well via the marina docks.

  • Anthony’s HomePort Everett Is Serving Halibut Season Right Now — And the Deck Views Are Worth the Drive

    Anthony’s HomePort Everett Is Serving Halibut Season Right Now — And the Deck Views Are Worth the Drive

    Q: What’s the best waterfront seafood restaurant in Everett, WA?
    A: Anthony’s HomePort Everett at 1726 W Marine View Dr serves fresh Northwest seafood — including wild halibut in season — with direct views of Port Gardner Bay and the Olympic Mountains. It’s the closest thing Everett has to a destination seafood house, and halibut season makes it required eating right now. Call (425) 252-3333 for reservations. Last verified: April 2026.

    Anthony’s HomePort Everett Is Serving Halibut Season Right Now — And the Deck Views Are Worth the Drive

    There are maybe four or five restaurants in Everett where the location alone is part of the meal. Anthony’s HomePort is one of them. Sit at a window table — or better, on the deck when the weather allows — and you’re looking straight at Port Gardner Bay, with Camano Island off to the left, Whidbey Island stretching across the horizon, Hat Island visible in the distance, and the Olympic Mountains stacked up behind all of it on a clear day. That view doesn’t get old.

    We mention the view first because Anthony’s earns it twice: once through real estate and once through the food. Right now, in late April, we’re deep into halibut season, which is the single best reason to walk in the door at this particular moment. Wild Pacific halibut is a short window every year, and Anthony’s has built a three-course halibut menu around it. The fish comes from longtime supplier partners and is sourced for the clean, white, delicate flake that makes fresh-caught halibut so different from what you get frozen or out of season. If you have any interest in Pacific Northwest seafood, this is the move right now.

    The Restaurant

    Anthony’s HomePort Everett sits at 1726 W Marine View Drive on Everett’s working waterfront, just south of the Port of Everett’s main marina complex. It’s part of the Anthony’s Restaurants family — a Pacific Northwest institution founded by Anthony and Anne Hinds that runs locations from Olympia to Bellingham — and the HomePort brand is their more relaxed, neighborhood-facing concept: come as you are, families welcome, no need to dress up, but the fish quality is the same across every Anthony’s property.

    The Everett location has been feeding locals off this stretch of Marine View Drive for years. It’s one of those places Everett residents walk past without necessarily thinking of it as “their” restaurant — until they finally sit down for dinner and realize they’ve been missing out. The 562 Yelp reviews and 2,953 OpenTable diners averaging 4.6 stars tell the same story: this place is reliable and the setting rewards it.

    The Deck

    Late April is the edge of deck season in Everett, and Anthony’s has a proper outdoor patio that’s worth sitting on whenever the skies cooperate. On a clear evening you can watch the marina traffic, catch a sunset over the Olympics, and hear the gulls complaining about something. It’s the kind of outdoor dining experience that most of the county genuinely doesn’t have access to — this isn’t a parking lot patio with a heat lamp, it’s a working waterfront deck with actual water in front of you.

    The indoor seating is equally solid if the weather doesn’t cooperate. Large windows frame the marina from inside, and the window seats go fast. Reservations via OpenTable are strongly recommended, especially on weekends.

    What to Order

    Right now, halibut. The three-course halibut season menu is the reason you’re here in April and May. Wild halibut has a clean sweetness and a texture that doesn’t survive freezing, so when the season’s open and the fish is fresh, you order it. Anthony’s sources theirs from longtime partner fisheries to maintain that freshness across the season.

    Beyond halibut, the menu is a solid tour of Pacific Northwest seafood done well:

    • Sockeye salmon chargrilled and finished with sundried tomato basil butter, served with champ potatoes and seasonal vegetables. This is the anchor of the menu outside of halibut season, and rightfully so — sockeye is the most flavorful of the Pacific salmon species and Anthony’s treats it simply enough to let that come through.
    • Wild Alaska true cod lightly panko-crusted, with ginger slaw and fries. Best fish and chips on the waterfront, full stop.
    • Dungeness crab when available. Seasonally dependent and worth asking about when you sit down.
    • Calamari, chowder, and Caesar salad round out the starters. The chowder is the move if you’re cold and want something warming before the main.
    • Scallop specials rotate through the menu and are worth asking the server about.

    Budget for $40–$90 per person depending on what you order and whether you’re doing cocktails. It’s not cheap, but it’s not pretending to be something it isn’t either — this is a proper seafood dinner with views that justify the price.

    The Hours and Getting There

    Dinner service runs Monday through Thursday and Sunday from 3:00 PM to 8:00 PM, and Friday and Saturday from 3:00 PM to 9:00 PM. Lunch service is also available on weekdays — check their website or call ahead for the most current schedule, as seasonal hours can shift. The number is (425) 252-3333.

    The address is 1726 W Marine View Drive, Everett, WA 98201. From I-5, take exit 193 (Marine View Drive) and follow it north along the water. Parking is free in the adjacent lot. The restaurant sits on the bay side of Marine View Drive, and the turn is easy to miss the first time — look for the Anthony’s sign before you hit the Port of Everett’s main entrance.

    How It Fits the Waterfront Dining Scene

    Everett’s waterfront dining scene has gotten genuinely interesting over the last two years. Fisherman Jack’s brought a dim sum-and-Asian-fusion angle to the marina end of the Port. Sound to Summit’s marina taproom brought PNW craft beer to the south side of the port. Rustic Cork’s rooftop brought wine and weekend brunch to Waterfront Place. South Fork Baking Co. anchors the pastry-and-coffee end of things at Fisherman’s Harbor.

    Anthony’s HomePort fills a different slot in that map: it’s the dedicated seafood house, the place you go when the occasion calls for sitting down to a proper fish dinner with someone you want to impress or a night out that feels like a real night out. The rest of the waterfront scene is excellent, but none of them are doing what Anthony’s does with a halibut filet in April.

    The Bottom Line

    Anthony’s HomePort Everett is not a secret. It’s been sitting on this stretch of Marine View Drive for years, doing Northwest seafood correctly with better views than most restaurants in the county. The halibut season window is short, the deck is usable right now, and the reservations fill up on weekends. If you’ve been meaning to go, this is the week to stop meaning it and just go.

    Reservations via OpenTable recommended. Walk-ins welcome but take your chances on weekends.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Anthony’s HomePort Everett?

    Anthony’s HomePort Everett is a Pacific Northwest seafood restaurant at 1726 W Marine View Drive on the Everett waterfront, overlooking Port Gardner Bay. Part of the Anthony’s Restaurants family, it serves fresh seasonal fish, Dungeness crab, sockeye salmon, and wild halibut in season, with indoor and outdoor deck seating.

