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Food
April 25, 2012
Sex After Chez Shea
What spot will inherit the title of Seattle's most romantic restaurant?
Food
April 25, 2012
Up on Whiskey Creek
How three rural steakhouses have weathered the recession.
Blogs
April 25, 2012
Veg-Friendly Golden Beetle Is A Butterfly In Training
American casual dining culture is so attuned to cheap, fast, and large when a curve ball (like high prices and small portions) arrives sometimes we handle it poorly--especially in Seattle, as entitled diners, and more so for vegetarians, the perennial "cheap date." But that curve ball flies both w ... 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 23, 2012
LA Café Confounds with Its Noodles and More
Dish: "Salted fish w/chicken in vermicelli & rice sticker" Place: LA Café, International District Price: $8.99 On the plate: Two types of noodles, which require a close inspection to see. Onions, green onions, carrots, bean sprouts. Shrimp, which are presumably not the intended salted fish, with ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Does La Bête Have the Secret to a Perfect Pierogi?
La Bête has found a unique way to sidestep the Monday night lull: by taking their show on the road. The same staff cooks in the same kitchen of the same restaurant, even including pieces of the same menu (their famous pork rinds and pickled shallots make an appearance), but diners go on a whirlwind ... More >>
Blogs
April 23, 2012
Happy 50th, Space Needle!
The city's iconic landmark celebrated a milestone -- its 50th birthday -- this past weekend by letting throngs of fans blast off to the top for just a buck. No such plans are in the works, however, to roll back the prices at Sky City to 1962 when a "Prime Ribs of Beef" dinner was just $6.75! Way ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar Closes in Pike Place Market
Pan Africa Restaurant & Bar at 1521 First Ave. has closed after nine years of business. But fans of its traditional East African and Ethiopian dishes (see right) need not worry -- the owners have announced plans to reopen across the street "soon." In the meantime, the West Seattle location is still ... More >>
Blogs
April 20, 2012
Gael Greene on Romantic Restaurants in the Post-Chez Shea Era
The closure of Chez Shea instantly renders outdated every list of Seattle's most romantic restaurants. The 30-year-old Pike Place fixture was at the top of most such lists, earning accolades for its warm lighting and waterfront view. It's not yet clear which local restaurant will inherit Chez Shea' ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Chez Shea to Close Downtown, Scratch Deli Opens in Wallingford, & More
It's been a big week in restaurant openings and closings. First off, in Belltown, Isola Bella, Sicilian Cafe will debut at 2302 1st Ave. next month. The establishment will operate as a bakery and coffee shop by day, and serve meatballs and pizza by-the-slice at night. On Capitol Hill, EVO Tapas Kit ... More >>
Blogs
April 19, 2012
Reviewing the Review: Shedding Light on The Fat Hen
Yelp may be unsettling professional food critics and making life difficult for restaurateurs, but it's a terrifically handy tool for tracking down new restaurants. I don't much care whether anonymous eaters think highly of the soondubu at a new tofu joint in Federal Way, but I'm deeply grateful to t ... More >>
Food
April 18, 2012
Bellevue's Black Bottle
Shareable plates and well-picked pours on the Eastside.
Food
April 18, 2012
The Fat Hen's Farmhouse Flavor
Ballard's sunny tribute to the chicken and the egg.
