AdamR2

East Queen Anne is high-priced and family-friendly. The residential streets look like something out of Disney cartoon - every house seems to have a ridiculously large and vibrant streetside garden. These people's landscaping bills must be higher than my rent...

Queen Anne Ave is the aptly-named main strip here. It's lined with cute shops and many good-but-not-great cafes and restaurants. To be fair, there are some real gems, like How To Cook A Wolf (upscale Italian joint) and LloydMartin (Chef Sam Crannell's ever-changing menu is well-reviewed and deserves every bit of praise it gets), but the good food won't come cheap. This is three-dollar-signs-on-Google territory, people.

Also, there's a middle school and a K-8 catholic school right on the other side of Queen Anne Ave, so there are always kids running around, further reinforcing that family-friendly image.

The biggest knock on this part of town is the very thing that makes it so appealing to families: despite it's proximity to downtown, there's not much in the way of late night entertainment and drunken fools just trying to have a good time (though Nana's does offer bowling ball-sized margaritas). Lower Queen Anne is a bit better off in this regard, and there's also a thriving bar/club scene nearby in Capitol Hill, so head a little south and maybe east if that's what you're most interested in.