"In the bottom floor of the Hotel Theodore, Rider looks like your standard-issue upscale downtown hotel restaurant until you get to the menu. Dishes center around Pacific Northwest cuisine, particularly seafood; everything’s locally sourced and put together in out-of-the-box ways that delight. Standouts include the whole trout with black garlic and turnips as well as the halibut with pearl barley risotto, stinging nettle mole, and kumquats." - Meg van Huygen