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Eating Out

  • Blogs

    January 11, 2012

    Kafe Berlin Redefines the Quick Hot Dog Lunch

    ​When the first floor of the German Heritage Society building functioned as an office, letters, pamphlets and spreadsheets presumably accumulated there. Now that the organization has transformed the space into a restaurant, it's shifted its collection focus from paperwork to the best in local ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Reviewing the Review: Setting the Stopwatch on Dinner

    ​Of all the twists threaded into this week's premiere of Downton Abbey's second season, none shocked me more thoroughly than the pre-show announcement that the episode was two hours long. I'd already plotted my sleep schedule around an hour-long run time, and - like Mr. Carson - I don't like s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Ballard Says Goodbye to Zesto's After 63 Years of Business, Phinney Ridge Welcomes a Family-Friendly Pizzeria Today, & More

    Zesto's in Ballard has closed after 63 years of business.​Ballard faced the biggest blow this week. Zesto's Burger & Fish House at 6416 15th Ave. N.W. has closed after 63 years of business. The beloved neighborhood establishment will be replaced by the third installment of RoRo BBQ & Burgers. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2012

    Restaurant Servers Weigh In On "Touch the Waiter"

    ​Henry Alford - who claims to make his living as an "investigative humorist" - proposes to whittle down etiquette to its core values in his new book, Would It Kill You to Stop Doing That?, a collection of essays on how people should treat each other. I haven't read the book, but the chapter w ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Gabriel's Fire is Totally Worth the Meat Sweats

    Forget vegetables, get a side of the meaty beans at Gabriel's Fire.​From the outside, Gabriel's Fire looks more like a diminutive dive bar than a restaurant. There's one small window, the front door and nothing more. Once inside however, the aroma of smoke and meat instantly convince you that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 13, 2012

    Voracious Tasting Tickets Now On Sale

    ​Having spent the better part of last year trying to familiarize myself with the city's best restaurants, I know how difficult it is to eat at every Seattle restaurant serving great food - especially when new restaurants are constantly being added to the list. Juggling reservations at restaura ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    King Noodle Will Make You Feel Like Royalty

    ​Dish: "Noodles Combo" Place: King Noodle, International District Price: $6.99 In the bowl: Your choice of soup base, noodles, and toppings (including vegetables) Supporting cast/What to do: Your server will give you a form (in Chinese and English) and a pen. If you're having a noodle bowl ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Mourad: New Moroccan Offers Modern Recipes of an Ancient Cuisine

    ​Mourad Lahlou never intended to become a chef and open an acclaimed restaurant in the U.S. that would one day garner a Michelin star. He didn't even cook as a boy growing up in Marrakesh. But food was central to his home life and family. In Mourad: New Moroccan, Lahlou shares his journey from ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Seattle Start-Up Releases Food Delivery App

    ​A Seattle start-up believes its app could revolutionize how eaters make their food delivery decisions, but what customers apparently like most is the company's cute name. "People like the name," says Justin Seeley, founder of Omnom. "That's the number one feedback." Seeley and his two partn ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Reopened Gainsbourg's Happy Hour Brings Sexy Back to Greenwood

    ​The Place: Gainsbourg 8550 Greenwood Avenue N. 783-4004 GREENWOOD The Hours: Happy Hour is from 4-6 and 11-close every day and runs all day on Monday. Happy Hour food specials are served from 4-6pm, daily.

  • Blogs

    January 17, 2012

    Rookies Has Booze and 'Chos for the Big Game

    ​The neighborhood vibe in Columbia City is especially pronounced because its restaurants and bars are designed so folks can talk instead of watch TV - which is infuriating when there's a very important game on. When Alabama played LSU for the first time this season, my husband and I had eveni ... More >>

  • Food

    January 18, 2012

    The (Cozy) Inn Crowd

    A landmark Kenmore dive picks up where Prohibition left off.