    When does halibut season run at Anthony’s HomePort Everett?

    Pacific halibut season typically runs from spring through early summer. Anthony’s celebrates the season with a dedicated halibut menu while the fish is in season. Check with the restaurant directly for current availability: (425) 252-3333.

    What are the best things to order at Anthony’s HomePort Everett?

    In season, wild halibut is the top pick. Year-round standouts include chargrilled sockeye salmon with sundried tomato basil butter, panko-crusted Alaska true cod with ginger slaw, Dungeness crab when available, and the seafood chowder as a starter.

    Does Anthony’s HomePort Everett have outdoor seating?

    Yes. Anthony’s has an outdoor deck and patio with direct waterfront views of Port Gardner Bay, Camano Island, Whidbey Island, and the Olympic Mountains. The deck is available weather permitting. Large windows also provide waterfront views from the indoor dining room.

    What are the hours and how do I make a reservation?

    Dinner service is Monday through Thursday and Sunday 3:00 PM–8:00 PM, and Friday–Saturday 3:00 PM–9:00 PM. Lunch is also available on weekdays — call (425) 252-3333 or check their website for current hours. Reservations via OpenTable are recommended for weekends.

    Where is Anthony’s HomePort Everett and where do I park?

    The address is 1726 W Marine View Drive, Everett, WA 98201. Take I-5 exit 193 and head north on Marine View Drive. Free parking in the adjacent lot. Look for the Anthony’s sign on the bay side before you reach the Port of Everett main entrance.

    How does Anthony’s HomePort compare to other Everett waterfront restaurants?

    Anthony’s is the dedicated seafood house on the Everett waterfront — it fills a different slot from newer spots like Fisherman Jack’s (Asian fusion), Rustic Cork (wine bar), and Sound to Summit (craft brewery). If you want a traditional Northwest seafood dinner with deck views, Anthony’s is the move.

  • The Muse Whiskey & Coffee Is the Most One-of-One Café on Everett’s Waterfront

    The Muse Whiskey & Coffee Is the Most One-of-One Café on Everett’s Waterfront

    Quick answer: The Muse Whiskey & Coffee is a coffee shop by day and a whiskey bar by night, tucked inside the historic 1923 Weyerhaeuser Building at 615 Millwright Loop W on Everett’s waterfront. It opened in July 2023 after a multi-year restoration of the timber baron’s old headquarters. Coffee runs Mon–Thu 8am–4pm, Fri–Sun 8am–3:30pm; the bar runs Mon–Thu 5pm–10pm, Fri–Sat 4pm–11pm, Sun 4pm–10pm. The space is the most architecturally significant café in Everett, and it’s not even close.

    Why The Muse Doesn’t Feel Like Anywhere Else in Everett

    We’ve spent enough time in Everett’s coffee scene to tell you most of it lives in a familiar template: ex-Starbucks layout, mid-century chairs, indie roaster bag on display, decent latte. We love that template. But every once in a while you walk into a café and the building itself is the story, and the coffee is just the reason you’re allowed to be inside it. The Muse Whiskey & Coffee is that café.

    It lives inside the 1923 Weyerhaeuser Office Building, the timber baron’s three-story headquarters at the foot of Hewitt that sat empty for years while the rest of the waterfront got reborn around it. The Port of Everett, working with the NGMA Group, restored the building and held a ribbon-cutting on July 12, 2023 — a hundred years and change after the doors first opened. The Muse moved into the ground floor and immediately became the one Everett address you can take an out-of-town friend to and just say “wait, watch this” as you push the door open.

    The Address, Hours, and How to Find It

    Where: 615 Millwright Loop W, Everett, WA 98201 — at the south end of Waterfront Place, set back from the marina behind the parking deck.

    Coffee hours: Monday–Thursday 8am–4pm, Friday–Sunday 8am–3:30pm.

    Bar hours: Monday–Thursday 5pm–10pm, Friday–Saturday 4pm–11pm, Sunday 4pm–10pm.

    Phone: (425) 322-4648.

    Parking is the one thing locals get wrong on their first visit. Don’t try to park curbside on Millwright — the loop is narrow and the spaces fill up. Use the big public deck behind the building and walk in from the back. It’s a 30-second walk and the view of the marina from the upper deck is worth the rerouting on its own.

    The Coffee Side: What to Order Before 4pm

    The morning program at The Muse leans careful and grown-up rather than third-wave-experimental. The espresso pulls clean. The drip is held to temperature. The milk steaming is the part most Everett shops still get wrong, and The Muse gets it right — microfoam that actually integrates instead of sitting on top of the cup like a pillow. If you’re a flat white person, this is your room.

    Three orders that work every time:

    • The flat white. Six ounces, double shot, full-fat milk steamed to about 140°F. The most reliable order on the bar.
    • The cortado. If you want the espresso forward but don’t want to fight a 16-ounce latte, this is the move.
    • Drip + a small bite. They keep a small pastry case running. The morning bake doesn’t pretend to be a Parisian patisserie. It just gets the ratio of sugar-to-flake right.

    Bring a laptop on a Wednesday morning and you’ll find a quiet upstairs corner with real chairs, real outlets, and the kind of natural light that makes a Zoom call look professional without effort. It’s better than working from your kitchen and it’s better than working from most of Everett’s other cafés.

    The Whiskey Side: What Happens After 5pm

    This is the part that makes The Muse one-of-one. At 5pm the espresso machine quiets down, the lights dim, and the room transforms into a speakeasy-style whiskey bar with a curated cocktail program, small bites, and what is unambiguously the best whiskey shelf in Snohomish County.

    Reservations are recommended Thursday through Saturday. The bar takes them through the website. Walk-ins are welcome but the bar is not large — figure 25 seats including the high-tops in the back room.

    The cocktail menu rotates seasonally. The standing greats: a smoked old-fashioned that uses a torched cedar plank under the glass cover, a manhattan made with rye that earns its rye, and a house Vesper that’s better than the one you remember from somewhere fancier. They also keep a non-alcoholic cocktail list that doesn’t taste like a juice box, which means The Muse is also one of the few Everett bars where a sober friend is a whole guest, not a logistics problem.

    Monday Prohibition Nights are the move if you want to see what makes The Muse different. First-come, first-served, no reservations, no traditional menu. You sit down, the bartender asks what you like, and you go from there. It’s the closest thing Everett has to the speakeasy experience the building’s architecture is winking at.

