Restaurants in Lynnwood

Sutra serves up a daily-changing menu of meat-free meals in its brightly colored Wallingford eatery Wednesday through Sunday. The supper-club-style service offers one seating time (7 p.m.) on Wednesday and Thursday, two (6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.) on Friday and Saturday, and one 6:30 p.m. seating on Sunday. Typically, Sutra features a four-course prix fixe meal with artsy arrangements of the best ingredients per course ($35). The restaurant is closed Monday and Tuesday.

Longtime Ballard residents Andy and Tammy James opened the doors of Market Street Traders just two years ago with a mission of promoting the Fair Trade movement. The Jameses strive for their establishment to act as a good neighbor in the community and a good citizen in the world by finding and selling fairly traded products, supporting sustainable environmental practices, and providing a venue for cultural community events.

Paragon spontaneously manifests fusion cuisine in the form of steaks, seafood, and salad dishes while live music appeases ear buds throughout the week. A bounty of small plates, such as an order of crispy calamari served with Anaheim chili rings, green-chili aioli, and garlic-chili sauce ($9), infuses an evening with a level of spice paralleled only by rap-battling a seventh-grader. Dine on delectable entrees such as the grilled Creekstone Farms black angus marinated skirt steak served alongside roasted garlic mashed potatoes, greens, and chimichurri sauce ($22) or the southern fried chicken salad: romaine lettuce tossed with buttermilk-marinated pieces of fried chicken, tomatoes, avocado, blue cheese crumbles, candied pecans and homemade ranch dressing ($15). Saddle up to the 30-foot bar and sip from a glass ($6+) or bottle ($22+) of wine or imbibe from one of 15 taps flowing with only the coldest, most emotionally distant of beers.

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Enjoy Greenlake Bar & Grill's casual, eclectic midday menu while taking in the refreshingly natural eye candy of Green Lake across the street. Starters such as the crispy coconut-crusted prawns ($7.99) or the blue-cheese-drizzled wedge salad ($6.99) offer an excellent warm-up for marathon lunches, and hand-held favorites, such as the prime-dip sandwich ($13.99) and the western half-pound burger ($12.99) with melted cheese, bacon, barbecue sauce, and frizzled onions, fill remaining stomach space. The inviting eatery also spoons up plated pastas, allowing you to spicy up a boring day of book watching with an order of the habanero mac ‘n’ cheese with chicken ($11.99). Or, opt for an omega-3 boost by lunching on the sweet-chile-marinated mahi-mahi tacos ($13.99), washed down with a beer or cocktail from Greenlake's full bar.

At Ship Canal Grill, chefs give a nod to local cuisine with a menu largely composed of seafood from the Pacific Northwest. Though plates such as the salmon pesto and honey-walnut prawns dominate a good chunk of the menu, according to Thrillist(http://gr.pn/MKhCeh), turf-based dishes such as the Overboard lamb sliders with caramelized onions and aioli “pack a punch." The eclectic fare also encompasses petite pizzettas and Mediterranean dishes, which pair neatly with the creative cocktails or wines from a huge drink menu. But the eatery's decor inspires just as much intrigue as the edibles.

Bare light bulbs and rotund pipes hang overhead in homage to an industrial design, complemented by 20th-century construction-era photos from the Museum of History and Industry. An open loft looks out over the main dining area, aglow with candlelight and ringed with tan and periwinkle. At the lower-level bar, a bridge of wrought iron holds miniature vehicles over a marble countertop as light seeps in from tall windows.

In the loft, flat-screen TVs and one large projection screen broadcast games, and the billiards room hosts good-natured competition, as patrons unwind over a game of pool, darts, or dodge-darts. A steady string of events keeps other customers entertained: trivia on Tuesday, standup comedy on Wednesday, and live bands on Friday.