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    May 3, 2012

    Producing Poetry: Rhubarb Returns to Local Farmers Markets

    Farmers Markets are starting to bloom, with the recent returns of the Broadway and Columbia City markets marking the start of the season. But the nature of farming means opening day isn't the only celebration on market calendars: Between now and October, when most markets begin their winter hiatus, ... More >>

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    May 3, 2012

    On-Call Car Service Targets Restaurant Patrons

    For residents of Washington D.C., such as the writer who chronicled Uber for The Atlantic's current issue, the sedan service is handy because its drivers are willing to venture into low-income neighborhoods when called. But in Seattle, the company is gaining a foothold with restaurant goers. "We've ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2012

    Din Tai Fung Serving Drinks for Every Man and Every Dumpling

    The Watering Hole: Din Tai Fung, 700 Bellevue Way NE #280, (425) 698 1095, BELLEVUE The Atmosphere: While the dumplings at Bellevue's Din Tai Fung get all the praise, the restaurant's bar sits cozily on the side, a refuge for expectant diners antsy from the expected hour long wait. Go to any other ... More >>

  • Food

    May 2, 2012

    Mae's Alzheimer's Cafe: Unforgettable

    On Phinney Ridge, a uniquely social approach to a tragic disease.

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    A Backstage Peek at Recipe Development for Matthew Lewis' Roux

    Matthew Lewis, the eponymous rover behind food truck sensation Where Ya At Matt, this year announced he's planning to open a real restaurant with tables and a roof. Roux is scheduled to debut on Fremont Avenue in late summer. And while Lewis has already settled on many of the small plates that will ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Sous Chef Scott Robinson Shares Restaurant Marché's Wednesday Special: Poulet au Reisling

    Yesterday, Scott Robinson, sous chef of Bainbridge Island's Restaurant Marché, defined the classic French influences on their menu, and the ways they've refined it. Today, he shares a recipe, a simpler twist on a French classic to bring the market (or rather, restaurant) back to your home. Rest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    A Wing and a Prayer: The Eastward Migration of Kerloo Cellars' Ryan Crane

    The Whooping Crane is well-known for its signature "ker-loo!" call, but likely better known for being one of the most endangered birds in North America. This is a somewhat similar situation to the Cranes of Kerloo Cellars, who are creating wines you are endangered of getting your hands on if you're ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    At Chungee's Drink & Eat, Simple Flavors Translate Even For Vegetarians

    The Eats: Chungee's Drink & Eat, 1830 12th Ave., 323-1673. Traditional home-style Cantonese cuisine. The Deets: While there's Thai, Vietnamese, and Asian joints aplenty, few Capitol Hill restaurants serve traditional Chinese food. This cozy restaurant, with it's red-tinged lighting, low ceilings, t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 2, 2012

    Seattle's 10 Best Popcorns

    Americans have been popping corn kernels in the fireplace for centuries, but the snack's popularity picked up during the Great Depression, when a nickel bag of salty popcorn was one of the few affordable luxuries. Not surprisingly, popcorn fervor returned with the recession: Once sold primarily at m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Pancakes and Omelets Now Available in the International District

    Hunger for non-Asian food is apparently growing in the International District, where another new restaurant is touting its westernized menu. China Club Bistro last month celebrated its grand opening with a dragon dance and a daylong party that drew local politicos and tong leaders. Owner Tim Lee, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 1, 2012

    Pecado Bueno: Home of the $3 Margarita, the Chimichanga Dog, and the Freedom to Choose More Than One Taco Filling

    The Place: Pecado Bueno, 4307 Fremont Ave. N., 457-8837, FREMONT The Hours: 3-6 p.m. and 9-close (weekdays 11 p.m., weekends 9 p.m.) daily. The Digs: The interior of Pecado Bueno is nice and welcoming, with high ceilings, bright yellow and lime-green walls, and one large piece of wall art featurin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    South Lake's Cafe Venus Serving Up Hot Topics

    On Friday afternoon, I walked into Cafe Venus with the inside of my mouth fully intact. It was about 4:00 pm and I'd suddenly realized that I'd somehow gone without coffee all day. In a panic, I stopped at the nearest cafe. I had not been into Cafe Venus before, nor visited the attached Mars Bar. Ne ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    The Everest Kitchen Serves Thukpa from the Top of the World