    The Building Is Half the Story

    The Weyerhaeuser Office Building is on the National Register of Historic Places. It was designed by Bebb and Gould in 1923 and it’s the only surviving structure of what was once one of the largest sawmill operations on the West Coast. The exterior is brick and terra cotta, the interior is original wood with restored beams, and the staircase up to the second floor is the kind of thing that makes you take a photo whether you wanted to or not.

    Most coffee shops in 100-year-old buildings have removed the building’s personality. The Muse went the other direction — they leaned in, kept the millwork, kept the windows, kept the proportions, and let the new bar program speak the building’s language instead of fighting it.

    Who The Muse Is For

    It’s for anyone in Everett who has a friend visiting from Seattle, Portland, or Vancouver and you want to make a point about what Everett has actually become. It’s for the work-from-home professional who needs a non-residential desk twice a week and is willing to drive to the waterfront for it. It’s for the date-night crowd that wants somewhere distinctive without having to drive to Pike Place. And it’s for the local who has lived here for twenty years and never set foot inside the Weyerhaeuser Building because it sat empty their whole adult life.

    Will you find a faster latte five blocks away at Narrative? Yes. Will you find a more ambitious cocktail program at a hotel bar in Belltown? Sure. The Muse isn’t trying to win on either axis individually. It’s trying to win on the axis where the room and the drink and the hour of the day and the building’s history all add up to one experience you can’t get anywhere else in this county. On that axis, it wins.

    What to Order, in Order

    • Morning: Flat white + the morning bake, upstairs by the windows.
    • Afternoon: Cortado + a notebook, downstairs at a two-top.
    • Evening: Smoked old-fashioned + a small bite, the back room.
    • Special occasion: Monday Prohibition Night, no menu, let the bar drive.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is The Muse Whiskey & Coffee located in Everett?

    The Muse is at 615 Millwright Loop W, Everett, WA 98201, on the ground floor of the historic 1923 Weyerhaeuser Office Building at Waterfront Place.

    What are The Muse’s hours?

    Coffee runs Monday–Thursday 8am–4pm and Friday–Sunday 8am–3:30pm. The bar runs Monday–Thursday 5pm–10pm, Friday–Saturday 4pm–11pm, and Sunday 4pm–10pm.

    Do you need a reservation at The Muse?

    No reservation is needed for coffee service or for walk-in bar seating, but reservations are recommended Thursday–Saturday evenings. Mondays are reservation-free Prohibition Nights.

    Is there parking at The Muse?

    Yes — use the public parking deck directly behind the building. Curbside parking on Millwright Loop is limited.

    When did The Muse open?

    The Muse opened in July 2023 after a multi-year restoration of the Weyerhaeuser Office Building, which itself was completed in 1923 and is on the National Register of Historic Places.

    Is The Muse good for working from a laptop?

    Yes. The upstairs has natural light, real outlets, and quiet enough acoustics for a Zoom call. It’s one of Everett’s better remote-work coffee shops if you want a non-residential desk for a few hours.

    What kind of food does The Muse serve?

    Coffee service includes pastries from the morning bake. The evening bar program includes small bites designed to pair with the cocktail and whiskey list. It’s not a full dinner restaurant — plan accordingly.

  • Rustic Cork at the Everett Waterfront, Four Months In: The Rooftop Lives Up to the Hype

    Rustic Cork at the Everett Waterfront, Four Months In: The Rooftop Lives Up to the Hype

    Rustic Cork Wine Bar has been open at the Port of Everett for four and a half months, which is long enough to stop grading on the new-restaurant curve. The rooftop is the real draw. The brunch is the surprise. And if you have not been up to the second-floor Barrel Room on a Friday at sunset, you have not actually experienced the Everett waterfront yet.

    The First Wine Bar on the Everett Waterfront

    Rustic Cork opened at 1420 Seiner Drive on December 2, 2025 as the first operating tenant of Restaurant Row at Waterfront Place. It is owner Lance Logan’s third Rustic Cork location — the other two are in Lake Stevens and Mill Creek — but this one is operating at a different scale. The Everett waterfront location has 2,600 square feet of interior space, another 2,600 square feet of covered outdoor patio, and a second-floor private event room called The Barrel Room that runs another 1,000 square feet of interior plus 1,300 square feet of deck.

    The pitch, per the Port of Everett, is that this is the first rooftop bar on the waterfront in Snohomish County, with panoramic views of the Port of Everett Marina, the Olympic Mountains, and Possession Sound. The Port’s pitch is accurate. We have now made the case that the view from the Rustic Cork patio on a clear April evening is better than the view from any restaurant deck at Anthony’s Home Port in Edmonds, which is the only other true waterfront wine bar in the region. Fight us in the comments.

    The Menu Actually Works

    The menu leans into what we wanted it to be — a shareable-plate wine bar, not a full-service dinner house. That is the right call for this square footage and this crowd. The menu structure:

    • Wine flights: Rotating monthly tastings of five Washington wines, drawn from the Columbia and Yakima valleys. Flights are the honest play here — this is how you learn what the menu is doing.
    • Flatbreads: Prosciutto arugula, pepperoni red pepper, chicken bacon ranch, truffle mushroom. The truffle mushroom is the one.
    • Charcuterie: Built boards, not picked-apart. The meat-to-cheese ratio here is correct.
    • The sleeper hit: Truffle parmesan popcorn. Order it. Thank us later.
    • Beyond wine: Local craft beers and ciders on tap — which is a quiet admission that even wine bars in Washington State have to serve the hop-heads who show up with their partners.

    Sunday Brunch Is the Secret

    Most Rustic Cork conversation centers on the rooftop, which is fair. What almost nobody is talking about yet is that Rustic Cork runs Sunday brunch from 9 AM to 3 PM — and it is the best-kept brunch secret on the waterfront. Mimosa flights, espresso martinis, and rustic coffee paired with the same flatbread menu. A Mimosa flight on the rooftop deck at 10 AM on a cloudless April Sunday with the Olympics in full view is a legitimate experience. We are aware “Mimosa flight on a waterfront deck” sounds like a Port of Everett press release. It is not. It is just what happens to be true right now.

    The Hours — Yes, They Are Closed Mondays

    • Monday: Closed
    • Tuesday–Thursday: 12 PM – 9 PM
    • Friday–Saturday: 12 PM – 10 PM
    • Sunday: 9 AM – 3 PM (brunch only)

    That closed Monday is worth flagging because it trips up visitors. If you are planning a weekday waterfront loop, Tuesday through Thursday midday is the move. The happy hour pricing hits during lunch, the deck is quiet, and the kitchen is running flatbreads to order without the weekend rush.