Blogs
April 18, 2012
Cyber-Dogs Is The Holy Grail Of Veggie Dogs--And Talking To Strangers
Scoff if you will, all ye Ocsar Meyer die-hards, but a good veggie dog is hard to find and us vegetarians want one. Though there are ways to satisfy the craving--make a deluxe dog at home with all the fixings, wait until you're good and sauced and hit up a veg-friendly street vendor--few of them car ... More >>
Blogs
April 18, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes: Cassoulet at RN74
RN74 serves $5 pretzels and "fish sticks" during its happy hour, but there's no disguising the upmarket tilt of Michael Mina's downtown restaurant. The 33-page wine list includes dozens of bottles that each cost more than the average server pays for a month's rent, which has a way of making even fin ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Thinking Outside "The Box": Serving Up Nontraditional Tradition
The Truck: The Box, locations found on Facebook and Twitter. The Fare: Traditional food, with a spin. The Stop: Reis Llaneza is all about nontraditional traditional food. That's the theme Llaneza, born and raised in Hawaii, stuck with when he opened The Box last September, after going to culinary ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Off the Rez Truck's Mark McConnell Plans for an Indian Summer
When the average Joe gets a craving, he does what he can to find it, or settles for the closest thing. Mark McConnell turned his craving into a business, the Off the Rez food truck, which he co-owns with his girlfriend Cecilia Rickard. Beyond satisfying his initial craving, McConnell's love of barbe ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Happy Hour at Restaurant Bea Gets an 'A'
The Place: Restaurant Bea, 1423 34th Ave., 812-2901, MADRONA. The Hours: 5-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday. The Digs: Formerly June and Cremant, Restaurant Bea is a charming little nook in the heart of Madrona. A welcome neighborhood dinner spot that's run by friends Kate Perry (no relation) and Tom Black. ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes: Baked Potato at Wedgwood Broiler
If I learned anything from The Sound of Music - other than how to yodel and outwit Nazis - it was that it's worth polling the group when assembling a list of favorite things. Maria may have liked cream-colored ponies and schnitzel with noodles, but it was up to Louisa, Brigitta and Kurt to remind he ... More >>
Blogs
April 17, 2012
Thanh Vi To Become Fusion World
Seattle food writer Sara Dickerman's recent contention that "fusion" is no longer a dirty word in culinary circles could bode well for an International District restaurant in the midst of a major redesign. After a decade of serving a purely Vietnamese menu, Thanh Vi has eliminated half of its class ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
EVO Tapas Kitchen & Cabaret to Open on Capitol Hill
EVO Tapas Kitchen & Cabaret is scheduled to debut at 1715 E. Olive Way on Saturday, April 28, according to Eater Seattle. Run by the former owner of Rosebud Restaurant and Bar, the establishment will serve as a restaurant, bar, and entertainment venue. The menu will feature Mediterranean-style small ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Tacoma Celebrates First-Ever Restaurant Week
A veteran of California's food-and-beverage scene, Katie Doherty is such a firm believer in prix-fixe promotions that she last year asked Seattle Restaurant Week organizers whether her Gig Harbor restaurant could be added to the annual event's roster. Doherty, manager of Brix 25, was turned away. B ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Bamboo Garden's Dan Dan Noodles Are Hot Hot
Dish: Cheng Du Dan Dan Noodle Place: Bamboo Garden, Bellevue Price: $6.95 In the bowl: You'll see slightly yellowish egg noodles topped with little bits of ground pork and thin slices of green onion. The chili sauce is at the bottom of the bowl. Supporting cast/What to do: It's all there, in the ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2012
Seattle's 10 Best Spicy Restaurants
Flu season's start this year coincided with the onset of spring allergies, which means a larger-than-usual number of eaters suffering from stuffy heads, congested noses and clogged ear canals are flocking to local restaurants for system-clearing red chile riffs. Here, the Weekly's picks for the res ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Dining Out For Life Short on Restaurant Ambassadors
With Dining Out for Life just under two weeks away, the annual AIDS service organization fundraiser is still short 50 restaurant ambassadors. The 150 Seattle restaurants participating in the national Apr. 26 event have already pledged to contribute 30 percent of the day's sales to the Lifelong Aids ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes: Poached Halibut at The Walrus and the Carpenter
My very first meal in Seattle, taken after a final road-tripping day that started somewhere near the Idaho border, was at Canlis. Although I'd never before eaten in the Pacific Northwest, I understood that I was in salmon land, and attempted to order accordingly. My server, wise to the seasons, sugg ... More >>
Blogs
April 13, 2012
Mighty-O Donuts Applies for Organic Certification
Mighty-O Donuts hopes to further solidify its organic credentials this summer by becoming the nation's ninth certified organic restaurant. Under the tutelage of Chaco Canyon, the state's first certified organic vegetarian café, Mighty-O a few weeks ago applied for certification through Oregon Tilt ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Spatulas at Koral Stir Up a Sexual Frenzy
Koral Bar & Kitchen in Bellevue calls itself a "New American Kitchen," serving regional American cuisine--comfort food favorites and a few upscale dishes--in an atmosphere more casual than sister restaurant Pearl. After trying pan-fried trout, roasted beets with arugula, tuna crudo, Penn Cove mussel ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2012
Top Pot Continues Its Seattle Takeover, A Terrible Beauty Expands to SLU, & More
It's been a big week for restaurant openings. First off, a mobile oyster wagon called The Narwhal is hitting Seattle streets this summer. Run by Renee Erickson of beloved restaurants Boat Street Cafe and The Walrus & the Carpenter, the truck will serve raw oysters and oyster po'boys, trout salad, am ... More >>
Food
April 11, 2012
Frying Spring Hill at Ma'ono
The Fullers narrow their focus to chicken in West Seattle.