  • Food

    January 18, 2012

    Goldbergs' Deli Double

    In Bellevue, the culinary equivalent of a tribute band.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    Supreme Court Says Servers Who Had to Roll Silverware Can Sue Applebee's For More Money

    ​In a move that could have implications for food service workers nationwide, the Supreme Court yesterday refused to stop a lawsuit by Applebee's staffers who say they weren't properly paid for side work. Under Washington law, restaurant workers are paid minimum wage regardless of how much the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2012

    St. Dames: A Helluva Gal For Vegetarian Eats

    St. Dames' Mac & Cheese.​For most visitors, the lively pubs, vibrant nightlife, and cozy restaurants of Columbia City's expanding corridor make a hop on the light rail worth the ride. Yet vegetarian fare is still largely underrepresented in the hood, making St. Dames, the south side's beloved ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Reviewing the Review: Double Trouble

    ​There are plenty of extraordinary talents who will never have the experience of being professionally reviewed. Art critics don't write about caricature sketchers, book critics don't write about ghost writers and music critics don't write about celebrity impersonators, no matter how well they ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    Chopsticks Has Been Serving Local Lushes for Almost 50 Years

    ​The Watering Hole: Chopsticks, 23025 100th Ave West EDMONDS, 425-776-1196 The Atmosphere: Chopsticks is the Chinese restaurant our family frequented when I was growing up in Edmonds. While I was never allowed in the bar as a youngster, I would sometimes peek inside while we waited for take-o ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 19, 2012

    The Kangaroo and Kiwi Pub Relocates to Ballard, 8 Oz. Burger Opens on Capitol Hill, & More

    8 Oz. Burger Bar​It's a big week for Ballard. Bitterroot BBQ is now open at 5239 Ballard Ave. N.W. The establishment features "classic American barbeque," beer, and bourbon. Urban Family Public House is also now open at 5329 Ballard Ave. N.W.. The brewhouse boasts 24 Belgian and American taps. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 20, 2012

    If the Monkey Bridge Were a Course, It Wouldn't Be Dessert

    No custard raspberry rum cake to see here.​The Monkey Bridge sits at an interesting crossroads, both literally and metaphorically: Sandwiched between NW Market Street and Barnes Avenue, it might take a Ballard non-native a moment to distinguish where it fits in with the neighborhood's dives an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Boom Noodle Takes You to Tokyo with Its Ramen

    ​Dish: Tokyo Ramen Place: Boom Noodle, Bellevue (also in Capitol Hill and University Village) Price: $10.95 In the bowl: Chashu (braised pork butt), tamago (egg), menma (bamboo shoots), green onion, and a piece of nori (seaweed) in soy seasoned chicken-pork broth Supporting cast/What to do ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    Find Rare Calm On Monday Night at Revel

    ​Casually styled and run humbly by a husband and wife team, Revel seems an unlikely candidate for the town's hottest table. But the elevated execution of the food has created an atmosphere of see-and-be-seen while you wait in line with the beautiful people. On Friday night, prospective diners, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Island Breezes Blow Through Bastille's New Cocktail Menu

    ​Erik Carlson is bringing a colonial interpretation of French cuisine to Bastille CafĂ© & Bar, emphasizing Haitian and other West Indian rhums on his new cocktail menu for the Parisian-style bistro. "Stepping into a bar should be an adventure and an escape," Carlson is quoted as saying in a r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    David Sanford Brings the Art of A Shared Meal to Belle Clementine

    Tiffany Ran​From the coffee cake he made when he was seven, to serving dinners at farmstead communal tables, and acting as Program Director of Matt Dillon's Corson Building, David Sanford's varied culinary experiences has been fueled by a desire to constantly create, one sparked by his very cr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 24, 2012

    Sip's Happy Hour of Big Couches, Big Food, Big Wines and Prices to Match

    Photo by Matthew Piel​The Place: Sip, 909 5th Ave., 206-682-2779. The Hours: 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. to close Monday through Friday. The Deal: Well drinks for $5, featured wines for $7, and every one of the 12 items on the small plates menu is $3 off. At full fare those "small" plates ... More >>

  • Food

    January 25, 2012

    Tamara Murphy's Melrose Plate

    Terra Plata's amazing potato chips are worth the wait.

