Nestled in the warm bosom of the fancy spa-resort Willows Lodge, Barking Frog seems to be doing its best impression of a Whistler après-ski restaurant. The décor is rather dated, with an overreliance on dark woods to create ambience, but it does have a lovely bar circling a fire pit—ask for a seat here or at one of the tables next to the windows that look out onto the garden.

The food is simple contemporary Northwest cooking—expect halibut, pea vines, foraged mushrooms, and Dungeness crab—with a few fun surprises (popcorn lobster with a ginger-mirin dipping sauce, for example, or buttermilk-fried quail, in a cute twist on chicken and waffles). Everything’s fresh and beautifully presented, but most of it’s also very heavy—something to keep in mind on a warm summer evening.

You could do your Woodinville wine tasting here without leaving the grounds. All of the best Woodinville wineries are amply represented, as are the rest of Washington State and Oregon. It’s an overwhelmingly deep list of regional wines, with everything from affordable Mark Ryan and L’Ecole to $200 showpieces from DeLille.