Blogs
April 11, 2012
"Goddamn 206-ers" Jim German and Claire Johnston of Jimgermanbar on Art, Cocktails, Cuisine and Small Town Politics
Just 20 miles from Walla Walla, buoyed amid the waving wheat of the Palouse, sits tiny Waitsburg, WA. With a population hovering around 2,000, Waitsburg is but a speck on Washington's map - that is, unless you like booze. In that case, Waitsburg is a big, red star on the map of Washington mixology t ... More >>
Blogs
April 11, 2012
Cafe Bengodi's Rustic Pastas Will Carbo-Load You Into A Food Coma
You're downtown, it's lunch time, and you're starving. You certainly have options--sandwich shops, soup and salad joints, Vito's two-martini lunch--but nothing satisfies a powerful hunger like a pile of pasta, and for this particular craving, Cafe Bengodi delivers in spades. What's more, the menu ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Here and There Grill Serves Up Comfort Foods From Everywhere
The Truck: Here and There Grill, found at Microsoft on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and in Edmonds on Wednesdays. Find more details here or on Facebook or Twitter. The Fare: All types of food, from here and there, some from the Thai, Mexican, Vietnamese persuasions. The Stop: Julie ... More >>
Blogs
April 10, 2012
Serious $6 Happy Hour Pies at Serious Pie
The Place: Serious Pie, 316 Virginia St., 838-7388, BELLTOWN. The Hours: 3-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Digs: A tiny slice of space on the corner of 4th and Virginia, directly across the street from another Tom Douglas restaurant, Lola, Serious Pie fills up quickly with absolutely no room for those f ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Ray's Cafe Is Seattle, Stereotyped
Ray's Cafe is packed on a Monday night, a mix of families with kids, older folk celebrating birthdays, and tourists wielding cameras like they are the Puget Sound paparazzi. There's a noise level and general acceptance of romper-room behavior that loans a bit of an Applebee's atmosphere to the crowd ... More >>
Blogs
April 9, 2012
Bamboo Garden Keeps It Kosher in Queen Anne
Dish: Gourmet Chow Mein (Lo Mein) Place: Bamboo Garden, Queen Anne Price: $8.95 On the plate: Per the menu: "pan-fried thin noodles with mixed vegetables, sausage, and chicken." That description will warrant further explanation. Supporting cast/What to do: Dig in. There's no option for spice leve ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Sipping Red at Black Bottle Postern
The Watering Hole: Black Bottle Postern, 919 Bellevue Way NE, 425-223-5143, BELLEVUE The Atmosphere: Black Bottle's original Belltown location is moody, quaint, and sexy. Its Bellevue digs on the ground floor of Avalon Towers are unmistakingly polished and pretty. Finer touches fit the aesthetic of ... More >>
Blogs
April 5, 2012
Elliott Bay Brewery's Lake City Public House: A Pretty Big Deal
Things happen in Lake City. Big neighborhood news in the last weeks included a pedestrian tackling a suspect bolting away from a police officer, SDOT announcing that it's replacing a pair of crosswalks on the main drag, and city leaders meeting to consider a neighborhood high-octane beer ban for the ... More >>
Food
April 4, 2012
One Nation, Under Tacos
How Mexican food conquered America.