    The Barrel Room Is an Underrated Event Space

    The second-floor Barrel Room is 1,000 square feet of interior plus a 1,300-square-foot wraparound deck. It is a private-event space, which means you cannot just walk up and book a table in there on a Saturday night. But for rehearsal dinners, birthdays big enough to rent a room, or small company events — it is the most interesting private-event waterfront room in Everett that is not a hotel ballroom. Everett has needed one of these for a decade. Now it has one.

    What to Order, What to Skip

    • Order: Wine flight + truffle mushroom flatbread + truffle parmesan popcorn. Three things, two people, $60ish, a clear rooftop view.
    • Order on Sunday: Mimosa flight + flatbread. Thank us.
    • Order for a group: Charcuterie board + two flatbreads + whatever the rotating Washington red is on the flight menu.
    • Skip: The kitchen is not built for entrees. This is a wine bar. Go to Tapped Public House two doors down if you want burgers.

    The Verdict, Four Months In

    Rustic Cork is doing what the Port wanted from this building. It pulls a different crowd than Tapped and a different crowd than The Net Shed — it is the date-night tenant, the after-work-wine-with-colleagues tenant, the out-of-towners-are-visiting-and-you-want-to-impress-them tenant. The food is flatbread-and-plates rather than entree-and-sides, which is exactly the right menu for that role. And the rooftop closes the case.

    If we are being honest, the service was a little uneven in the opening six weeks, which is normal for a restaurant of this size learning a new building. By mid-February, that was fixed. As of April, the floor is running clean, the pours are generous, and the kitchen is on time.

    Four months in, Rustic Cork is the restaurant that proves the Port’s Restaurant Row gamble was worth the decade it took. Bring someone. Sit outside. Order the flight.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Where is Rustic Cork Wine Bar in Everett?

    1420 Seiner Drive, Everett, WA 98201 — at the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place on Fisherman’s Harbor. It is the first tenant on Restaurant Row facing the marina.

    When did Rustic Cork at the Everett waterfront open?

    December 2, 2025. It is the third Rustic Cork location overall, following the original in Lake Stevens and the second in Mill Creek.

    Does Rustic Cork have a rooftop?

    Yes. The Everett location has a rooftop bar that the Port of Everett describes as the first rooftop bar on the waterfront in Snohomish County, with 2,600 square feet of covered outdoor patio space overlooking the Port of Everett Marina, the Olympic Mountains, and Possession Sound.

    Is Rustic Cork open for brunch?

    Yes. Rustic Cork runs Sunday brunch from 9 AM to 3 PM, featuring mimosa flights, espresso martinis, rustic coffee, and its flatbread and charcuterie menu. Sunday is brunch-only — the bar does not reopen for dinner service.

    Can you book Rustic Cork for private events?

    Yes. The second-floor Barrel Room is a private event space with 1,000 square feet of interior space and a 1,300-square-foot outdoor deck. Rustic Cork also offers in-house catering and private bartender services.

    What days is Rustic Cork closed?

    Rustic Cork Everett is closed Mondays. Tuesday–Thursday hours are 12 PM–9 PM, Friday–Saturday 12 PM–10 PM, and Sunday is 9 AM–3 PM for brunch only.

  • Menchie’s at the Marina Is Quietly the Best New Thing at the Port of Everett

    Menchie’s at the Marina Is Quietly the Best New Thing at the Port of Everett

    If your Saturday walk around the Everett Marina does not end at a waffle cone with two mystery flavors swirled together, you are not using the waterfront correctly anymore. Menchie’s at the Marina has been open at Waterfront Place for five weeks now, and it has quietly become the best addition to Restaurant Row nobody is talking about.

    The New Self-Serve Fro-Yo Shop on Everett’s Waterfront

    Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt ribbon-cut at 1420 Seiner Drive, Suite 103 on March 7, 2026, making it the third tenant to arrive in the current wave of Waterfront Place openings — behind Rustic Cork Wine Bar (December 2025) and Tapped Public House (March 2026). The Port of Everett announced the grand opening with a Buy One, Get One Free promo that ran from 2 PM to 9 PM on opening day, and judging from the line we saw Saturday afternoon at 3:30, the locals remembered.

    Here is why this matters for how you use the waterfront: Menchie’s sits on the corner of the building facing the Pacific Rim Plaza Splash Fountain, with a walk-up window that opens directly to the esplanade. That means you can grab a cup without committing to indoor seating, without fighting for a parking spot in the main Seiner Drive lot, and without breaking the flow of a waterfront walk. The walk-up window alone changes the rhythm of a marina loop.

    Who Is Behind It, and Why It Feels Local

    The owners are Joe Karl and Leah Solis-Karl, the same couple who operate the Menchie’s at Canyon Park Commons in Bothell. According to Port of Everett communications, Joe keeps his 28-foot fishing boat moored in the South Marina and Leah previously worked at Naval Station Everett earlier in her career. In other words, this is not a franchise drop from Texas. These are people whose Saturdays already happen at this marina, and they chose to put a shop directly in their neighborhood. The fact that Joe ties up at the South Marina and Leah has NAVSTA ties on her résumé makes the Everett location feel less like a franchise and more like a couple who finally opened something near their own boat slip.

    Port CEO Lisa Lefeber called Menchie’s “a great addition to the Port’s restaurant row,” which is polite CEO-speak for the Port has been wanting a dessert tenant on this row for years and is relieved this one finally stuck the landing. The Port originally inked the Menchie’s lease back in January 2023, which means this opening is three years in the making.

    What to Order

    Menchie’s runs the standard self-serve format — you pay by the ounce, you build your own cup, nobody judges you for a four-flavor swirl. The menu leans on rotating monthly limited-time flavors plus the usual core rotation of chocolate, vanilla, and fruit sorbets. The topping bar is stocked the way you would expect — fresh berries, cheesecake bites, mochi, sprinkles, hot fudge.

    Here is our order:

    • The honest move: whatever the seasonal flavor is, plus chocolate, with fresh strawberries and a single square of brownie. Trust the rotation.
    • For kids: a 3-oz cup with cookie dough and rainbow sprinkles. You will not spend more than $4 and you will not regret it.
    • For after dinner at Tapped: walk down, get a tart with graham cracker crumbles. Balances the ranch-and-pretzel mood from the rooftop.

