Jonathan Kauffman

Yearly Archive

2008 (25 articles)
2007 (66 articles)
2006 (38 articles)

Top 10 Dishes of 2007 - Dec 26, 2007

Highlights from yet another year of excess.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Ten Restaurants Seattle Needs - Dec 26, 2007

Guaranteed successes, from ceviche to downtown wienies.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Seattle Food Trends, 2007 - Dec 26, 2007

And those that jumped the shark.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

$150 Worth of Christmas Baking - Dec 19, 2007

We overloaded so you don't have to.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Hit the Treadmill, Then Head Over to Quinn’s - Dec 12, 2007

For three pints and a nugget or two of deep-fried bone marrow.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

How Trellis Cooks Fresh-From-the-Farm, Even in Winter - Dec 5, 2007

And does it well!
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Artemis Proves Rookies Can Get It Right - Nov 28, 2007

Even Microsofties.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

How to Cook Your Life: Meditate, Bake, Repeat - Nov 28, 2007

Review By Jonathan Kauffman

Loving Asia's Quintessential Winter Meal - Nov 21, 2007

Yeah, hot pot is the best feed.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Austin Cantina Delights in Lone Star Specialties: Chicken-Fried Steak, Shiner Bock, and Spoon - Nov 14, 2007

Just watch out for the enchiladas.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

In Search of True Neapolitan Pizza - Nov 7, 2007

Whatever that may be.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Finally, We Get the Market Back - Nov 7, 2007

A selection from Voracious, our food blog.
Voracious Bits By Jonathan Kauffman

Saigon Pearl Makes Vietnamese Food You’ve Never Seen Before - Oct 31, 2007

Good luck ordering it.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Kurrent Remains a Superficial Spectacle - Oct 24, 2007

Even with a revamped menu.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Out of Focus at Enotria - Oct 17, 2007

Too much too soon at new Laurelhurst eatery.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

How Many Burgers, TVs, and Hot Waitresses Can a Single Block Support? - Oct 10, 2007

The answer lies beneath a 25-ounce mug of beer at Sixth and Pine.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Eventually Spending $13 at Saigon Deli - Oct 10, 2007

10 pounds of food.
13 Dollars By Jonathan Kauffman

In Search of Seattle’s Most Utterly Adequate Pancake Breakfast - Oct 3, 2007

IHOP, you hop, we all hop for pancakes.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

At Spice Route, You’ll Travel Well Among the Sinus-Blasting Flavors of South India - Sep 26, 2007

And you’ll have plenty of elbow room.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Wild Drinks, White Curry, and Can’t-Miss Crispy Bits at Julia’s Indonesian Kitchen - Sep 19, 2007

Everything about Julia’s is built on the scale of cute.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

Baby Goats Taste Better - Sep 12, 2007

Whether served in a high-end tagine or $6 birria plate, goat is becoming Seattle’s other red meat.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

Round the Clock at Capitol Hill’s Francophonic, 19-Hour Diner - Sep 5, 2007

Cheap breakfast, lunch with the foodies, and midnight redemption.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

The Bumbershoot Gourmand - Aug 29, 2007

Dining options for the boozer, the classicist, and even the health nut.
Bumbershoot 2007 By Jonathan Kauffman

Two Days of Wine and Tacos in the Yakima Valley - Aug 29, 2007

There’s no better pit stop between tasting rooms than a taqueria.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

Lose Your Traveler Fantasies and You’ll Enjoy What Tibet First Has to Offer - Aug 22, 2007

The city's only exclusively Tibetan restaurant caters to the curious.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Seattle Weekly PickDr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox: Be Glad He Wasn’t Your Dad - Aug 15, 2007

Review By Jonathan Kauffman

How Teriyaki Became Seattle's Own Fast-Food Phenomenon - Aug 15, 2007

And what the immigrant-fueled dish tells us about our culture.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

At Opal, Trendy Ingredients Are Combined to Sometimes Stunning Effect - Aug 15, 2007

Three-month-old restaurant is already among Seattle's most innovative.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Egg noodles With Curry Fish Balls and Vegetable - Aug 15, 2007

What we're eating.
I Ate This By Jonathan Kauffman

Best Front-Lawn Pupusa Truck: Maria Lopez - Aug 1, 2007

Best of Seattle 2007 By Jonathan Kauffman

Best Frozen-Sushi Maker: Banzai Sushi - Aug 1, 2007

Best of Seattle 2007 By Jonathan Kauffman

Exploring the Cafe Ways and Flavors in Tukwila's Somali Community - Aug 1, 2007

Even in the 21st century, there's no technological replacement for smoking and kibitzing.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Two Days on the Seattle Restaurant Scene With No Hot Food - Jul 25, 2007