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Cafe Flora's Spring Nettle Ravioli with Cashew Cream Sauce: No Cream, No Butter (Believe it!)
Yesterday, Cafe Flora Chef Janine told us the secrets of butter-less sauces. Today, she offers a recipe with a sinful tasting sauce, sans butter. Who knew there could be such a thing? "Those rich sauces with the cream, I love that. I've always loved, when I was saucier, to finish sauces with butter, ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Sage Cafe Is A Shadow Of Plum Bistro, And It Owns It
I live right up the street from Plum Bistro and thoroughly enjoy their spicy vegan fare, so it took a sizable force of will to walk by its doors on route to Sage Cafe. The much-smaller, sandwich-centric cafe--and one fourth of the Makini Howell-owned Hillside Quickie franchise--is more limited in te ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
100 Favorite Dishes: Fully Loaded Tater Tots at Heartland Cafe
Heartland Cafe's home page features a photograph of freshly plucked hops, green as Easter basket cellophane, and a mission statement touting the restaurant's commitment to serving scratch-made food. Heartland customers won't confront any bottled salad dressings or packaged beer mustard, the site ple ... More >>
Blogs
April 4, 2012
Hard Rock Cafe's Rain-Timed Happy Hour Weathers a Very Wet March
An especially wet March hasn't dissuaded the Hard Rock Cafe from slashing its drink prices every time it rains, a restaurant spokesperson says. The Hard Rock this January debuted its weather-linked happy hour, promising to discount draft beers, Washington wines and premium well drinks by 50 percent ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Chef Janine Doran At Home At Cafe Flora
If even a frame is out of place at Café Flora, chef Janine Doran will walk over to fix it. That is the kind ownership she feels over the place where she has been cooking for 20 years. In 1999, during Café Flora's renovation, Doran was right down on the floor with the rest of them ripping out carpe ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Cafe Flora's Happy Hour: A Cheap Vegetarian's Dream Come True
The Place: Cafe Flora, 2901 E. Madison St., 325-9100, MADISON PARK The Hours: Monday through Friday, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m in the bar. The Digs: Cafe Flora's plant-filled interior is lovely but it can feel a bit drafty without the bustling brunch or dinner crowd, and happy hour business can be light, s ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2012
Assessing the "Where Should I Eat?" Apps
Urbanspoon last week released a redone version of its popular app, supplementing its shake-to-suggest slot machine with interactive maps and lists of restaurants favored by Eater or helmed by James Beard-nominated chefs. Another new feature notifies registered users when they're in the vicinity of a ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Araya's Vegetarian Place Gets Me Drunk on Mushrooms, But Not on Spice
Dish: Drunken Mushrooms Place: Araya's Vegetarian Place, University District Price: $13.95 On the plate: Per the menu: "Classic Thai spicy wide rice noodles stir-fried in garlic & chili with veggies beef, Portabello and other mushrooms." The other mushrooms are shiitake and white button mushrooms, ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
Monday is Prime Time at the Wedgwood Broiler
The Wedgwood Broiler excels at simple classics produced in simply classic fashion. That means that while your dinner salad will have Cheez-Its sprinkled on top of the salami slices, your burger will be ground in-house. It means that on weekends, when you're feeling fancy, you can order a prime rib l ... More >>
Blogs
April 2, 2012
A Girl and Her Pig Delivers Deliciousness
With a cover photo like the one on April Bloomfield's new cookbook A Girl and Her Pig, you'd think the recipes would be carnivorous and primarily pork. Surprisingly, the recipes I chose to cook from it--and fell in love with--were the vegetable ones. Her recipe for Swiss chard is the only way I'll e ... More >>
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