In The Seattle Times, Providence Cicero finds Ballard standing in for the Lower East Side at Delancey, a minimalist pizza restaurant that is surely grateful for the exposure. Funny, don’t think the place looks anything like the common flea traps serving pie on and around its namesake street in NYC.Tasting Menu reviews Chiang’s Gourmet on Lake City Way. I remember being stood up by Jonathan Kauffman once at Chiang’s. Seattle Metropolitan’s Kathryn Robinson picks her ten best restaurants of the year two months early, perhaps giving the rest of you an 8-week chance to suck up? Let the end-of-year top-# lists begin.