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Food & Drink: Seattle is noted for its seafood, and has more than 2000 restaurants serving many different types of cuisine. Restaurant/bars can stay open until 0200 all week. Beer and wine are available in grocery stores and spirits in State stores, usually every day 1000-2000, except Sunday. Stores in big cities have later closing hours. The minimum drinking age is 21.
Theatres & Concerts: The Seattle Opera’s season runs from September to May. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra plays from September to June. Both the Pacific Northwest Ballet and the Seattle Repertory have seasons that run from October to May.
Nightlife: Jazz spots, nightclubs and discotheques are scattered throughout Seattle.
Shopping: Westlake Center, Nordstrom, the Bon Marché and Pacific Palace are among the major malls and department stores located in the heart of Seattle’s retail district. Other interesting shopping areas include Pioneer Square, the Waterfront and Pike Place Market.
Sport: Seattle has a number of professional sport teams, although none matches the fervour with which the Seattle Mariners baseball team, who play at the new Safeco Field, are followed. The Seattle Seahawks American football team begin their 2002 season in a new 67,000-seat stadium. The other big-league team is the Seattle Supersonics, who play basketball in the Key Arena. The Seattle Thunderbirds play ice-hockey in the second-division Western Hockey League.
Special Events: Mar 2003 Seattle International Bike Expo. Apr-May Celebration of Cultures, Ellensburg. May Gathering of Tribes (Indian festival), Wenatchee; Northwest Folklife Festival, Seattle. Jul West Seattle Street Festival; Sultan Summer Shindig, Sultan; Olympia’s Capital Lakefest, Olympia; Jazz Port Townsend, Port Townsend; Mason County Fair, Shelton. Jul-Aug Bellingham Festival of Music, Bellingham. Aug Clark County Fair, Ridgefield; South West Washington Fair, Chehalis. Aug-Sep Bumbershoot (arts and music festival), Seattle; Ellensburg Rodeo, Ellensburg. Sep Festival in the Park, Ocean Park; Strait Bluegrass Festival, Port Angeles; Commencement Bay Maritime Fest, Tacoma. Sep-Oct Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, Leavenworth. Oct Annual Pumpkin Festival, Yacolt. Nov Winter Fan-ta-sea, Ocean Shores.
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