Ravenna

Red Desert

Beehive Bakery Closes in Central District, Heidelberg Haus Debuts in Ravenna, Pinky's Kitchen Opens in Wallingford, & More

Pinky's KitchenWallingford's new food truck serves BBQ and comford food.​First off, in Belltown, The Mercantile at Local 360 at 111 Bell St. has closed after a mere six months, citing an insufficient amount of business. On Capitol Hill,Thai pop-up restaurant Little Uncle - formerly known as S ... More >>

Casa D'Italia's Disarming Likability

Anthony Donatone brings a little Italy to Ravenna.

Why the Bagel Oasis Anti-Kid Bias?

​The Place: Bagel Oasis (2112 N.E. 65th, 526-0525) RAVENNA. The Hole: Poppy-seed bagel, toasted, with scallion schmear. The Shit: Thanks to synagogue Congregation Beth Shalom sitting at the Northeast edge of Ravenna, this 'hood is about as close as Seattle gets to a Jewish enclave. So I star ... More >>

Thrive: I've Got Sunshine

​Good food is like sunshine for the soul. It's an important ingredient to surviving Seattle's dreary Februaries, although I can't really say that today since I woke up to such a brilliant blue sky. But even if the weather isn't dreary (today), our winter food tends to be. While summer eating m ... More >>

MOD Pizza No. 4 Comes to Capitol Hill, Panera Bread Opens in the Tacoma Mall, and More

Panera Bread opens in the Tacoma Mall tomorrow.​Here's your weekly rundown of restaurant news... In Belltown, Casuelita's Caribbean Restaurant at 81 Vine Street is no more. The establishment served the only Bahamas, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico-inspired cuisine in the neighborhood and SW ranked i ... More >>

Greatest Hits and What You Missed: Return of the Vegans

Sage Cafe's reuben, vegan through and through​Sometimes it seems like we here at Voracious World Headquarters get off on these weird jags where all of our brains (and appetites) are jamming on the same starving frequency. Some weeks it's barbecue that strikes our collective fancy. Or ice cream ... More >>

Secrets of the Himalayas Found in Ravenna

The Duke of HazzardRavenna residents needn't travel far to reach the Himalayas.​There's no shortage of restaurants in Ravenna. On the few blocks of NE 65th St between 20th and 25th Avenues, there's an onslaught of places to eat, catered to the tastes of the community of young families that pop ... More >>

Zeeks Pizza: Now With Nine Locations to Get a Pizza In You

​It looks like things are full speed ahead with the opening of the newest location of local pizza chain Zeeks. With operations already up and running, well, everywhere (West Seattle, Denny, Queen Anne, Phinney Ridge, Greenlake, Ravenna, Kirkland and Issaquah), this newest, at 10201 NE 10th Str ... More >>

Take On Koolhaas, in Gingerbread

http://www.facebook.com/UltimateGingerbread?v=photos​Are you a closet wannabe architect? At the Gingerbread Creation Station, you can shape the walls any which way you like. Sugarplums are not on the menu; Koolhaas might be. Fri., Dec. 20, 2-4 p.m. Thrive, 1026 N.E. 65th St., #A-102 (in Rave ... More >>

Ravenna Trails

http://www.facebook.com/UltimateGingerbread?v=photos​Are you a closet wannabe architect? At the Gingerbread Creation Station, you can shape the walls any which way you like. Sugarplums are not on the menu; Koolhaas might be. Fri., Dec. 20, 2-4 p.m. Thrive, 1026 N.E. 65th St., #A-102 (in Rave ... More >>

Review Roundup: Bistro Baffi, In the Bowl, Bastille

​This week's blog and print restaurant reviews: At the Times, Providence Cicero shows some love to Bistro Baffi, the Burien Italian restaurant run by the affable, mustachioed Michael Vujovich. In Dining Deals, meanwhile, Nancy Bartley eats at Urban by Designed Dinners, the tiny wine bar and c ... More >>

Where Once a Denny's Stood: New Development Approved in Ballard

​You won't be able to order a Moons-Over-My-Hammy, but it looks like there might finally be something where the Ballard Denny's used to be. Market Street Landing, the 8-story residential and retail development proposed for replacing the slope-roofed diner (which is considered an example of Goo ... More >>

Seven Great Reasons to Pick Up This Week's Print Edition

1. You can view images like the one at the left as they were intended. 2. Our news section contains gripping stories involving coke dealers, semen, drowning, and Mary Kay Letorneau. 3. Local indie-folk goddess Jesse Sykes scores Shakespeare. 4. Noise for the Needy tackles mental illness, with a ... More >>