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Plum's Vegan Bounty: Organic, Zesty, Batali Approved!

    Plum's $9 happy hour slider trio (the small ones are easier to handle).​Native son Mario Batali may be a long ways off from vegan poster boy, but the celebrity chef recently announced in his syndicated column that meat is an "overused" ingredient. He frames this statement around his "friend a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 25, 2012

    Seeking Restaurant Recommendations From Real People

    ​There is no shortage of restaurant recommendations online. But in places where there is a shortage of strong Wi-Fi signals, the Internet's wisdom is largely useless, forcing hungry tourists to find great meals by other means. I'm a firm believer in asking food-and-beverage staffers for resta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    A Cheap, Celtic Date With Glenn Close

    Fellow Oscar nominees Close (left) and McTeer.Patrick Redmond/Roadside Attractions​The Dinner: Split-pea soup, at the Owl & Thistle (808 Post Alley). The Movie: Albert Nobbs, at the Harvard Exit (807 E. Roy St.) The Screenplate: 1890s Dublin is the setting for Glenn Close's Oscar-bait drama ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2012

    Chinese Restaurant Awards Honor Vancouver's Best Dishes

    Chinese Restaurant AwardsSea Harbour Seafood Restaurant's award-winning prawns ​Even after Conde Nast Traveler declared that "Vancouver is home to the best Chinese food in the world," many Western-born eaters remained leery about wandering into the city's unapologetically authentic dumpling ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Bako's Keeman Wong Juggles the Old and New

    Tiffany Ran​A son and grandson of restaurant owners, Keeman Wong, owner of Bako in Capitol Hill, knew the value of hard work, and that owning a restaurant would not be as glamorous as people assume, but he admits to missing out on the many stresses his parents carried. While successful in thei ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2012

    Spring Hill Embraces Fried Chicken Identity With Name, Concept Change

    ​Eaters who've struck out trying to score reservations to Spring Hill's vaunted Monday night fried chicken pop-up will be relieved to learn the restaurant's shifting to a fried chicken-centric concept. Spring Hill today announced it's trading its linens and braised short ribs for paper napkin ... More >>

  • Food

    February 1, 2012

    Blind Pig Bistro's Flying Fish

    Sturgeon's in demand at a stellar Eastlake hole-in-the-wall.

  • Blogs

    February 1, 2012

    The Top Seven Reasons To Find A Spot At The Teapot

    Victoria HoltThe Teapot's "Jewel Box": A nori-tofu purse filled with vegetables, almonds, and cashews. ​When I first moved to Seattle and began trolling for vegetarian restaurant recommendations, The Teapot was the first place recommended to me by the first person I asked. When I took up the s ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 2, 2012

    Reviewing the Review: Falling for Vermouth

    ​When I worked as a waitress, no matter what the kitchen served for staff meal, we'd usually end up rummaging around the pantry for condiments or crackers. If dinner happened to be thawed frozen waffles - a reminder of why our restaurant got out of the brunch business months before - we'd scou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    How to Drink When You Don't Drink

    Duff McKagan's column runs every Thursday on Reverb. His memoir, It's So Easy (Simon & Schuster) is out now.​I used to be the guy who was constantly trying to find the best place in town to drink the cocktail. Yeah, I was the guy barkeeps loved at first, but always ended up trying to find a wa ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Skelly and the Bean to Open on Capitol Hill February 23

    Got tater tots?​Highly anticipated restaurant Skelly and the Bean has announced plans to open on February 23 at 2359 10th Ave. E. on Capitol Hill, according to Seattle Met. Run by Zephyr Paquette, formerly of Cafe Flora and Elliott Bay Cafe, the establishment will feature gussied up comfort fo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    Hey Restaurants! Be Like Shultzy's And Embrace Wine In A Box, Huh?

