Your neighborhood’s best restaurants

The Seattle Weekly has published a special issue, “The 100 Best Restaurants,” and Ballard has four on the list: Volterra, La Carta de Oaxaca, Ocho and La Isla. Only four? For a neighborhood the size of Ballard, you might expect more representation. Meanwhile, Fremont has six restaurants in the top 100: 35th Street Bistro, Paseo, Brouwers, Elemental@Gasworks, Chiso and Brad’s Swingside Cafe. Phinney Ridge has the 74th St. Alehouse and Red Mill Burgers.

With all the interest in restaurants from My Ballard readers, we’ve launched a new section that features many of Ballard’s best restaurants — with your ratings and reviews. We’ll be adding new restaurants over the next several days (and we’ll expand soon to Fremont and Phinney, too). Meanwhile, please let us know what you think about some of the restaurants on the list.