OPENING
In addition to Mike Easton’s Il Corvo, Russell Flint’s Rain Shadow Meats Squared, and Matt Dillon’s Bar Sajor, Tinello is now open in Pioneer Square. The Italian spot quietly launched during last week’s First Thursday Art Walk, and will operate in soft-opening mode with a limited summer menu for the next couple of weeks. For now, the pasta and small-plate spot at 314 Second Ave. is open Monday–Friday from 11 a.m.–7 p.m. Check Facebook for updates.
Here’s a sign summer is upon us: Food Truck Fridays returned to Two Beers Brewing last week. “There’s no doubt that the combination of delicious local food, great local beer, and a sun-filled patio makes for the perfect end to the work week,” Two Beers founder and head brewer Joel VandenBrink says. Maximus/Minimus got the season rolling. When patrons purchase food from the truck, they get their first pint of year-round Two Beers brew for $3. Up next: Nature Box Sushi on June 14 and Seattle Biscuit Company on June 21.
Before you could play bocce at Von Trapp’s, you could play pool at The Garage. The 2,000-square-foot eatery, bowling alley, and billiards hall at 1130 Broadway is opening a remodeled patio with an open-air bar by June 20. While the original outdoor area was designed to buffer street noise when the bar opened back in 1996, “Many aspects of the Pike/Pine corridor have changed much in the last 20 years, so the patio has been restructured to invite people to enjoy and embrace those changes,” managing partner Mike Bitondo says. New chef Garrett Brown is rolling out a locally focused menu today, featuring housemade sausages, pickled condiments, and cured meats.
HAPPENING
On Saturday, June 15, KPLU Food for Thought co-host Dick Stein will pick the winner of the 2013 What’s Cooking? competition at the Fort Nisqually Living History Museum. In addition to presenting the coveted “Golden Skillet” award to the year’s best campfire-prepared stew, biscuit, or fruit pie, there will be a butter-churning, -paddling, and -molding demo from a churn dating back to the 1840s. The event lasts from 11 a.m.–5 p.m. at Point Defiance Park in Tacoma.
Also on Saturday at 3 p.m., lauded local chef Ethan Stowell will team up with Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament, Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate, and other celebs at the All-Star Softball Classic for Homeless Youth at Safeco Field. Stowell and crew are playing a team that includes author Sherman Alexie and NBA all-star Detlef Schrempf. $10 tickets for the United Way of King County fundraiser are up for grabs online or on game day at Safeco.
Bastyr University’s next dinner is this weekend at the Kirkland Women’s Club at 407 First St. Cyprus native Maro Lipsou will use loads of veggies sourced from area farms to prepare dishes influenced by Greece and Turkey. The meal costs $12 for adults or $8 for students, and is BYOB. Bastyr hosts Slow Food Sunday meals at 2 p.m. on the third Sunday of every other month.
In other news, several Seattle-area restaurants are offering special Father’s Day brunches this Sunday. Tilth (1411 N. 45th St. in Wallingford) is presenting a three-course menu featuring Skagit River Ranch pork-belly hash for $25. All-veg Cafe Flora (2901 E. Madison St. in Madison Valley) is whipping up morel-mushroom eggs Benedict and mixing a mean Bloody Mary. And downtown’s Urbane (1639 Eighth Ave.) is serving bacon waffles with bourbon-butter glaze, topped with vanilla ice cream. To avoid a wait, you’d be wise to make reservations for any of these pronto.
Stumbling Goat Bistro on Phinney Ridge is hosting a fundraising dinner this Monday, June 17, in support of Yes on 522, the initiative to label genetically engineered foods. Cocktails start at 6 p.m., with dinner—Neah Bay salmon, housemade gnocchi, and Beefalo Ranch tartare— to follow at 6:30. Tickets for the event (at 6722 Greenwood Ave. N.) are $175 a head and can be purchased online. E
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