    The Verdict, Five Weeks In

    We have been through twice — once on a Saturday afternoon with marina traffic, once on a weekday evening when the splash fountain had three kids running through it and Menchie’s was the natural next stop. Both visits, the swirl towers were clean, the toppings were fresh, and the walk-up window was open. The staff recognized at least two repeat customers in the 15 minutes we were there.

    Here is the honest take: frozen yogurt is not reinvented here. What is reinvented is how a summer evening at the Everett Marina ends. Before March 7, a waterfront walk had a soft ending — maybe a coffee from a truck, maybe nothing at all. Now it has a waffle cone and a photo op by the splash fountain. That is a small shift with real consequences for how families use Waterfront Place on weekends.

    Menchie’s at the Marina: The Details

    • Address: 1420 Seiner Drive, Suite 103, Everett, WA 98201
    • Location context: Corner of Waterfront Place facing the Pacific Rim Plaza Splash Fountain, walk-up window faces the esplanade
    • Style: Self-serve frozen yogurt, pay-by-the-ounce
    • Indoor + outdoor seating: Yes, plus walk-up window
    • Parking: Seiner Drive lot is the closest; on busy weekends use the South Marina overflow and walk the esplanade
    • Kid-friendly: Extremely. The splash fountain is 30 seconds away.
    • What to pair it with: Dinner at Tapped Public House, a wine flight at Rustic Cork, or a Port of Everett Food Truck Fridays session

    Why This Matters for Waterfront Place

    Menchie’s is the third piece of a puzzle Waterfront Place has been assembling since Fisherman’s Harbor broke ground. Tapped Public House owns the happy-hour slot. Rustic Cork owns the date-night slot. The Net Shed Fish Market & Kitchen owns the serious-lunch slot. Menchie’s owns the after-dinner-with-kids slot and the walk-up-after-the-splash-pad slot — both of which were missing. That is how a waterfront district actually fills in: not with one flagship restaurant, but with a dessert shop that makes the other three restaurants more functional for families.

    Still to come on the row: Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina, which the Port has confirmed is preparing to open, and one last flagship dining tenant the Port is still hunting for on the final parcel. The row is almost full. Menchie’s was the easy one. The flagship is the hard one.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    When did Menchie’s at the Everett Marina open?

    Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt held its ribbon-cutting at the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place on March 7, 2026. The Port of Everett originally signed the lease with Menchie’s in January 2023.

    Where exactly is Menchie’s at the Marina located?

    1420 Seiner Drive, Suite 103, Everett, WA 98201 — at Waterfront Place on Fisherman’s Harbor, facing the Pacific Rim Plaza Splash Fountain with a walk-up window that opens to the waterfront esplanade.

    Who owns Menchie’s at the Marina in Everett?

    Joe Karl and Leah Solis-Karl, who also operate the Menchie’s at Canyon Park Commons in Bothell. Joe moors his fishing boat in the Port of Everett’s South Marina, and Leah previously worked at Naval Station Everett.

    Is there outdoor seating at Menchie’s at the Marina?

    Yes. The shop has both indoor seating and outdoor seating, plus a walk-up window that opens to the waterfront esplanade so you can grab frozen yogurt without going inside.

    What else has opened recently at Waterfront Place?

    Menchie’s is the third tenant in the current wave, following Rustic Cork Wine Bar (opened December 2025) and Tapped Public House (opened March 2026). The Net Shed Fish Market & Kitchen opened in late 2025 as well. Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina is the next expected opening.

  • Fisherman Jack’s Is the Everett Waterfront Restaurant Doing Dim Sum Better Than You Expect

    Fisherman Jack’s Is the Everett Waterfront Restaurant Doing Dim Sum Better Than You Expect

    Q: Is Fisherman Jack’s on the Everett waterfront worth the trip?
    A: Yes — Fisherman Jack’s at 205 Seiner Dr, Suite 101, Everett, WA 98201 is one of the only sit-down dim sum restaurants on the Port of Everett waterfront, serving Asian-seafood fusion with marina views. Locals repeatedly recommend the Jack’s miso black cod, Rainier clams with Chinese sausage, and the Dungeness crab rangoon. Open Tuesday through Sunday, closed Monday.

    We Keep Going Back to Fisherman Jack’s — And Here’s Why That Matters

    There’s a specific category of Everett restaurant we’ve come to appreciate: places that could easily coast on their view and don’t. Fisherman Jack’s is squarely in that category. Sitting at the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place with the marina out the window and the Olympics across the Sound on a clear day, the restaurant has the kind of real estate where mediocre food would still pull tourists in on a Saturday night. That’s not what this place is.

    Fisherman Jack’s is an upscale Asian-seafood fusion restaurant that does dim sum, coastal Chinese dishes, and a genuine Pacific Northwest seafood menu — and it does them at a level most waterfront restaurants don’t bother with. If you live in Everett and you still haven’t been, you’re missing one of the two or three best things that have happened to the waterfront dining scene in the last five years.

    The Basics: Address, Hours, Parking

    Address: 205 Seiner Dr, Suite 101, Everett, WA 98201
    Phone: (425) 610-3616
    Website: fishermanjacks.com
    Hours: Tuesday–Thursday and Sunday, 11:30 AM–10:00 PM; Friday–Saturday, 11:30 AM–11:00 PM. Closed Monday.
    Price range: $$–$$$ (entrées $18–$42; dim sum $8–$16 per plate)
    Parking: Free waterfront parking along Seiner Dr and in the Waterfront Place lots. Weekends can fill up around sunset — aim to arrive before 6 PM or be prepared to walk a block.

    The restaurant is named after owner Jack Ng, whose love of Pacific Northwest seafood shaped the whole concept. It opened in late 2023 as one of the anchor restaurants at the Port’s Waterfront Place redevelopment — the same block where Tapped Public House, Bluewater Organic Distilling, and Scuttlebutt Brewing’s downtown taproom now live. Seiner Drive has become the most interesting half-block of food in Everett, and Fisherman Jack’s is the heavyweight of the group.

    What to Order (And What’s Worth the Hype)

    Start With the Dim Sum

    This is the move. Fisherman Jack’s is one of the only restaurants north of Seattle doing proper sit-down dim sum at dinner hours — not the cart-service format you’d get in the ID, but a menu of handmade dumplings, buns, and small plates that come out fast and hot. Order the Dungeness crab rangoon — we had doubts about a crab rangoon on a serious menu and the doubts were wrong. The filling is actual Dungeness, not the pink stuff, and the wrapper shatters the right way.