Dive Bar Book Tour Reaches Ravenna Tonight

I'll be reading from my dive bar book at Third Place in Ravenna (corner of NE 65th St. & 20th Ave. NE) tonight at 7. There's a nice preview of the event in today's Seattle Times. Books will be available for purchase and personalization (i.e., author signature, which will increase the value of the bo ... More >>

Dive Bars on the Mountain, KOMO, in Ravenna

Tuesday morning, at 8:15 sharp, I'll be appearing live on KMTT (103.7 FM) to discuss my dive bar book with hosts Marty Riemer and Jody Brothers. Then, later in the day, I'll be discussing the book on KOMO-TV's afternoon newscast at approximately 4:20 p.m. (how appropriate). Worse yet, I'll be readin ... More >>

Upcoming Tastings: Small Washington, Hot Piedmont, Affordable France

Tomorrow, March 5th, Vino Verite (208 Boylston Ave. E.) gives you mucho wine bang for your...well, hell it's free. Try a smattering of affordable Rhone and Burgundy wines, more than half $15 and under, but all attractively priced. Picnic (6801 Greenwood Ave. N.) will host three tastings this weeken ... More >>

Yet Another Good Bookstore Cafe Opens

As I mentioned in yesterday's review of Tamara Murphy's Elliott Bay Cafe, Seattle's (remaining) bookstores are giving their cafes some love. (Movie theaters need to stop whining about declining profits and take a tip from these places. I'd gladly buy a $5 snack if it wasn't crappy nachos.) A few mo ... More >>

Hot Dog on a Stick Quietly Replaced by Sushi Stand

As I mentioned in yesterday's review of Tamara Murphy's Elliott Bay Cafe, Seattle's (remaining) bookstores are giving their cafes some love. (Movie theaters need to stop whining about declining profits and take a tip from these places. I'd gladly buy a $5 snack if it wasn't crappy nachos.) A few mo ... More >>

$13 at an All-Day Happy Hour

As I mentioned in yesterday's review of Tamara Murphy's Elliott Bay Cafe, Seattle's (remaining) bookstores are giving their cafes some love. (Movie theaters need to stop whining about declining profits and take a tip from these places. I'd gladly buy a $5 snack if it wasn't crappy nachos.) A few mo ... More >>

Da Pino to Open in Ravenna

As I mentioned in yesterday's review of Tamara Murphy's Elliott Bay Cafe, Seattle's (remaining) bookstores are giving their cafes some love. (Movie theaters need to stop whining about declining profits and take a tip from these places. I'd gladly buy a $5 snack if it wasn't crappy nachos.) A few mo ... More >>

Hiking the Urban Greenbelts

Try one of the 401 parks you ain’t seen yet.

Local Burlesque Diva on Tonight's "Wife Swap"

Try one of the 401 parks you ain’t seen yet.

Science on Tap: Today & Beyond

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Christmas Stockings

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Weekend Wining

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Herkimer #2

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More Markets, Cheese 101, and Other Food Events

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Changes at the Super Bowl

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Rocket Queen

Knighthawks at the diner.

The Pub at Third Place

A public house for reading, beer drinking, and $4.25 calzones.

People Reading Aloud From Printed Manuscripts, Typically Bound.

A public house for reading, beer drinking, and $4.25 calzones.

National Book Award Winner Timothy Egan Reads, and More

This week's readings.

Food News

September 20 - 27, 2006 (expanded from print version).

Folk Art

A year and a half after opening to big buzz, Pair continues to charm.

License to Nosh

Seattle's 'kosher police' watch over Jewish diners—and you.

They Got the Beat

Revamped Ravenna restaurant mixes, matches world cuisines.

The Crepe Café and Wine Bar

Revamped Ravenna restaurant mixes, matches world cuisines.

Contents

Revamped Ravenna restaurant mixes, matches world cuisines.

Singletons in Seattle

Why don't Seattle demographic trends and zoning policies add up? Maybe because the city can't count to one.

Toward the Light

Ravenna's neighborhood bakery has higher aspirations.

Dining Calendar

Ravenna's neighborhood bakery has higher aspirations.

The New Austerity

SW's misery index for the formerly affluent Seattleite.

Side Dish

SW's misery index for the formerly affluent Seattleite.

Sacred space

SW's misery index for the formerly affluent Seattleite.

Food fight at PCC

Facing fierce competition from Whole Foods, Puget Consumers Co-op fires its CEO.

SW Field Guide

Identify and understand your quarry.

Barking up the wrong slope

Identify and understand your quarry.

Oh, brave new U District

Citizen planners struggle to hash out the Ave of the future, and a future for neighborhood planning in Seattle.