"Mykonos beach club meets Wework conference room at The Cove, a consistently packed wine bar on Lake Union. The resulting scene? Perfect for a glass of pinot while watching fashionable groups pick at sweating cheese cubes. Sure, it’s more style than substance, as your snack options are limited to the likes of prosciutto-wrapped melon and sad truffle-oiled flatbread—and the wine’s coming from the same five or so corporate producers. But this stretch of SLU doesn't have a ton of casual all-day options for sipping a little something. So hell yeah, hand over the bottle of good-enough riesling and let’s party on a patio next to some water." - Aimee Rizzo