Vios Cafe’s tiny kid-friendly book nookCoffee is the lifeblood of parents. In those first sleep-deprived weeks (years?) of parenthood, that…
Courtesy of B&O’s Facebook page Occasionally, businesses suffer growing pains settling into a new location. After all, a fiercely loyal…
Courtesy of Cupcake Royale’s Facebook page. With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it’s the perfect time to let go…
Courtesy of Chocolat Vitale’s Facebook page. Chocolat Vitale is an unassuming little chocolate shop. It sits on a corner of…
Cole McBride is the sort of guy who wears a tie to work–and actually pulls it off. But the Nashville…
I am (embarrassingly) the sort of person who does, in fact, judge a book by its cover. I choose wine…
If Cafe Pettirosso sounds familiar, it’s because the newly opened spot is actually a newly reopened spot. It’s been under…
Photo by Amanda Castleman.Considering that Seattle’s coffee scene is notoriously unparalleled, there’s little reason to leave town looking for a…
First and second place pours in the competition for best latte art. Seattle is coffee. So it’s only appropriate that…
First and second place pours in the competition for best latte art. Seattle is coffee. So it’s only appropriate that…
It’s an uneventful Sunday morning at Cafe Racer. There are a couple of tables filled–one with retirees mopping up egg…
The Place: The Blue Glass, 704 NW 65th St., 420-1631, BALLARD. The Hours: 4:30-6 p.m., Monday-Saturday. The Digs: Mid-century hotel…
The Place: The Grizzled Wizard, 2317 N. 45th St., 394-4749, WALLINGFORD.The Hours: 4-8 p.m. dailyThe Digs: Most bars–the likes of…
The menu at Mekong Rainier.One of the first Counter Intel posts I wrote focused on Vientian Asian Grocery, a store…
Soup that warrants poetry–a testament to Take 5’s cuisine. Ballard’s Take 5 Urban Market, not to be confused with the…
The chicken wings are better than the fried snapper (or snaper) at Foulee. In restaurants and stores, as in life,…
Sadly, this chicken stew tastes about as good as it looks. Pacific Market’s name gives nothing away. The business at…
Who’s picking up the bill? We give up a lot by being pet owners, despite all we get in return….
A not-so-well-balanced meal at Uwajimaya. After weeks of tsunami devastation, earthquake aftershocks, and nuclear meltdown filling the headlines, it’s nice…
Meet your meat (on a stick) at Showa in Fremont.Perhaps the only Midwestern carnival axiom that carries over to life…
Some seriously spicy, and seriously delicious, veggie dishes from Pabla Indian Cuisine. When faced with a commute to dinner that…
“Special” indeed, if only I could understand what I was buying.Sometimes a little sleuthing leads to the sort of hidden…
Le Reve’s golden child: the plain croissant. Whether you come by your love of buttery baked goods via a stint…
