Father’s Day is coming up, and if you’re looking for something local to give or do, we pulled together a few ideas. We know the day can be complicated. Not everyone celebrates, and not every relationship with a father is easy. If you’re honoring someone this year, whether it’s a dad, stepdad, uncle, mentor or anyone who has shown up in that role, here are some fun picks.

 

Take him to a Mariners game. Grab a sumo dog and a seat in the sun, $50+.

 

Register for a cooking class and make something together, $280.

 

Send a gift basket from Bite Society. With names such as Market Happy Hour and Snacks for Manly Men, it’s sure to make his day, $90+.

 

Pick up a collectible bottle of vodka or gin from Old Log Cabin Distillery, designed by Seattle World Cup poster artist Shogo Ota. They’re gorgeous, $25.

 

Go to High Trek in Everett and tackle the zip line together then and play some laser tag, $180.

 

Give him a fancy red bandana so he can channel his inner Cary Grant or at least look like he knows how to fix a bike, $38. 

Sign him up for a coffee subscription so you don’t have to hear about bad beans ever again, $73.

 

Book a table for the two of you at his favorite restaurant. 

 

Gift him a Ridwell subscription so he can feel better about the planet and have less trash to take out, $18.

 

A sweatshirt from his neighborhood brewery is the uniform of summer. Challenge him to get it smelling like campfire by mid- July, $50.

 

Hit up Double DD Meats in Mountlake Terrace and give him free rein in the hot sauce aisles.

 

Take him to buy some plants that’ll keep him busy in the yard on warm days.

Get him a nice pair of soft, stylish corduroy shorts, $120.

 

Head to the Bell Harbor Yacht Rendezvous on Father’s Day. It’s free and packed with beautiful old boats he can admire and daydream about later.

 

Grab him some cool squared-off sunglasses that’ll keep people guessing whether he’s in a band or just really that hip, $175.