With surrealism this sublime, why bother with the food?
Jonathan Kauffman,
September 06, 2006
Entering Can Can is like walking into Moulin Rouge. Not the Parisian tourist trap, rather the Baz Luhrmann movie, minus the upchuck-inducing... More >>
The allure of the unknown awaits you at Preet's Casual Indian Dining.
Jonathan Kauffman,
August 30, 2006
Nothing like a whiff of mystery to make your food taste better. Because my palate isn't trained to it, Indian food always tastes like an opaque... More >>
A downtown restaurant so L.A. you can almost smell the smog.
Jonathan Kauffman,
August 23, 2006
BOKA is red. Lighted red panels frame the booze at the bar. Red display cases shine on the walls. The diners in the back booths are outlined in... More >>
Asteroid Cafe morphs into the bigger Asteroid, both gaining and losing ground.
Jonathan Kauffman,
August 16, 2006
When a hermit crab's squishy lower half begins pressing too firmly against the walls of an adopted shell, the crab goes hunting for a vacant one.... More >>
Beleaguered Martin Luther King Jr. Way lures patrons with a fabulous array of foodstuffs.
Jonathan Kauffman,
August 09, 2006
When I first rolled into Seattle last month, Martin Luther King Jr. Way almost did me in. The directions to my sister's Rainier Valley house... More >>
Good things come in small, exotic packages at Kirkland's Mixtura.
Jonathan Kauffman,
August 02, 2006
Right now, the kind of folks who fly around the world to loll about in five-star hotels are saying that Lima is the most exciting food city in... More >>
Licorous is a delight, but don't go looking for anything too serious.
Jonathan Kauffman,
July 26, 2006
It's a wink of a place: Licorous, Johnathan Sundstrom's new cocktails-and-nosh restaurant on 12th Avenue and East Union Street, sparkles coyly... More >>
Asian standards are served with a happy twist at Bainbridge Island's Madoka.
Sarah DeWeerdt,
July 12, 2006
On my first visit to Madoka, a sleek new restaurant offering "Pan-Pacific" cuisine on Bainbridge Island, my husband and I snagged a quiet corner... More >>
The tame tastes of Kallaloo may be authentic, but they're not what you'd expect.
Molly Lori,
July 05, 2006
Columbia City's Caribbean-Creole restaurant, Kallaloo, could be compared to the Andes mints it provides at the end of each meal. The mints are a... More >>
One-stop shopping for chichi fare at Bellevue's Slow Food haven, Porcella.
Sara Niegowski,
June 28, 2006
If Robin Leach remodeled a 7-Eleven, the result would be the newly opened Porcella Urban Market. Remove the Mike's Hard Lemonade, replace with... More >>
Belltown's new couscouserie offers authentic culinary romance.
Hasan Jafri,
September 10, 2003
WHEN THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE finally fell apart in the 1920s, three European powers agreed to carve up the Maghreb (Muslim North Africa). Britain got... More >>
Capitol Hill sandwich shop gives veg eaters their fill.
,
May 14, 2003
IT'S NOT EASY getting a decent sandwich in this town. Sure, sub-shop chains abound, but if your taste demands more than Briazz broiled turkey and... More >>
Get a lesson with your tea at this historical shop.
Hasan Jafri,
May 14, 2003
Except when French intellectuals are present, cafes and restaurants don't lend themselves to the commemoration of bad moments in history. Where's... More >>
Whoever Uncle Curley was, he knew his way round a burger.
Roger Downey,
April 16, 2003
There's a story behind Uncle Curley's. You can read all about it on a table tent as you down your burger and fries. Seems that the original Uncle... More >>
In the last few weeks, I've had an increasingly difficult time identifying with my fellow countrymen. There's too much empty rhetoric on the... More >>
In the six years since chef Robin Leventhal left Cyclops, the Belltown restaurant's seen some changes. First, it moved from Western Avenue up to... More >>
Getting drunk in a health-food restaurant is a little like smoking a cigarette in the gym. But is it an exercise in cognitive dissonance or a... More >>
Nobody goes home hungry from Fandango's $25 'La Familia' blowout.
Roger Downey,
March 12, 2003
It's March, and more than two dozen restaurants are once again offering some version of a $25-per-person menu. Some are well thought out; others... More >>
Performance anxiety is a fact of life in the service industry, but the smiling waitress at Wallingford Pizza House betrays not an instant of... More >>
South India is the heart of the subcontinent's high-tech industry, so in the 1990s, when Silicon Valley couldn't keep pace with its demand for... More >>
Somewhere there must be a chef and farmer who've agreed to keep their working relationship relatively discreet, but the vast majority of liaisons in the locavore era are kiss-and-tell affairs.… More >>
With the Seattle Mariners having lost more than half their games so far, it's no wonder the club wants its fans to look at something other than batting averages and… More >>
The Watering Hole: The Gerald, 5210 Ballard Ave. N.W., 432-9280, BALLARD
The Atmosphere: It's a shame that the fifth season of Mad Men has finished filming, because The Gerald would make… More >>
Assessing what remains of Randy Santel's steak, reduced from a 72-ounce slab to a collection of square-inch bites, Wedgwood Broiler manager Mike Hamman signals a server to fetch the cook… More >>
Among the Pacific Northwest's greatest joys are sunny summer days and freshly shucked oysters, but Seattle eaters rarely have the opportunity to experience them simultaneously. Consolidated Restaurants is looking to… More >>
The Watering Hole: Din Tai Fung, 700 Bellevue Way N.E., #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… More >>
George Smathers called Claude Pepper plenty of nasty names during a 1950 primary race, but the Florida senator is best remembered for a slew of epithets he never flung. Smathers… More >>
For residents of Washington, D.C., such as the writer who chronicled Uber for The Atlantic's current issue, the new on-demand sedan service is handy because its drivers are willing to… More >>
The Watering Hole: Dilettante Mocha Cafe & Chocolate Martini Bar, 538 Broadway E., 329-6463, CAPITOL HILL
The Atmosphere: One could initially be put off by this remaining pillar of smooth-jazz-playing latte… More >>
