Christina Choi is a familiar face to Seattle Farmer's Markets shoppers. As co-founder, along with Jeremy Faber, of Foraged & Found Edibles, which supplies local wild ingredients -- berries, nettles, mushrooms, fiddlehead ferns -- to many of the area's top restaurants, Choi's knowledge of the ... More >>
Just makes you wanna barf, doesn't it?Welcome, friends, to the inaugural edition of Ask the Critic, a (semi) weekly clearinghouse for questions, gripes, advice and random bits of wisdom from yours truly. The way this works is, you, gentle reader, send me questions about whatever has you in a ... More >>
Cusco (or Cuzco), Peru was one of the main hubs of the Incan Empire and is also the name of a new café in Ballard. The converted house looks like a clean, model home living room, only with extra dining room tables, free wi-fi and a huge TV, placed for the sole purpose of sport. Not sports, s ... More >>
Phoenecia at Alki (2716 Alki S.W.), which closed down last summer due to the death of proprietor Hussein Khazaal, reopened last week. The restaurant will be serving small plates along with entrees and artisan pizza. The West Seattle blog has more about the remaining Khazaal family's plans.
When you hear the word slider, do you think of a mini ground beef burger? That's what we envisioned when we set out to name the Top 5 sliders, but our search became and education in this bar snack's definition. We're not sure if Seattle is going through a slider crisis, or is ahead of the game, suc ... More >>
credit: Thomas BerwickKevin Davis is the chef/owner, with his wife, Teresa, of Steelhead Diner, a successful upscale diner food restaurant sited in Pike Place Market. Davis has cooked all over the world: in Paris, Australia, New Orleans, and Napa Valley. In March, he will open the couple's se ... More >>
credit: Thomas BerwickKevin Davis is the chef/owner, with his wife, Teresa, of Steelhead Diner, a successful upscale diner food restaurant sited in Pike Place Market. Davis has cooked all over the world: in Paris, Australia, New Orleans, and Napa Valley. In March, he will open the couple's se ... More >>
credit:steelheaddiner.comTeresa and Kevin DavisThis is part two of our interview with Steve Davis, chef/owner of Steelhead Diner and of soon-to-open Blueacre Seafood. You can read part one here. Check back tomorrow to get the lowdown on Davis' recipe for Angry Crab. Tell me about your plans ... More >>
Last week, we had the news about now-ex Sip chef Cody Reaves jumping out of his post there to open the kitchen at the brand new Flat Iron Grill in Issaquah's Gilman Village. Now, I'm happy to announce that Flat Iron has actually hit its proposed opening date (as rare in the restaurant world ... More >>
credit:farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/1088158261_ecafe0decb.jpgThe final installment of our time with Kevin Davis of Steelhead Diner and soon-to-open Blueacre Seafood. You can read our interview here and here. Angry Crab is a Steelhead Diner specialty: Dungeness crab with rouille (a spiced sau ... More >>
It seems that my introductory tour of old Seattle has, if nothing else, got you people talking. Ivar's, Dick's, Pagliacci--these place are base pairs in the city's culinary DNA, foundations on which so much else has been built. This was why I chose them for my opening-day trifecta: as a way t ... More >>
Introducing the first installment of a new weekly Voracious column: Serving Sake to a Serb. My boyfriend Slavko pronounced his love for Asian cuisine soon after we started dating. His favorites: Teriyaki, Pad Thai, and several Panda Express-style dishes served at an overpriced Chinese restau ... More >>
credit:delaurenti.comDeLaurenti hosts its regular, free, expertly-led wine tasting on Saturday afternoons, but on the occasion of that big, red holiday, bubbly wines are on the menu for an added Friday tasting. On the menu, a series of sparklers: Lucien Albrecht Cremant d'Alsace (Brut Blanc d ... More >>
This post comes to us courtesy of new Voracious contributor and area film buff A.J. Tigner. The Dinner: Feta cheese empanadas, los panes vegetarianos, two bottles of San Miguel, and fettuccine con pollo at Bilbao Tapas Bar & Restaurant (4500 9th Avenue NE) The Movie: Pedro Almodovar's Brok ... More >>
R.I.P. Bacchus Sake Bar & Bistro.Vi Bacchus Sake Bar & Bistro is no more, according to CHS Blog. The izakaya based within the Broadway Building was in business for just three years before it closed its doors. Now, if they need any help getting rid of all that sake...
