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Jonathan Kauffman

Have Your Meat and Sustain It, Too - November 18, 2009
New butchers are making it possible.
Feature By Jonathan Kauffman
Seattle’s Wide World of Sandwiches - November 11, 2009
Our city’s universe of bread/meat combos is ever-expanding. This week: Venezuelan and Swedish varieties.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Kobe, Cognac, and Crumbers - November 4, 2009
On its best nights, the Bravern’s new steakhouse gives an opulent ritual its due.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Kauffman on Foer on Dog Meat - November 4, 2009
Why the latest veg manifesto is a crock.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Seattle's Happy-Hour Hall of Fame - October 28, 2009
For some restaurants, it's a promotion. For others, a way of life.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Nostalgia, Fantasy, and Questionable Taste Collide - October 21, 2009
A look inside Seattle's yoshoku dens.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
The Seattle Food Scene’s One-Hit Wonders - October 14, 2009
When a restaurant gets a single dish right, sometimes it needn’t do anything else.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Hype, Orangette, and a Pair of Meals at Delancey - October 7, 2009
Likely the most talked-about restaurant on the West Coast rides the wave with ease.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
The Problem With Seattle’s Farmers Markets - September 30, 2009
After years of growth, cash receipts are down—and the recession may not be the only culprit.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Plum Bistro: Vegan Fare That’s Too Flavorful? - September 23, 2009
Makini Howell’s BBQ tofu and smoked seitan dishes are positively brawny.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Sweat and Pain in Bellevue - September 16, 2009
Test your spice mettle at a new Chinese haven near Crossroads.
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Drawing-Room Comedy at Number 1 New York Pizza - September 9, 2009
This is one family-style restaurant where you can choose your relatives.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Bastille: A Winning Parisian Bistro in Ballard? - September 2, 2009
Maybe in three months.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Pie Time for Love - August 26, 2009
Overabundance finds a warm, crusty home.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Cantinetta: Comfortable as an Old Boot - August 19, 2009
The enduring pleasures of the neighborhood Italian place.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Feed Me Like I’m Your Grandfather - August 12, 2009
Cracking the code in Koreatown South, where seasonal dishes, and an owner’s garden, make for captivating meals.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Herban Feast Goes Legit - August 5, 2009
But the caterer's trying too hard at its stationary digs in West Seattle.
Food & Drink By Jonathan Kauffman
The Flip Side of Sustainable Sushi - July 29, 2009
Customers will have to revamp their tastes at one of the city’s top sushi restaurants.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Eatin’ Good on the Sidewalk - July 22, 2009
The traffic’s getting pretty thick for Seattle’s newest street-food vendors.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Street Food: a Timeline - July 22, 2009
From hunter/gatherers to the Seattle Street Food Fair.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Revisiting Matt’s and The Hunt Club - July 15, 2009
The long and short of changes at two classic Seattle haunts.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Hudson: Nowheresville's All-Purpose Diner - July 8, 2009
The Georgetown regulars have learned to lean on the restaurant's strengths.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
. . . And You Will Know Us by the Trail of German Butterballs - July 1, 2009
What locavores, wine geeks, and indie rockers have in common.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Noodles a Go-Go - July 1, 2009
Three more places for Seattle’s most exquisite and exotic slurps.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Plaka Estiatorio: Great for Kids, Better for Wednesday Nights - June 24, 2009
A toddler gymnasium in the early evening and a mellow date night after, Ballard’s new Greek spot is lively and lived-in.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Beyond Bulgogi: Korean Pig Is What’s Worth Eating - June 17, 2009
Leave the beef to barbecue neophytes.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
The New Age of Deviled Eggs - June 10, 2009
From the owners of Pair, an ungimmicky tribute to the good old days.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Summer Guide: Where to Get a Meal in the Sun - June 3, 2009
Everything tastes better outside. Maybe that’s because there’s so much talent walking by.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
The Queen of White Center - June 3, 2009
Sour soup, salty donuts, and other Cambodian specialties at Queen’s Deli.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Homegrown Sandwiches: Fantasies Fulfilled - May 27, 2009
The Fremont counter knows exactly what you want, and they’re going to give it to you as sustainably as you can handle.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Long Provincial Vietnamese Elevates the Tamarind Tree’s Legacy - May 20, 2009
Unfortunately not far enough.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Moving Beyond the Burrito - May 13, 2009
Revive your interest in Mexican food with the lesser-known antojitos.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Crawfish King: Authentic Vietnamese Cajun, Houston-Style - May 6, 2009
Not fusion, but a syncretization of spicy seafood with a French influence.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Anchovies & Olives: Unmistakably Ethan Stowell - April 29, 2009
Simple preparations, ingredients straight from your CSA box, and flawless service—some formulas are worth repeating.
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Seattle’s Best Examples of a Thai Cliché - April 15, 2009
We’re not lacking for options.
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Monsoon East: The Accidental Child - April 1, 2009
It may have arrived at an odd time, but that doesn’t make it any less lovable.
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How to Make Roast Chicken Palatable - March 25, 2009
Mexican, Peruvian, and Cantonese takes on dinner’s most boring animal.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Healing From a Hot Pot - March 18, 2009
At a Bellevue mini-mall, a blast of herb-powered elixir.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Our Favorite Restaurants of 2009 - March 11, 2009
A feast at every price point.
Dining Guide By Jonathan Kauffman
Pellegrini Award Winner: Greg Atkinson - March 11, 2009

Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Barrio’s Missed Opportunity - March 4, 2009
A “Pacific Northwesterner’s approach” to Mexican food doesn’t work out so well on Capitol Hill.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
The Thin Wheat Line - February 25, 2009
The first round in a quest for the best noodle dishes within driving distance.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Does Oddfellows Gentrify or Rectify? - February 18, 2009
Linda Derschang’s latest haunt sits at the nexus of the new Pike/Pine: good eats, great prices, displaced artists.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Elliott Bay Cafe and the Gravity of Lunch - February 11, 2009
A great food city needs more than five-star evenings. It needs the midday manna of Tamara Murphy.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Shiku Sushi’s Hat Trick - February 4, 2009
The Roger Ebert of sushi hosts makes an international mashup, to mixed reviews.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Brats, Chops, and Beaux Arts - January 28, 2009
A pair of West Seattle hangs get the restaurant-bar nexus just right.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Only a Fool Skips a Winter Hot Pot - January 21, 2009
Warm your intestines with…intestines at these three steaming Korean spots.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Treasure Map in a Plastic Sleeve - January 14, 2009
For delicious Lao dishes, seek out the secret menu at Thai Palms.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman
Nominate Your Favorite Food Revolutionary - January 14, 2009
Name your favorite farmer, restaurateur, baker, or anyone else who you think has shaped the way Seattle eats.
Food By Jonathan Kauffman
Plate Expectations - January 7, 2009
A famous local chef may not change dining as we know it, but his Broadway eatery’s no failure.
Restaurant Reviews By Jonathan Kauffman