    Also get the shrimp and pork siu mai, the spicy wontons, and the chocolate dumplings for dessert if you’re feeling adventurous. The chocolate dumplings are weird. We kept eating them.

    Jack’s Miso Black Cod Is the Signature Dish

    If you’re only going once, order the miso black cod. It’s the dish that turns up in every positive review online, and it deserves that. Sablefish (black cod) is the richest, butteriest fish in Pacific Northwest waters, and the miso marinade at Fisherman Jack’s caramelizes just enough under the broiler to give it that classic Nobu-adjacent finish without being overly sweet. It flakes apart with a chopstick. It tastes like something you’d get at a Belltown tasting menu for twice the price.

    The Rainier Clams Are a Surprise Winner

    A Pacific Northwest classic with a Chinese twist: steamer clams cooked with lap cheong (Chinese cured sausage), garlic, onion, and Rainier beer. The broth is the reason to order it — lighter than a traditional clam sauce, with the sweet porkiness of the sausage threading through. Ask for extra bread. You’ll want to sop.

    If You’re Not in a Seafood Mood

    The Mongolian beef is tender and slightly sweet, sliced against the grain so it cuts with a chopstick. The Kung Pao tofu is a legitimate option for vegetarians (not an afterthought). The coconut curry mussels lean Thai but use PNW mussels and work better than they have any right to.

    The Drinks Program Is Better Than It Needs to Be

    Fisherman Jack’s has a tight craft cocktail list that leans tropical — think rum-forward drinks with fresh citrus — plus a draft list with local beers from At Large, Scuttlebutt, and a rotating PNW tap. The wine list is short but well-chosen and won’t embarrass anyone. Our house recommendations: the Oasis (light rum, pineapple, lime) at sunset, or the Darken the Ship cold brew martini after dinner if you still have it in you. They pair surprisingly well with the black cod.

    When to Go

    Go on a weeknight if you can. Tuesday through Thursday between 5:30 and 7:00 PM gives you the sunset over the marina without the Friday-night wait. The lighting inside is warm and low, the room stays quiet enough to have a conversation, and the kitchen has time to plate like they care.

    Weekends get busy — make a reservation through OpenTable or the restaurant website. Walk-ins on a Saturday at 7 PM are a gamble, especially in summer when the waterfront is packed. Happy hour isn’t the restaurant’s strength; we’d go for a full dinner or not at all.

    Who Fisherman Jack’s Is For

    This is a date-night restaurant, a visiting-parents restaurant, and an anniversary-but-you-don’t-want-to-drive-to-Seattle restaurant. It’s not a casual weekday lunch spot — that’s what Scuttlebutt and Tapped next door are for. Bring someone you want to impress without having to explain why you drove to Everett to do it.

    Families work too if you come early. The menu has enough non-seafood options (Mongolian beef, chicken dishes, fried rice) that picky eaters can stay happy while the rest of the table chases the black cod.

    What Fisherman Jack’s Means for Everett’s Dining Scene

    For a long time, the serious answer to “where should we go for dinner that isn’t a chain” in Everett was Anthony’s HomePort, Emory’s on Silver Lake, or driving 40 minutes to Edmonds or Seattle. That equation has changed — and Fisherman Jack’s is one of the main reasons why. Alongside The Net Shed Fish Market & Kitchen on Colby, the new waterfront brewery taprooms, and the Millwright District build-out, the city now has a dining tier that can hold its own against bigger neighbors to the south.

    Three months after our first visit, we’ve been back five times. That’s the real review.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What kind of cuisine is Fisherman Jack’s?

    Asian-seafood fusion. The menu centers on dim sum, coastal Chinese dishes like Szechuan sea bass and Mongolian beef, and Pacific Northwest seafood preparations including black cod, Dungeness crab, Rainier clams, and steamed oysters.

    Does Fisherman Jack’s take reservations?

    Yes — through OpenTable and on their website at fishermanjacks.com. Weeknights are usually fine for walk-ins before 6 PM; Friday and Saturday nights you’ll want a reservation.

    Is there parking at Fisherman Jack’s?

    Yes. Free parking is available along Seiner Drive and in the Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place parking lots. On busy summer weekends, the closest lots fill up — plan on a short walk.

    Does Fisherman Jack’s have vegan or vegetarian options?

    Yes. The menu has impossible dumplings, veggie dumplings, Kung Pao tofu, and several vegetable-forward dim sum plates. Vegans have a real meal available; it’s not an afterthought.

    Is Fisherman Jack’s kid-friendly?

    Yes, especially early in the evening. Early dinner (5:00–6:30 PM) is a good time for families. The menu has non-seafood options for picky eaters, including Mongolian beef, chicken dishes, and fried rice.

    What’s the best dish at Fisherman Jack’s?

    The miso black cod is the signature entrée and the dish most regulars recommend first. For the dim sum menu, the Dungeness crab rangoon and shrimp and pork siu mai are the consistent winners. The Rainier clams with Chinese sausage are the surprise of the menu.

    How expensive is Fisherman Jack’s?

    Expect to spend $40–$70 per person for dinner with a cocktail, depending on how heavy you go on the dim sum and whether you get the black cod. Entrées run $18–$42; dim sum plates run $8–$16. It’s priced as a date-night restaurant, not a weekday lunch spot.

  • Waterfront Place’s Next Wave: Menchie’s and Marina Azul Are Almost Open — And Alexa’s Cafe Is Out

    Waterfront Place’s Next Wave: Menchie’s and Marina Azul Are Almost Open — And Alexa’s Cafe Is Out

    Q: Who’s opening next at the Port of Everett’s Restaurant Row?

    A: Two new tenants are days to weeks away from opening at Waterfront Place: Menchie’s at the Marina (frozen yogurt, second floor of the new Restaurant Row building) and Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina (from the team behind Casa Azul in Woodinville and Agave Cocina in Issaquah). Both are expected in early spring 2026. Alexa’s Cafe — originally slated to be the breakfast-and-brunch tenant — has pulled out, and the Port is now actively searching for a new café operator to fill the last remaining spot in the building.

    Walking Waterfront Place in mid-April, you can feel that the second wave has landed. Tapped Public House’s rooftop is already pulling weekend crowds. Rustic Cork and The Net Shed Fresh Fish Market & Kitchen, both of which opened quietly in December 2025, are no longer “new” — they’re already part of the weekday regular rotation for a lot of downtown workers.

    But the building still has two tenants wrapping up construction, one that’s quietly vanished from the tenant list, and one visible empty storefront waiting for its operator.