Craig Claiborne, the man who started it all. Kinda.For those of you out there in Blog-O-Land who actually care about the form and function of restaurant criticism and food writing (and if the lively back-and-forth in the various comments sections is any indication, there are a lot of you), I ... More >>
Look yummy, don't they?I have seen a lot of unusual menu inspirations in my day. Movies, music, the hyper-regional cuisines of entire countries most people couldn't pick out on a map. I remember one done entirely based on films that cooks love (Big Night, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas and such) ... More >>
This would be the dining room at Happy (not Noodle) in BoulderForbes magazine, long known for its incisive culinary reporting, has just come out with its list of America's best new restaurants. And while not one restaurant from Seattle made this year's cut, at least the Pacific Northwest as a ... More >>
Toulouse's spicy fried alligatorIf you've never tried alligator, it tastes like a cross between chicken and frog legs and has the texture of veal. A lot of people seem to be a bit trepidatious about ordering the stuff (is alligator the best menu choice in Seattle?), but it really is unintimi ... More >>
Two weeks back, all forward-thinking foodies just about lost their shit when Ferran Adria announced that he would be putting his framed restaurant, El Bulli, on "hiatus" starting in 2012. Part of the reason for the panic? El Bulli wasn't just some kind of little local hot-spot for those livin ... More >>
Breathing in, with my eyes closed, I am happy. It smells like home to me, a smirking middle-finger to all those who said I was screwed--like I was moving to the arctic circle or Boise or worse. And tasting, I am almost as pleased. I have lived in places where posole was not just a meal, but a ... More >>
Yesterday, we made the thrilling announcement that a time, a date and a place had finally been chosen for the Voracious Tasting & Food Awards--our (kinda) 1st annual Seattle food-and-drinks bachanalia to be held on April 14 at the Paramount Theatre. There's gonna be chefs. There's gonna be mu ... More >>
Yesterday, we made the thrilling announcement that a time, a date and a place had finally been chosen for the Voracious Tasting & Food Awards--our (kinda) 1st annual Seattle food-and-drinks bachanalia to be held on April 14 at the Paramount Theatre. There's gonna be chefs. There's gonna be mu ... More >>
Kenneth DundasSpring Hill's Fuller is among a group of Seattle food folk who hope to be Bearded.The list of James Beard Award semifinalists is out, and it's chockablock with Seattle-based restaurants, vintners, and chefs, including Spring Hill's Mark Fuller, the subject of this week's three-p ... More >>
This is an anchovy, the mascot of Anchovies & Olives. Not pictured: olives.Upon entry into Anchovies & Olives I was immediately aggravated by the bizarre woven wooden crap on the walls. It looks like you're trapped inside a gigantic Easter basket. Now I know what a Cadbury Egg feels like: wob ... More >>
The horse race begins nowAs posted earlier today, the venerable James Beard Foundation today released the names of their Restaurant and Chef Awards semi-finalists. And man, was it a Seattle-heavy list. Seriously, I've been tracking these things for most of a decade, and for one city (that's n ... More >>
Got lunch plans for today? Seattle Burger (2007 NW 56th St.) will open its doors for business at 11 a.m., according to MyBallard. Check the menu. One restaurant opens, another closes - and damn, this one closed fast. Saigon Boat Café (2632 Alki Ave SW) was shut down yesterday for operating ... More >>
Yesterday, I started off this handicapping project by discussing two of the really big categories of awards for which the James Beard Foundation just announced their list of semifinalists. Outstanding Restaurateur and Outstanding chef are two of the huge national awards given out each year. A ... More >>
Pastrami or corned beef? Russian dressing or 1000 Island? Grilled or toasted rye bread? One of the things we learned while researching this Versus challenge is that Reuben sandwiches wear many hats. Deciding which one you want yours to wear is a simple matter of taste. For instance, we prefer past ... More >>
CHHHHUUUUNNNNGGGGEEEE'''''''''''SSSSSS!!!!!!!!!Chungee's is pretty tasty. When describing Chinese food, of course, "tasty" is a relative term: sometimes it's awesome, other times it's just a simple way to take the edge off of a hangover. Chungee's falls somewhere in the middle of that contin ... More >>
Original location--one of two, soon to be threeIf you're anything like me, you're often running out of the house in the morning (read: noon) with nothing under your belt but maybe a bit of toast, a cup of tea, some dry salami, a bite of nicely aged cheese, maybe a sandwich or two and no more ... More >>
Happy National Pancake Day!Pancakes! Get yer pancakes! In honor of National Pancake Day, IHOP is giving away free short stacks from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. All the breakfast chain asks is that you consider making a donation to the Children's Miracle Network. (But you should probably um, really make ... More >>
