Tom Douglas

Maggie's on the Radio Saturday, October 20

Maggie's on the Radio Tomorrow

More Pina, More Sabor, Less Colada

$13 at Dahlia Bakery

Tom Douglas' Next Project

Vocab Lesson: Plin

Tom Douglas Jumps Into Real Estate

Quick Gossip Roundup from Other Blogs

Clock Ticking for V-Day Reservations

After the jump, a few last-minute suggestions.

Tom Douglas Can’t Stay in the Kitchen

A chef moves into the thriving real-estate business.

TOM'S BIG DINNERS (Harper/Collins, $32.50 hardcover)

By Tom Douglas and Jackie Cross

Hot Dish

By Tom Douglas and Jackie Cross

$13 Is Decadent At Dahlia Bakery

A new series about eating for 13 bills.

Topping Himself

Tom Douglas' new pizza place delivers the goods—for a price.

Nov. 9, 2005

Tom Douglas' new pizza place delivers the goods—for a price.

Dahlia Bakery

Tom Douglas' new pizza place delivers the goods—for a price.

Dare to Dream

Of great food and fantastic theater at Teatro ZinZanni.

Half-Baked

In which we find the Dahlia Bakery leaves something to be desired.

SideDish

Shelf lives

It just gets better

In his second decade at Dahlia's helm, Tom Douglas serves up first-rate fare.

SideDish

In his second decade at Dahlia's helm, Tom Douglas serves up first-rate fare.

Elegant but Easy

Seattle's most popular chef finally commits to print.

Back in Belltown

Tom Douglas does it again—maybe too well in a 'hood defined by upscale dining.

Romancing the palate

Menu writing 101.

Kauffman Picks Seattle's Top 5 Places for Pizza

New York, Chicago, Neapolitan, sourdough, Indian, takeout, whatever. For some of us, pizza's not about pedigree. Hell, it's not about the toppings (well, mostly not about the toppings). The reason I eat more pizza than a man in his 30s should is because it's basically bread fresh out of the oven. ... More >>

Suggested Reading From Tonight's Sold Out Cook Book Social

​Sample the wares before you buy: That's the premise behind the Tom Douglas Holiday Cookbook Social, where local chefs with cookbooks come together to offer tastes from their pages.

Handicapping the James Beard Awards: Part 1

The horse race begins now​As 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 >>

Comment of the Day: Defending Red Robin, Chain Restaurants, Tom Douglas and the Charm of Funky Bathrooms

​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 >>

Update: Handicapping the James Beard Awards

Into the home stretch...​This morning, the finalists for the James Beard Awards were announced from the floor of the Palace Cafe in New Orleans--a suitably food-obsessed city, from which many of the awards' big winners have come. And like I promised, here I am to see how my wicked handicapping ... More >>

Top 5 Seattle Chef Blogs

Some turn to a bottle of bourbon. Others head for the nearest pizza joint. Yet, for a small group, nothing helps them cleanse themselves from a night in the kitchen like updating their personal blog. We're talking, of course, about chefs. There are a handful of them in Seattle who have some stories ... More >>

Mario Batali Doesn't Care What Stupid People Think About His Stupid Shoes

Tom Douglas (L) and Mario Batali (R) express outrage over how dumb the audience at their Q&A session was. (Photo credit: Carrie Ferran)​Last night I attended a Kim Ricketts Book Event, where Tom Douglas interviewed Mario Batali at the Palace Ballroom. I really must thank Mrs. Ricketts fo ... More >>

From the Streets to the Stage: Skillet Chef/Owner Joshua Henderson On PBS

​It actually sounds kinda like the beginning of a joke: Tom Douglas, William Belickis and Josh Henderson walk into a TV studio... I mean, maybe not the funniest joke in the world, but you get what I mean, right? If you were going to put together a panel of Seattle restaurateurs, I'm not sure ... More >>

Tom Douglas Wants You

​Need a job? Tom Douglas is looking for a few good men and women to staff his two new restaurants (another seafood joint as well as a takeout counter). You can get all of the information here, but basically, Big Tom needs some experienced servers, bartenders, counter staff and cooks. Accordi ... More >>

Tom Douglas and Leo DiCaprio Are Invading Your Dreams

​ The Dinner: Porcinis, Soft Egg and Arugala Pizza with a bottle of Pabst Blue Ribbon at Serious Pie (316 Virginia St). The Movie: Inception at Meridian 16 (1501 7th Ave). The Screenplate: Besides the unavoidable James Cameron mention, 2010 has been a pretty dire year for the summer blockbu ... More >>

