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  • Blogs

    May 14, 2012

    Unicone Returns to International District

    After a two-year absence from the International District, Unicone is opening a location in the Uwajimaya food court tomorrow. "We really like to read Yelp, and a lot of people were not very happy when we left Chinatown," says Christopher Beyeler, co-owner of the whimsical Japanese crepe shop. Uni ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2012

    Henry Ku of Henry's Taiwan Plus: the Restaurateur We'll Soon be Talking About

    Henry Ku once owned the Taiwanese restaurant 168 in Kent's Great Wall Mall and the Rocking Wok in Wallingford, but his current Taiwanese mainstays, the two Henry's Taiwan restaurants - one in Bellevue, and one in the International District - and the new Henry's Taiwan Plus has put Taiwanese food on ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 20, 2012

    "We Are Young" Stuck in your Head? Nate Ruess of Fun. Gives the Inside Scoop on Their New Record Store Day Release, "Carry On."

    Right on the heels of releasing 2012's most addicting singalong song, "We Are Young," fun.'s lead-singer Nate Ruess took some time out of his busy schedule to talk to me about one of the acoustic songs on the band's exclusive Record Store Day release of The Ghost That You Are To Me . With a No. 1 hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2012

    Sgt. Robert Bales, Accused Massacre Shooter, Finally Meets His Media-Savy Seattle Attorney

    Having riled military officials with his media tactics even before he's seen his client, Seattle attorney John Henry Browne flew off to Kansas yesterday where today he tells us he'll finally meet Staff Sgt. Robert Bales of Joint Base Lewis McChord, arrested for murdering 16 villagers in Afghanistan. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 12, 2012

    Kemper Freeman Loses in Court, Can't Kill Light Rail Across I-90

    Car-loving developer Kemper Freeman would like nothing more than to stop light rail expansion in its tracks, but last week the tide may have turned for good for transit advocates as Freeman lost a key court battle to keep the East Link expansion from coming into his back yard over the I-90 bridge. H ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 7, 2012

    International District Contemplates Summer Bar Crawl

    Chinese restaurants have long had a reputation for serving cheap, stiff drinks, but International District leaders believe many Seattle cocktailians have overlooked their neighborhood. "Probably our most notorious bar is Bush Garden," says Don Blakeney of the Chinatown-International District Busine ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 23, 2011

    The Best Bottomfeeding of 2011

    ​Another year, another failure to shed an ounce of body fat, thanks in large part to this columnist's unyielding commitment to craft--if "craft" can be defined as smashing yolks in corned beef hash with reckless abandon, or wolfing down hoagies alongside pints of rare microbrew at Seattle's mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2011

    Scheduling a Chinese Meal for Christmas

    ​I recently received an e-mail from a reporter asking whether I was free to discuss "the tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Eve." (I wrote an academic article on the relationship between Jews and Chinese food, so fielding these queries is my own annual holiday tradition.) Christmas ... More >>

  • Food

    December 14, 2011

    Bako: Capitol Hill's China Doll

    There's no prettier place for a cocktail. Now about the food...

  • Blogs

    November 25, 2011

    Taster's Wok Offers Karaoke 'Round the Clock

    ​I've sung in all sorts of places: dive bars, sports bars, Tiki bars, Irish Pubs, Mexican cantinas, coffee shops, bowling alleys, brothels--you name it. But my favorite setting to croon has always been Chinese restaurant lounges, specifically the ones that do karaoke seven nights a week. It's ... More >>

  • Food

    October 26, 2011

    Bottomfeeder: World Pizza II

    A much-missed grunge-era pizzeria is reborn in Chinatown.