credit:106pine.comNamed for its plum location on Pine Street, 106 Pine is the moniker of the new wine shop/bar smack-dab in the middle of downtown. As the shop's wine manager, Shannon Borg (wine editor for Seattle Magazine and co-author of the recent cookbook, Chefs on the Farm), told me, thi ... More >>
This smiling image arrived with the press release, looking like a still from Julia's TV show.Julia Child is perhaps the most famous (deceased) food enthusiast, and cooking classes inspired by her have been selling out all over the city, most especially since the release of the film Julie & Ju ... More >>
Last week, we got through handicapping the top of the list for this year's James Beard Restaurant Awards. In Part 1, I gave the odds on Tom Douglas taking home the prize for Outstanding Restaurateur (30-to-1 against, and I might've been being generous) and explained why, as cool as Poppy migh ... More >>
Thierry Rautureau is a busy man. First, he's got his flagship restaurant, Rover's, to oversee at 2808 E. Madison. He's got a book out (Rover's: Recipes from Seattle's Chef in the Hat). He does a radio show with Tom Douglas every Saturday on KIRO. He does TV, charity work, has products to pimp ... More >>
Photo by Adriana GrantCormac Mahoney is the man behind this summer's pop-up restaurant sensation, Tako Truk, which served delicious, spicy tacos after hours, out of the 14 Carrot Café kitchen, in Eastlake. He's holding a fundraiser for Haiti this weekend, and is hoping to build Tako Truk as ... More >>
Photo by Adriana GrantCormac Mahoney is the man behind this summer's pop-up restaurant sensation, Tako Truk, which served delicious, spicy tacos after hours, out of the 14 Carrot Café kitchen, in Eastlake. He's holding a fundraiser for Haiti this weekend, and is hoping to build Tako Truk as ... More >>
Red Jacket Mine played the first-ever show at Seattle's Hard Rock Cafe on Tuesday, March 9. Their Tuesday-night residency (8 p.m.) continues through the end of the month.Here's a brief composite of several conversations I had with a friend before and after yesterday's show at Hard Rock: Me: ... More >>
Pancit, rice, and chicken adobo at Inay's Pan Pacific RestaurantClick here to read the introduction to the new weekly Voracious column: Serving Sake to a Serb. Prior to this week, Slavko had never eaten Filipino food. It's a style of cooking influenced by Hispanic, Chinese, and American dish ... More >>
Kevin, Terresa and their pet fish"So how long is it now? Seven days?" "Yeah. No. Uh...from today? Eight days. 17th--that'll be friends and family. Soft open on the 19th. For the public." "So eight days." "Eight days." "But really ten days." "Not for us." This was me and Kevin Davis talk ... More >>
One of the greatest meals I ever ate was at Penang, an Indonesian restaurant in Philadelphia's Chinatown. I fell in love with my wife here (one of the dozen or so restaurants, scattered between Philly, Rochester, Ithaca, New York, Santa Fe, Boulder, Colorado and Manhattan where this slow proc ... More >>
An obsession with gimmickry has led Red Robin to create such monstrosities as the Wise Guy Burger.The original Red Robin, located at the southern edge of the University Bridge, will serve its last basket of bottomless fries on March 21. Word of the closure was rather abrupt, and Seattleites h ... More >>
Say goodbye to these tablesIf you dine at Spinasse (1531 14th Ave.) later this week, you'll notice something different: banquettes where communal tables used to be. "As a restaurant we have moved away from family style service. Our menu is now much more focused on an a la carte style servic ... More >>
Photo courtesy of Diane Skwiercz, pictured.Street Treats is a mobile confectional set to launch in May. Diane Skwiercz is still putting all the details together, figuring out recipes, getting the truck decked out, and plotting which neighborhoods to invade. I spoke with her about launching he ... More >>
Late into my third night eating at Steelhead, there's a moment when Davis--buried in tickets, juggling plates, grouping finished orders for pickup and surrounded by the smooth-running army of white-jacketed cooks that crowd and surround him like frantic doves beating themselves against the co ... More >>
Late into my third night eating at Steelhead, there's a moment when Davis--buried in tickets, juggling plates, grouping finished orders for pickup and surrounded by the smooth-running army of white-jacketed cooks that crowd and surround him like frantic doves beating themselves against the co ... More >>
Late into my third night eating at Steelhead, there's a moment when Davis--buried in tickets, juggling plates, grouping finished orders for pickup and surrounded by the smooth-running army of white-jacketed cooks that crowd and surround him like frantic doves beating themselves against the co ... More >>
Blue C Sushi doesn't even come CLOSE to being as cute as this little dog.There's only one thing in the world that's cuter than Blue C Sushi. No, it isn't a Yorkshire Terrier wearing a tiara. Nor is it a sleepy two-week-old bunny. It's not a squirrel in a vest, or a kitten wearing a monocle, ... More >>
Earlier this week, we had a post by Mike Seely lamenting what had become of the iconic, original location of the Red Robin burger franchise--that single address (a former tavern in the U District that, decades later, became the more recognizable burger bar) which spawned a nationwide chain of ... More >>
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