Best road-trip restaurants in Washington

$$ · Olympic & Mount Rainier

Longtime local favorite two miles from Rainier's Nisqually entrance, famous for Northwest comfort food and its blackberry pie.

$$ · Mount Rainier National Park

In continuous operation since 1946, two miles from the Nisqually entrance — hearty Northwest plates and a blackberry pie that generations of Rainier travelers detour for. Lonely Planet named it one of Washington's standout rural restaurants.

$$ · Mount Rainier National Park

Historic Longmire-area dining room inside the park corridor, useful when the Mount Rainier day stays on the Nisqually side.

$$ · Mount Rainier National Park

Owned by a record-setting Everest Sherpa family, serving authentic Himalayan dishes alongside a mountain-American menu — easily the most unexpected meal at any national park gate. Seasonal; closed mid-October through April.

$$ · Olympic & Mount Rainier

Family-owned downtown grill serving steaks, seafood, and gourmet burgers with a full bar, a steady stop toward Rainier's northeast side.

$$$ · Olympic Peninsula Loop

A coast-facing Kalaloch meal for the Ruby Beach and Hoh Rain Forest side of the Olympic loop, especially useful when services are spread out.

$$ · Pacific Coast Highway

Peninsula institution serving fresh local seafood and some of the best clam chowder on the coast, renowned for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

$$ · North Cascades Highway

A Marblemount gateway meal before the services thin out on the North Cascades Highway.

$$ · Mount Rainier National Park

Packwood burgers, breakfast, and mountain-town plates for the southeast Rainier approach, especially when Ohanapecosh is the day plan.

$$$ · Olympic Peninsula Loop

A lakeside lodge meal on the Olympic loop, best for travelers slowing down around Lake Crescent.

$$ · North Cascades Highway

A Methow Valley brewpub that works for both North Cascades Highway and the eastern Cascade Loop overnight.

$$ · North Cascades Highway

Washington's oldest legal saloon energy in downtown Winthrop, with hearty pub plates and the right Old West atmosphere for the Methow Valley overnight.