Nobody should be forced to live in a hot kitchen during a heat wave.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Vagabond and One Pot, Not-So Underground Restaurants, Keep Diners Talking - Jul 18, 2007

The food at these invitation-only meals may be good, but the conversation’s the real draw.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

SAM: Robert Frank's New York City - Jul 11, 2007

Visual Arts Spotlight By Jonathan Kauffman

SAM's TASTE Restaurant Is a Most Excellent Acquisition - Jul 11, 2007

Museum restaurant multitasks as a spot for takeout, multicourse dinners, and downtown's new favorite lunch spot.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Betty Is No-Frills, to the Point, Plain Done Right - Jul 4, 2007

Call me a Californian, but I’ll pick uncomplicated food prepared well over byzantine food prepared sloppily any day.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Veggie Thai at In the Bowl and Jhanjay Is Authentically Seattle - Jun 27, 2007

Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Gaudí Is Spanish Through and Through, Mostly for the Better - Jun 20, 2007

The paella’s as authentic as the comfortably frumpy ambience.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

The Meat Is Sliding Off the Bone at Soulful Rose Petals - Jun 13, 2007

Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

The Highs Battle the Lows at West Seattle's Bèato - Jun 6, 2007

It's hard to average out the A-plusses, B's, and F's I tasted in my two meals at the six-month-old restaurant.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Our Favorite Outdoor Dining - Jun 6, 2007

Summer Guide 2007 By Jonathan Kauffman

Mixed Blessing - Jun 6, 2007

What do you say about a restaurant that does so much right?
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Make Your Own Vitamin Water! - Jun 6, 2007

Summer Guide 2007 By Jonathan Kauffman

At This Salvadoran Spot, Let the P's Guide You: Plantains, Pupusas, Yes - May 30, 2007

Sopa de pato, no.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

It's Better, and Oilier, at Padi Indonesian Cafe - May 30, 2007

Nosh Box By Jonathan Kauffman

Culinary "British Exploration" at Marazul Lacks Focus - May 23, 2007

My goodness, this pan–Latino Asian bistro and rum bar has a lot going on!
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Sunlight Cafe Comforts With the Garden Variety - May 16, 2007

Most of the items on the menu haven't changed in 30 years.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

Steelhead Diner Satisfies Bistro and Diner Lovers Alike - May 9, 2007

Where better to satisfy the gourmands and the hoi polloi both than at Pike Place Market?
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Can-Am and Inchin's Bring Indian Flavors to Chinese and Italian Staples - May 2, 2007

The results are sometimes great, sometimes "whaaa?" but definitely worth a whirl.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Welcome to Functional Feeding, the 2007 Dining Guide - Apr 18, 2007

Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

101 Ways to Fry a Pepper - Apr 11, 2007

At Bamboo Garden, the Sichuan food's sophisticated, but the heat's a little low.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Multiplayer Party - Apr 4, 2007

Want a table at Belltown's newest hot spot? Bring a busload of your closest friends.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Spam Island - Mar 28, 2007

It's a working man's "Pan-Asian" cuisine at Kauai Family Restaurant.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Spam Island - Mar 28, 2007

It's a working man's "Pan-Asian" cuisine at Kauai Family Restaurant.
Art Town By Jonathan Kauffman

Lovely Mackerel - Mar 7, 2007

In a splendid U District (yes, U District) restaurant, Japanese cuisine is pared down to exquisite essentials.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Good Spreads - Feb 28, 2007

Two Greek neighborhood restaurants prove the culinary value of conversation.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Triple Threat - Feb 21, 2007

Qube Qube Qube needs needs needs work work work.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Berbere Good - Feb 14, 2007

The closer you get to this Eritrean restaurant, the better it looks.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Off the Mainland - Feb 7, 2007

A Bellevue restaurant for Taiwanese grazing.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

Close to Home - Jan 31, 2007

Ferrara Ristorante focuses on local foods, cooking some of them well.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

A Singular Vision - Jan 24, 2007

Coupage's Korean-French cuisine is deliciously unforced.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

The High (End) Life - Jan 24, 2007

Drinking in Seattle now means getting schooled, not drunk.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman

Getting My Goat - Jan 10, 2007

On the hunt for great Mexican tastes in far-flung locales.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

El Pollo Rico - Jan 10, 2007

No false advertising here: This grilled chicken is worth a drive to Everett.
Nosh Box By Jonathan Kauffman

Kraut-ed Haus - Jan 3, 2007

Feierabend's food appeals to snobs, dudes, and everyone in between.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman

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