Cap Hill sounds pretty good and avoids issues with how to spell it.

I've been here 15+ years now, but this series has me trying to remember what I would have said a year in. I was poor as shit and in my mid-20s, living in North Seattle first, and then the U-district, oh and one month at the start crashing on a couch in Capitol Hill.

My favorite place was Beth's on Aurora (still love it). I also regularly frequented BurgerMaster @ 105th back then for the patty melt. I gobbled a ton of Dick's both in Wallingford and Capitol Hill. Thai Tom to eat and watch the dude turn working 7 burners into a martial art. Aladdin's Gyrocery for the gyros with gobs of hot sauce. I also had a soft spot for Schultzy's (I think) with the million and one sausage sandwiches. I can still remember the first 'Seattle dog' I bought on 1st ave downtown. I was super skeptical, but cream cheese and a Polish had me calling my dad the next day to tell him to make one back at home.

Our favorite place to go out was the Comet (RIP, yeah I know it still kinda exists, but still... RIP the Comet), and the Graceland on Monday nights for 10-50 people shows in the bar area. And back then the Crocodile consistently had the best sound engineering of anywhere I've ever gone to see a show. I don't know what the story is there now, I'm old.

As far as cool lesser known places in the city, I spent a ton of time walking around the ravine in Ravenna Park with my dog. Loved that place back then.