    Ilustration by Andrew Saeger, tHE ARTdept.​Hey fellow lushes! Do you ever get fed up paying 10 bucks and up for a glass of wine? I think it's high time restaurants and bars and cafes and cute little bistros start offering an affordable alternative. Let me climb up on my soapbox to sound the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2012

    Romance is Cheap at Cafe Munir

    ​Walking into Cafe Munir for the first time surprised me. As the first Lebanese restaurant in Seattle to open in many years, there was a low bar of restaurant quality it needed to clear to make me happy. By the time I'd entered the restaurant, that bar had already been left further behind than ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    A Taste of Romance, Seattle-Style

    ​What puts Seattle eaters in the mood for love? Chocolate and oysters, of course - but also vinaigrette, arugula and leeks (roasted, if possible.) To woo the city's doting couples, restaurants annually devise prix-fixe Valentine's menus studded with quasi-aphrodisiacs. In a highly unscientifi ... More >>

  • Music

    February 8, 2012

    Duff McKagan: On Drinking

    A guide to a sober life in bars.

  • Arts

    February 8, 2012

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    A guide to a sober life in bars.

  • Food

    February 8, 2012

    Made in Manhattan Drugs

    Andrew Flewelling's Ginger Blossom is delightfully boozy.

  • Food

    February 8, 2012

    Where to Drink With Your Kids

    15 Seattle bars that let youngsters watch their parents imbibe.

  • Film

    February 8, 2012

    Where to Drink at the Movies

    A local venue guide.

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Pabla Is The Way For Veggie Indian Buffet

    Get 'em while they're hot! Pabla's samosas and pakoras.​With all due respect to the illustrious tradition of Indian cuisine, it's never really been my thing. Notwithstanding a good samosa, the stewed purees, exotic spices, and ghee-heavy dishes central to Indian cooking have always been a litt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2012

    Leading Seattle Restaurateurs Are Fans of Great Design and Lots of Dining Room Noise

    Joshua HustonThe patio at Poquitos​The spare, referential dining room that's lately taken hold in Seattle is costly and loud, but leading Seattle restaurateurs say they wouldn't have it any other way. In a panel discussion last night hosted by the Seattle Architecture Foundation, Ethan Stowel ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Regent Bakery and Cafe Opens on Capitol Hill

    Regent Bakery and Cafe ​Regent Bakery and Cafe is now open at 1404 E. Pine St., according to Capitol Hill Seattle. The second installment of the popular Redmond-based restaurant features Chinese-style pastries and more substantial cuisine like hot pots and chow fun, as well as a full bar.

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Szekely's Sauza Margarita at Mission

    ​The Watering Hole: Mission, 2325 California Ave. S.W., 937-8220. WEST SEATTLE The Atmosphere: Mission is like a little hideout smack dab in a residential neighborhood just a few doors down from the Admiral theater. It's a slender piece of unassuming property sandwiched between two other rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Travelers Thali House: Colorful Food Kids Will Eat

    Sara Billups​Get this: people in Seattle are having kids. All the time. True, the child-to-parent ratio is lower in Seattle than many other big cities, but in the past decade we've been trending toward a mini baby boom. 2010 population estimates tallied almost 94,000 youth under 18 and 32,000 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2012

    Regent Bakery & Cafe Debuts on Capitol Hill, The Wurst Place Opens in South Lake Union, & More

    Regent Bakery & Cafe is now open on Capitol Hill.​On Capitol Hill, Regent Bakery and Cafe is now open at 1404 E. Pine St. The second installment of the popular Redmond-based restaurant features Chinese-style pastries and more substantial cuisine like hot pots and chow fun, as well as a full ba ... More >>

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