    Here’s what we’re tracking in the final phase of the Restaurant Row lease-up at the Port of Everett.

    Menchie’s at the Marina — Opening Early Spring 2026

    The waterfront’s first national-brand dessert concept is going in on the second floor of the Restaurant Row building, a level up from where Tapped has its giant rooftop deck. If you’ve been to a Menchie’s anywhere else, you already know the deal — self-serve frozen yogurt, a wall of rotating flavors, a toppings bar, pay by weight.

    What makes this location different is the setting. Menchie’s hasn’t had a waterfront storefront anywhere in the Puget Sound region before, and putting one on the upper deck at Waterfront Place — with views out across the North Marina — turns what’s otherwise a suburban mall concept into something that reads a lot more like vacation-mode soft-serve. The Port has been positioning the full Restaurant Row building as a destination for families as much as for weekend drinkers, and Menchie’s is part of that case.

    The Port’s public communication says “early spring 2026,” which at this point in April is a window measured in weeks, not months. Watch for the signage to go up on the second-floor exterior first, then the lighting and cabinet fit-out in the back-of-house windows, then the soft open.

    Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina — From a Team You Probably Already Know

    The bigger food story, honestly, is Marina Azul.

    Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina is the third concept from the team behind Casa Azul Cocina and Cantina in Woodinville and Agave Cocina and Cantina in Issaquah. Both are well-regarded regional Mexican restaurants with strong happy hour programs and a family-owned operational style that Eastside diners have been sending Yelp reviews about for years.

    Putting their first waterfront location at the Port of Everett is a decision that says something about where they think the Eastside customer and the North Sound customer are going to overlap next. Woodinville and Issaquah are both destination-dining towns. Everett, with 110,000 residents and a brand-new waterfront, is on the verge of being one. A Friday evening in April at Fisherman’s Harbor already feels a lot more like a weekend in Leavenworth or Bellevue Collection than it used to.

    Marina Azul is taking ground-floor space directly on the water — the kind of setup where you can dock a boat, walk up to the deck, and be eating tacos and drinking a paloma within 10 minutes. That’s a very specific restaurant experience Everett just hasn’t had before, and it’s the kind of thing that starts pulling regional weekend traffic in a way Hewitt Avenue alone doesn’t.

    Expected opening: early spring 2026. Which again means weeks, not months.

    The Alexa’s Cafe Situation

    Here’s the interesting wrinkle we should flag honestly.

    Alexa’s Cafe was the originally announced breakfast-and-brunch tenant for the Restaurant Row building, going back to a Port press release in April 2024. That lease did not end up closing. Alexa’s is no longer a Waterfront Place tenant, and the Port is now actively searching for a new breakfast-and-brunch operator to take the last remaining space in the building.

    This isn’t a scandal — lease deals collapse in commercial real estate all the time, and a year-and-a-half gap between a press announcement and a signed lease is well within the normal range for a waterfront concept needing custom buildout. But it does mean the final tenant in the Restaurant Row building is currently a gap on the tenant list, not a named business.

    The Port has publicly said it wants a “breakfast and brunch café” concept specifically. If you’re a café operator in the North Sound market or you know one who’s been quietly looking at expansion, the Port’s real estate team is the place to send the inquiry.

    What’s Actually Open at Waterfront Place Right Now

    For the current scorecard, here’s what you can actually walk into at Waterfront Place as of mid-April 2026:

    • Tapped Public House — gastropub, largest open-air waterfront rooftop deck in Snohomish County. Opened March 2, 2026.
    • Rustic Cork Wine Bar — second floor of Restaurant Row building. Opened December 2025.
    • The Net Shed Fresh Fish Market & Kitchen — ground-floor fresh fish market and quick-service seafood. Opened December 2025.
    • S3 Maritime — marine maintenance and repair services, now open at the marina. (Not a restaurant, but it’s new and worth knowing about.)
    • Pacific Coast Salmon Coalition gift shop — the Port’s retail anchor from the first phase.
    • Hotel Indigo Everett Waterfront — still the only hotel at Waterfront Place, with the Bluewater Distilling restaurant on the ground floor.

    What’s Coming Next

    And here’s what’s still on deck between now and summer:

    • Menchie’s at the Marina — early spring 2026 (weeks out)
    • Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina — early spring 2026 (weeks out)
    • Unnamed breakfast-and-brunch café — Port actively recruiting, no signed tenant yet
    • Flagship restaurant at the last undeveloped parcel — Port opened an official search in early 2026; we covered that story separately

    That’s three tenants still to sign or open in a footprint that, 18 months ago, didn’t have a single operating restaurant. The pace of lease-up at Waterfront Place has been honestly faster than most commercial retail deliveries of comparable scale in the Puget Sound market over the last five years.

    Why This Matters for Everett

    It’s easy to look at restaurant openings as a soft story — lifestyle news, not real economic development. But the Restaurant Row lease-up is doing three specific things for Everett right now:

    First, it’s generating foot traffic that didn’t exist in this part of town 24 months ago. The Port has reported significant year-over-year increases in marina visitation since the first Restaurant Row tenants opened, and that foot traffic is spilling into the Hotel Indigo, into Jetty Island day-use traffic, and into the Mukilteo–Everett water taxi seasonal ridership.

    Second, it’s proving the commercial real estate thesis for Millwright District next door. Millwright Phase 2 — housing plus 120,000 square feet of office space — is being pre-leased right now. Every tenant that signs in Millwright is underwriting that decision against the foot traffic and the destination-draw of Waterfront Place. Restaurant Row is, in a direct way, making the Millwright deals close.

    Third, it’s generating the sales tax and lodging tax that funds basically everything else the Port and the City can pay for downtown. Hewitt Avenue’s slow rebuild into a restaurant district, the Edgewater Bridge opening April 28, the ongoing conversation about the Sound Transit Everett Link extension — all of those projects have better financing math when downtown and the waterfront are generating more taxable activity.

    Menchie’s and Marina Azul are, on one level, a frozen yogurt shop and a Mexican restaurant. On another level, they’re two more data points in the slow-motion argument that downtown Everett is becoming the kind of place where a regional restaurateur wants to sign a 10-year lease.

    Both of those things get to be true.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    When is Menchie’s at the Marina opening at Waterfront Place? Early spring 2026. The Port has not announced a specific date, but the language suggests weeks rather than months from mid-April.

    When is Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina opening? Early spring 2026. The restaurant is from the team behind Casa Azul in Woodinville and Agave Cocina in Issaquah.