  • Blogs

    October 21, 2011

    A Whole New World Pizza

    Cozell WilsonCone prepares his signature potato pie.​In 1992, the brothers Adam Cone and Aaron Croselycone opened a very rock 'n roll pizzeria on Lenora Street in the heart of Belltown, which was then a bit unruly. Yet like the city and music scene it was attached to, Belltown was entering a b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 12, 2011

    Hawaiian Fare Gets Thai-ified at Pai's Food Truck

    Jake Vorono​The Truck: Pai's Food Truck. The Fare: Thai-Hawaiian The Truck: I write to you all from Oahu, Hawaii, a place not only dubbed paradise for its sandy beaches and impeccable weather but for its abundance of distinctively delicious food options. Hawaii is a geopolitical and thus cu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 6, 2011

    International District Restaurants Offer $2 Tastes for Dragon Fest

    ​"People have their favorite neighborhood Thai restaurant, but they forget the awesome treasure trove of restaurants we have in the International District," says executive director Don Blakeney, director of the Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area. To help prod eaters to ... More >>

  • Food

    June 15, 2011

    A Little Raskin: Edible Exhibit

    Finally, a museum that takes food seriously.

  • Blogs

    June 13, 2011

    Wing Luke Museum Plans an Asian-Pacific-American Food Exhibit

    ​Museum collections managers see plenty of wedding dresses and fancy-seeming furniture. But few prospective donors think to contribute their kitchen appliances and utensils to an institution. "Most people don't think a museum would want that," says Jessica Rubenacker, an exhibit specialist at ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    The Waterfront Streetcar's Second Run

    A tourist-friendly transportation alternative is primed for a resurrection.

  • Arts

    May 4, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    Fake Shakespeare, sushi for charity, and the Henry throws a party.

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2011

    Portland Geeks Release "Badass-Ness Map" That Scores Neighborhoods by Proximity to Hipster Amenities

    ​Watching Portlandia or hearing tales about Portland from one's beflanneled friends, it's easy to imagine that the entire city is nothing but record stores, vintage pinball bars, and bicycle co-ops. But it turns out that dense concentrations of hipster comforts are only found in parts of the c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 27, 2011

    Jean Kwok

    ​Watching Portlandia or hearing tales about Portland from one's beflanneled friends, it's easy to imagine that the entire city is nothing but record stores, vintage pinball bars, and bicycle co-ops. But it turns out that dense concentrations of hipster comforts are only found in parts of the c ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 23, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: The Week's Recommended Events

    ​Watching Portlandia or hearing tales about Portland from one's beflanneled friends, it's easy to imagine that the entire city is nothing but record stores, vintage pinball bars, and bicycle co-ops. But it turns out that dense concentrations of hipster comforts are only found in parts of the c ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 16, 2011

    Thom Anderson Retrospective

    ​Watching Portlandia or hearing tales about Portland from one's beflanneled friends, it's easy to imagine that the entire city is nothing but record stores, vintage pinball bars, and bicycle co-ops. But it turns out that dense concentrations of hipster comforts are only found in parts of the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 25, 2011

    Friday Food Porn: Going Down To Dumpling Town at Din Tai Fung

    Photo courtesy Joshua Huston​ There's been lots of battling back and forth this week over my review of the new Din Tai Fung in Bellevue, with fans stepping up in support of the place and others, like me, just trying to cool the fervor a little. Does Din Tai Fung sling some fine dumplings? Yes ... More >>

  • Food

    February 23, 2011

    Din Tai Fung's Dumpling Dilemma

    Does this Bellevue hot spot's signature dish live up to its legend?

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    Jamie Ford

    Does this Bellevue hot spot's signature dish live up to its legend?

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2011

    Chinatown Restaurants Offer $2 Tasting Menus on Lunar New Year; Ballard Scores an Organic Raw-Foods Restaurant

    Celebrate Lunar New Year with $2 eggrolls!​To celebrate Lunar New Year, 10 restaurants in Chinatown will feature $2 tasting menus, including Dim Sum King, Jade Garden, Phnom Penh Noodle House, and Thai Curry Simple, courtesy of the Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area. St ... More >>

  • Arts

    March 30, 2005

    The Digression Artist

    This Equation may not be logical, but it sure is entertaining.

  • Food

    March 2, 2005

    No to the Needle

    This Equation may not be logical, but it sure is entertaining.

  • Food

    February 23, 2005

    Saigon Gourmet

    This Equation may not be logical, but it sure is entertaining.

  • Food

    December 22, 2004

    Get Sum

    Get ready to feel sorry for yourself.

  • Food

    September 29, 2004

    All That Cheese

    Get ready to feel sorry for yourself.

  • Food

    December 26, 2001

    Side Dish

    Oh, Canada!

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