    Dish: Thukpa Place: The Everest Kitchen, Lake Forest Park Price: $7.95 In the bowl: From the menu: "Noodle soup with chicken or vegetables, peas and herbs." Clarification coming, below. Supporting cast/What to do: You can choose between chicken or vegetables. The latter will be one dollar less th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Extend the Weekend with Hitchcock's Americana Monday Menu

    To paraphrase a parable, when chef's away, sous will play. Sous Chef Keegan's Monday night Americana menu at Hitchcock on Bainbridge Island embodies that playfulness with precision. A whimsically creative and well-imagined menu waits for anyone willing to pretend Monday is the third day of the weeke ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Molly Moon's Homemade Ice Cream Cookbook Will Make You Scream For More

    In 2008, Molly Moon Nietzel left the corporate world for a more satisfying and fulfilling livlihood. She yearned for something more like her ice cream scooping days during college, and the ice cream sundaes she made with her grandparents. She wanted to create a place of community, where many generat ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2012

    Seattle's 10 Best Caesar Salads

    The very first Caesar salad was a jerry-rigged dish with relatively few ingredients. According to family lore, Tijuana restaurateur Caesar Cardini whipped together coddled eggs, olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and lemon juice - showily working in front of guests to distract them from the rec ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    Brunch is all Kinds of Gray at the Chelan Cafe

    Chelan Café 3527 Chelan Ave SW, 932-7383 Hours: 6 am-7:30 pm Weekdays & 6 am- 1 pm Weekends Uptown, Downtown, or Down Home: Down home, as in down the street from the home. The clientele was mostly seniors on my weekday visit. The place is packed with Seattle memorabilia perfect for fueling older ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    5 Seattle Restaurants for Al Fresco Eating with Kids

    On a warm spring day in Seattle, who wouldn't want to eat and drink on the slender terrace at Revel, sidewalk patio at Presse, or breezy rooftop deck at the Pink Door? But unless you're the parent of an atypically well-mannered child, those venues aren't going to cut it when the kids are coming to d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 26, 2012

    Pan Africa Owner to Open Two(!) Restaurants Downtown, Tom Douglas Takes on Falafel, & More

    First off, good news for fans of Pan Africa in Pike Place Market. The restaurant closed after nine years of business last Saturday, but that doesn't mean it's the end. "We're opening two restaurants across the street!" owner Mulu Abate says cheerfully. " A revamped Pan Africa at 1528 1st Ave. will f ... More >>

  • 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

    Fjellene Cellars' Matthew Erlandson on Sustainability, Scaling Mountains and...Worm Poop

    Spending an afternoon at Fjellene (Fyell-lay-nuh) Cellars is a mini-vacation in wine heaven. Tucked amid Walla Walla's Southside winery district and swaddled by a 10-acre estate vineyard, this young winery is bright, small, and - from the early reviews - quickly becoming mighty. Focused on small lot ... More >>

  • 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 24, 2012

    USBC 2012: The Five Best Buzz-Words of (Really) Caffeinated Competitors

    After 4 days of intense caffeination (plus one additional day of hungover silence while everyone re-hydrates), the national competition crowning the United States' Barista Champion for 2012 has come to a close. Portland, fitting to its fantastic performance at the regional competition in January, ho ... 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

    Building a Better Gin & Tonic, Part I

    There was a time I thought I didn't like gin. But then I realized it was tonic I didn't like, thanks in part to a bad experience when I was 10. But that people, is a story for Part II of "Building a Better Gin & Tonic," the final two installments of In the Cups. Today, I want to talk about gin. The ... 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

    Roxy's Diner Serves Up "the Most Sensual of All the Salted Cured Meats"

    What I miss from New York: choices of subway lines, reliably aggressive driving, and attitude. Food-wise, I miss pizza, bagels, and bialys. And good delis. Oh, we have some amazing sandwich shops in Seattle, like Paseo and Salumi. But I'd gladly trade a few of our fabulous Vietnamese delis doing che ... 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

    Halal Is the New Kosher

    Muslim populations fuel a restaurant race for certification.

  • 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

    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 >>

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