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Live Review: Metallica at Key Arena

Major props to tireless photographer Jenny Jimenez for this and a slew of other excellent shots from the show.By my best estimate, I've seen Metallica about half a dozen times. However, I hadn't seen them in 20 years, so it felt pretty surreal going to Monday's show with my friend Andrew, who hadn't ... More >>

Restaurants in Peril: A Short Roundup

The Wednesday edition of the Queen Anne News has a top-of-the fold story about the economic woes facing the 80-year-old Mecca Cafe. Seems that no one provided Bank of America with a replacement guarantor for the bar's line of credit after the previous owner died in 2001. Now the bank has summarily d ... More >>

Search & Distill: Trial by White Wine

Try holding auditions for your house wine.

Artifakt presents Jacob London

Seattle is definitely a music Mecca, but a club town? Nah, don't think so. What passes for DJ-centric nightlife here would leave clubbers hurrying for the exits in search of a real dance floor in other American cities of comparable size and cultural prestige. Into this void has stepped arts-colle ... More >>

The Road to Mecca

Seattle is definitely a music Mecca, but a club town? Nah, don't think so. What passes for DJ-centric nightlife here would leave clubbers hurrying for the exits in search of a real dance floor in other American cities of comparable size and cultural prestige. Into this void has stepped arts-colle ... More >>

Digable Planets

Wednesday, November 12

Steelhead Diner Satisfies Bistro and Diner Lovers Alike

Where better to satisfy the gourmands and the hoi polloi both than at Pike Place Market?

Our Music Columnist Manages to Enjoy Bumbershoot, Despite Herself

Feel-good hits of the summer.

Sunset Tavern

5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., 206-784-4880

Weekly Notable Shows

5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., 206-784-4880

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5433 Ballard Ave. N.W., 206-784-4880

Weekly Notable Shows

Highlights—and otherwise—of the week's calendar.

Artopian Seattle

Artists and others imagine the city of their dreams.

Crescent Over Puget Sound

A local writer puts the jihadis in control of Seattle—and most of the remaining former U.S.A.

Good Film Hunting

Our intrepid reporter seeks news, booze, and schmooze at Sundance.

Way Out West

Five new records from West Africa explore their roots with surprising results.

Southern Belles and Whistles

Five new records from West Africa explore their roots with surprising results.

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Five new records from West Africa explore their roots with surprising results.

Field of Skreee

The Olympia Festival of Experimental Musics celebrates its diamond anniversary.

Arts & Entertainment: Donald Byrd's Picks

Best Addition to the Dance Scene

Arts & Entertainment

READERS' PICKS

Restaurants M-S

From Matt's in the Market to Salumi.

Swan Songs

Family trauma and unusual perspectives shape Mecca Normal's multimedia muse.

The day the music didn't die

The independent music world came to Olympia 10 years ago for a pivotal event.

Artquake

Galleries and artists dig out after the shaking.

Stand-up and deliver

Winlar and his wisecracking company hit the stage.

Word Power

Winlar and his wisecracking company hit the stage.

Drinking

Guide to the best booze mills in the city

Way to go, Yoyo

Olympia's occasional indie-rock festival is quite an occasion.

The Top Five Diners in Seattle

​ With apologies to the cavalcade of Beth's loyalists who are sure to chime in... 5. The Continental. This family-owned University Way institution is best-known for its homemade Greek delicacies, but it's the BLT (on a homemade bun) and bacon in general that allows them to rival more straight ... More >>

Queen Anne Ave's The Mecca Sticks an Alcohol-Reeking Tongue Out at Nickels

​The Mecca on Lower Queen Anne, proud home of "alcoholics serving alcoholics," isn't letting the nightlife regulatory wars of the late aughts die quietly. The latest sign on its marquee makes sure its drunken patrons remember that any pissing, littering, and caterwauling they may engage in out ... More >>

Rocket Queen: Tough & Shy Guys

Discussing Jeff McNulty’s heavy new band, and remembering Ben Hills.

Our Favorite Restaurants 2010

Discussing Jeff McNulty’s heavy new band, and remembering Ben Hills.

Roti Gut

Everything's great at this Queen Anne mainstay, until the food arrives.

Awesome George Benson at Bush Garden, the ID's Karaoke Mecca

Benson and Jarreau are in this love together.​One of the top five karaoke experiences of my life was on a Monday night back in November '07. The Seahawks had just shut out the San Francisco 49ers 24-0, so two of my best tailgate buddies and I walked over from the stadium to Bush Garden in the ... More >>

Get Me to the Mecca

Prepare yourself for nearly two hours of this, in montage form.​ The Dinner: French Dip and Fries at Mecca Cafe with a couple pints of Stella Artois. The Movie: Get Him To The Greek at AMC Uptown 3. The Screenplate: At first, Get Him to the Greek seems like your ordinary Rock n' Roll comedy ... More >>

Wasting Time at Work is Getting Sexier: PopCap Games Gets a Challenge From Eastern Europe

​For the last few years, Seattle has been Mecca for people designing games for laptops and iPhones. PopCap's Bejeweled was one of the first so-called "casual games" (no fancy controllers or memory-hogging software required). But now PopCap has some international competition, bringing with it a ... More >>

Starbucks Is Evil Because of One Jerky Starbucks Employee?

​There was a tornado in Brooklyn yesterday. Witnesses in hipsterdom's Mecca say the twister started off cool but got lame once everyone else heard about it. (Rimshot?) Anyway, the point is that all that wind and rain allowed Gawker to run with this ridiculous headline: "Did Starbucks Leave Its ... More >>

Food Blog Confession & Wheatless in Seattle

Sweet Potato Rosemary bread & Green Tea bread with Cranberries, from Wheatless in Seattle​At the corner of Greenwood Ave N. and 100th, there stands a Mecca for the food-allergy afflicted. Snuggled up against a residential neighborhood it used to be a member of, the converted little red bakery ... More >>

Something Else To Work Up Your Record Store Day Frenzy: Kill Rock Stars Re-Issue of 1991 Compilation

​Kill Rock Stars is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year--and in their own honor, they're putting out a very special re-issue on April 16 for Record Store Day. The label's very first release, a 1991 compilation including tracks from Nirvana, Courtney Love, Bratmobile, and Bikini Kill, ... More >>

Choose Your Own Adventure: The Many Roads to Record Store Day Deals, Signings, and Shows

​If you're a true vinyl-loving music geek, you've already mapped out a route to make the most of your time on Record Store Day this Saturday. Those of us who haven't memorized all the in-store shows going on around town or the staggering list of limited-edition releases rolling out are still e ... More >>

The Month Ahead: Sips & Snacks

Late-night eating and drinking at the Funhouse, Jabu's and beyond.

The Month Ahead

St. Vincent, The Long Winters, and a killer chicken-fried steak.

How Accurate Were Restaurant Analysts' Trend Predictions for 2011?

​Restaurant analysts have begun forecasting what lies ahead for food and beverage in 2012, so it seemed like an opportune time to check how well they read their crystal balls at the end of 2011. Here, the trends that Technomic - perhaps the most quoted name in the restaurant prediction game - ... More >>

How Ex-SNL Star Victoria Jackson Became Queen of the Far Right

​Not too long ago, Victoria Jackson was the helium-voiced "Saturday Night Live" cast member who always seemed to play the ditz. Now she's a Tea Party princess who co-hosts a right-wing version of "The View" and sings songs about how Obama's a Muslim. How'd that happen?