Morning Food News: Tom Douglas' New Seafood Bar Now Open

​He's taking over the city! Tom Douglas' newest venture is now open at 2010 Western Avenue, right next to Etta's Seafood - another one of his restaurants. Seatown Snackbar (see right photo) features a large bar, sandwiches, rotisserie meat and poultry platters, snacks like smoked sturgeon and ... More >>

Seatown Seabar: Eat Here, Get Crabs

Photo courtesy tomdouglas.com​"Douglas was at Seatown on the day of the Dave Niehaus memorial, but he was there to eat, not cook: big sandwiches with friends, a quick pop-in to check up on the premises and the work of his lieutenants. Being the closest thing Seattle has to a celebrity chef--ou ... More >>

Tom Douglas Wants to Fix You a Snack

Seatown Seabar & Rotisserie is waiting to be discovered, next to Etta's.

Monday Food Porn: Snacks at Seatown

Photo courtesy Joshua Huston​ "Next door, at the take-out counter, there is even less of a divide. It feels like you're walking straight into the kitchen, with big ovens and prep tables and even the dish station all operating while customers walk in for sandwiches and sides and meat by the po ... More >>

Give the Gift of Kitchen Smarts

​You avoided the Black Friday sales and managed to focus on work all of Cyber Monday, and what do you have to show for it? You haven't put a dent in your holiday gift buying, that's what! Lucky for you, we have lots of suggestions for the cooks, bakers and cocktailers on your list. Last week w ... More >>

Rumormongering: 5 Corner Market and Tom Douglas

Photo courtesy myballard.com​Last week, after months of back-and-forthing and the swear-on-their-mother's-eyes insistence by those who claimed to know, we finally got the straight story on one of the bigger restaurant world rumors of the season: the closure (and sale, and quick re-opening) of ... More >>

Greatest Hits And What You Missed: Turkeys, Vienna Sausages and Gingerbread

​ "Vessel announced its final day at 1312 5th Avenue will be this Thursday, December 23. The cocktail lounge will open in a new location next spring or summer - details have yet to be announced." Just the kind of Morning Food News that gets your day started off right.

Soul Wine Serious Pie = Heavenly Match

Photo by Leslie KellyMichael Teer, right, has opened Soul Wine next to Tom Douglas' new Serious Pie.​You've probably already heard that the second Serious Pie is opening soon in the rapidly expanding South Lake Union neighborhood. (It'll be high Pie time one week from today, with a dozen more ... More >>

Top 5 Ways to Blow Your Food and Booze New Year's Resolutions By the End of January

Sure, you said you would stop doing this. But who wants to keep that promise?​Somewhere amid of my third helping of squash risotto, fourth slice of ham, millionth cookie, my brother's famous creme brulee, and the hot buttered rum, I thought: "I can't go on like this." As so many do at the tail ... More >>

Hitting It Hard at Cuoco's Soft Opening

​In my 15-plus years as a food critic, I was never invited to a "soft opening" for obvious reasons. But now that I'm out there, some pretty sweet offers come along, including a special pre-opening sneak preview last weekend of the latest from Tom Douglas. Cuoco is Italian for fucking awesome ... More >>

Ethan Stowell, Empire Builder

The "new Tom Douglas" couldn't be more different than the vintage.

The Tom Douglas Trio

Seattle's food pharaoh takes over South Lake Union.

Reviewing the Review: Three for One in South Lake Union

​For your viewing pleasure, Voracious today offers a mega-slideshow to complement my review of Tom Douglas' trio of new restaurants in South Lake Union. Our photo department decided it was impossible to jam three different restaurants into the standard 10-photo set, mirroring my conclusion th ... More >>

Cursing About Tom Douglas' Made-to-Order Donut Holes

This tiny lump of dough has garnered some very big reactions.​The Place: Dahlia Bakery, 2001 4th Ave.; 206-441-4540. The Hole: "Ok let's get one thing straight here," wrote Yelp reviewer kim n. "Tom Douglas' Dahlia Bakery Donuts are FUCKING AWESOME!" That's how I found myself at 7:30 a.m. dr ... More >>

Amtrak Dining Overhaul Includes Vegan Noodles and Tom Douglas' Salmon

​The menus, china, and other dining memorabilia showcased aboard Amtrak's exhibit train, which rolled into town this weekend, are easy fodder for romantics who glamorize earlier generations of dining on the rails. But Amtrak executives and frequent riders say the current decade may represent t ... More >>

A Little Raskin: Amtrak's Fork in the Railroad

Tom Douglas helps the embattled train system improve its meals.