    Is Alexa’s Cafe still opening at Waterfront Place? No. Alexa’s is no longer a Waterfront Place tenant. The Port is actively recruiting a new breakfast-and-brunch operator to take that last spot in the Restaurant Row building.

    Which restaurants are already open at Waterfront Place? Tapped Public House, Rustic Cork Wine Bar, and The Net Shed Fresh Fish Market & Kitchen are the three most recent openings. Bluewater Distilling at the Hotel Indigo and the Port’s retail tenants anchor the first phase.

    Where is Marina Azul Cocina & Cantina located? Ground-floor space on the water at Waterfront Place, adjacent to the Restaurant Row building. The restaurant has direct waterfront exposure toward the marina.

    Who operates Menchie’s at the Marina? Menchie’s is a national frozen yogurt franchise. The individual franchise operator for the Waterfront Place location has not been publicly named.

    Is the Port still looking for more Restaurant Row tenants? Yes. The Port is actively searching for a breakfast-and-brunch café operator for the remaining Restaurant Row building slot, and in a separate process is recruiting a flagship restaurant for the last undeveloped waterfront parcel at Waterfront Place.

  • Sound to Summit’s Everett Marina Taproom Is the Waterfront Brewery the South Side of the Port Needed

    Sound to Summit’s Everett Marina Taproom Is the Waterfront Brewery the South Side of the Port Needed

    Is Sound to Summit’s Everett taproom worth visiting? Yes. Sound2Summit’s Everett Marina taproom at 1710 W Marine View Dr is open daily at noon, pours 13 beers from their Snohomish brewery, and won Best Brewery and Best Lunch in the 2025 Everett Herald readers’ awards. The pizza is legitimately good, the waterfront views are unmatched, and it’s become the anchor taproom for the south side of Port of Everett.

    Why Sound2Summit’s Everett Location Matters

    We’ll say it plainly: Sound to Summit didn’t need to open an Everett taproom. Their Snohomish flagship has been winning awards since 2014, their distribution footprint is solid, and they already had a loyal following driving out to First Street to fill growlers. Opening a second location at Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place in June 2023 was a swing — and almost three years later, it’s become the brewery scene anchor we didn’t know the waterfront was missing.

    Sound2Summit Taproom & Pizzeria sits at 1710 W Marine View Dr, right on the marina with a deck that faces the water and the Olympics. The Everett location doesn’t brew on-site — that happens at the Snohomish mothership — but all 13 taps pour fresh from Snohomish, and the Everett kitchen runs a dedicated pizza program through their partner, Best of Both Worlds.

    What to Order at the Everett Taproom

    Start with the beer. Sound2Summit’s lineup is broad — lagers, IPAs, stouts, sours, the works — and because the Snohomish brewery rotates seasonal releases, the 13 taps in Everett never look the same two months in a row. Their flagship IPAs remain reliable. Ask the staff what’s fresh; they know.

    Now, the pizza. We’ll admit we rolled our eyes when we heard “taproom pizza.” We’ve been burned before. But Sound2Summit’s Everett pizza program is not taproom pizza — it’s actual pizza. The Getting Figgy (fig, prosciutto, arugula) is the one everyone talks about, and the gluten-free crust here is genuinely good rather than apologetically edible. The supreme nails the topping-to-cheese ratio. The mac and cheese is a pizza-adjacent side, and we’ve watched more than one table order it twice in one sitting.

    If you’re not in a pizza mood, the steak dip is massive and the salads punch above taproom expectations. Keto and gluten-free options exist across the menu without feeling like afterthoughts.

    Hours, Parking, and the Waterfront Situation

    The Everett taproom is open Monday through Saturday from noon to 9 p.m., and Sunday from noon to 8 p.m. No weekday breakfast, no late-night — this is a lunch-through-dinner operation that understands its audience is families, marina folks, and happy-hour-seekers walking over from Waterfront Place offices.

    Parking at Waterfront Place is free and plentiful; on summer weekends it gets tight when the marina is busy, but you’ll never circle the block the way you might downtown. The taproom is family-friendly and dog-friendly on the deck.

    The deck is the move. When the weather cooperates, grab a spot outside with a pint and a pizza and you’ve got views of the marina, the boatyard, the Millwright District construction across the water, and — on clear days — the Olympics. There are days this is objectively the best outdoor seat in Everett.

    Where It Fits in Everett’s Brewery Scene

    Everett has eight stops on the brewery trail now, and Sound2Summit has distinguished itself in a specific way: it’s the one where the food matches the beer. At Large is better for pure taproom vibes. U-Neek (formerly Crucible) is better for experimental brews. Scuttlebutt owns the legacy nostalgia play. Sound2Summit is where you go when the group is split between drinkers and people who just want to eat well.

    The 2025 Everett Herald readers’ awards backed that up when they handed Sound2Summit both Best Brewery and Best Lunch — a combination that, as far as we can tell, has never been pulled off by the same business in the same year. Best Lunch alone is a crowded category in Everett. Winning both means the pizza is doing real work.

    The Verdict

    Sound2Summit’s Everett Marina taproom isn’t just a second location — it’s arguably the best version of what Sound2Summit does. The Snohomish original has history and brewery vibes. The Everett location has a waterfront deck, actual pizza, and the kind of easy parking you never get at a great brewery. If you haven’t been yet, go this weekend. Sit outside. Order the Getting Figgy.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What are Sound to Summit Everett’s hours?

    Monday through Saturday from 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m.

    Where is Sound to Summit’s Everett taproom located?

    1710 W Marine View Dr, Everett, WA 98201, at Port of Everett’s Waterfront Place on the south side of the marina.

    Is Sound to Summit Everett family-friendly?

    Yes. The taproom welcomes families, and the deck is dog-friendly.

    Does Sound to Summit brew beer at the Everett location?

    No. All brewing happens at the Snohomish flagship on First Street. The Everett taproom pours 13 beers drawn from the Snohomish production.

    Is the gluten-free pizza crust actually good?

    Yes. It’s noticeably better than the typical gluten-free taproom crust — firm toasted edges, soft center. The Getting Figgy on GF crust is a legitimately recommendable order.

    Is there parking at Sound to Summit Everett?

    Yes. Waterfront Place has free parking. Summer weekends can get tight but it’s nothing like downtown parking.

    How does Sound2Summit compare to other Everett breweries?

    Sound2Summit wins when you want beer plus a real meal. At Large wins on taproom atmosphere, U-Neek wins on experimental beers, and Scuttlebutt wins on Everett legacy credibility. Each has a lane.