Food & Drink
Restaurant Roundup: Hey Bagel Heads West and Squash Dessert Cravings
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
It’s your birthday? Congratulations on another trip around the sun. Don’t worry, we won’t ambush you with singing waitstaff, but there are plenty of ways Seattle restaurants can make your special day even more memorable, from intimate settings for private celebrations to that dish you won’t stop thinking about for the next 365 days (like…
The Burger That Saved My Marriage
When a closure on I-405 derails date night, Great State Burger comes to the rescue.
The plan was flawless, which, as every married person knows, meant it was immediately in danger. In an earnest attempt to be a good husband, I had arranged a Saturday night date in Bellevue: dinner at Fogo de Chao, followed by a movie at Cinemark in Lincoln Square. I made the reservation and bought tickets….
Restaurant Roundup: Haunted Cocktails and Free Chicken
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
And then there were three. Tutta Bella will close its downtown and Columbia City pizzerias on Oct. 2, leaving just the shops in Wallingford, Bellevue, and Issaquah. The move to shutter its flagship location on Rainier Avenue South ends a 22-year run, and further solidifies the company’s plans to focus on grab-and-go Neapolitan-style pies, pastas,…
Industry Entrées
Seattle’s newest spots to eat, drink, and gather with friends.
Doris Pioneer Square In the hallowed original Salumi address—which is still around the corner at Jackson and Occidental, don’t worry!—Doris is bringing understated femininity to the long skinny space on Third Avenue South. Equal parts neighborhood bistro and cocktail bar, the core concept is social snacking: think martinis and fries, with a fun menu of…
Opening Night: Is Ethan Stowell’s Cut Club Happy Hour Going to Solve the Affordability Crisis?
At Cut Club, the longtime Seattle restaurateur is going old-school, with steaks made for sharing, no service charges, and a happy hour where $12 still buys dinner.
Cut Club, the new steakhouse inside downtown’s Hotel Max, feels like a restaurant from the not-too-distant past. The menu leans comfortable rather than ambitious or world-spanning. It serves a typical lineup of steak cuts, some traditional sides like oysters, prawn cocktail, and wedge salad, and some cocktails that are between $15 and $20. There’s a…
Outside the Box: Gourmondo Founder Launches Olivina
Alissa Leinonen’s new venture brings her seasonal, Northwest approach to weddings, milestone celebrations, and elevated events.
After 30 years, Alissa Leinonen—founder of renowned catering and box-lunch company, Gourmondo—has launched a new venture. Called Olivina, the new luxury catering and events company focuses on highly personalized, elevated experiences ranging from weddings or other milestone celebrations to corporate gatherings. What started with $4,000 from a refinanced car (and a tiny café in Pike…
Restaurant Roundup: Brunch With a Side of History, Cardamom Lattes, and Chiew Chiew
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
Hope you’re hungry for a history lesson. Oliver’s, the cocktail lounge inside downtown’s Mayflower Park Hotel, was a Bartell Drugs store during Prohibition before becoming the city’s first hotel bar in the late 1940s—the Carousel Room, named for the carousel horses hung from the ceiling. When Washington repealed the rule forbidding the service of hard…
Restaurant Roundup: R-Day, Chowder Charity, and Bourdain’s Order
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
With the salty Puget Sound air teasing your palate, there tend to be a few bites that float to the top of the list—perhaps a bagel topped with smoked salmon or a dozen oysters on ice. But what really hits the mark, especially on the drizzly gray days that lie ahead, is a basket of…
Opening Night: Death & Co. Brings the Hype to Pioneer Square
The famed cocktail bar’s long-awaited Seattle outpost serves polished drinks, oysters, and a side of big-city validation.
A quarter-century ago, Krispy Kreme opened its first doughnut shop in the Northwest in Issaquah, occasioning the sort of rapture you’d expect if aliens revealed themselves to humanity. In the middle of the night, hours before the 5:30 a.m. opening, there was a line stretching around the building, reported the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. “Cars lined up…
Restaurant Roundup: Bomb Banh Mis and Oktoberfest on the Water
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
Knowing where to take out-of-town guests is an art form. You know the dance. How do you show Seattle off just enough that it still comes off classy? Give them a taste of what they’re missing and send them home with a pair of emerald-tinted glasses. “The Nosh with Rachel Belle” has some ideas, like…
Mountain Bar Gets a Nutty Update
Brown & Haley introduces its first new Mountain Bar flavor in more than 50 years.
Tacoma confectioner Brown & Haley is raising the bar. Earlier this summer, the century-old candy maker rolled out a new Mountain Bar featuring rich milk chocolate and pieces of Oregon-grown hazelnuts. Developed in partnership with Oregon Hazelnut Growers, the release celebrates a crop with deep regional roots. Oregon produces 99% of the hazelnuts grown in…
Onigiri on the Rise
Japan’s iconic snack is all the rage from baseball games to Seattle boardrooms, thanks to Onigiri Sen.
Anyone who’s been lucky enough to visit Japan has almost certainly made a pit stop at a 7-Eleven—and left with enough onigiri to feed a bus full of tourists. For the uninitiated, onigiri are rice balls stuffed with seafood or veggies and often wrapped in seaweed. It’s a culinary tradition that’s endured for centuries. Samurai…
Restaurant Roundup: Thick Burgers and Local Island Eats
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City.
Have you heard? Wallingford is home to one of the best new restaurants in the country, at least according to a recent ranking from Bon Appétit. The Wayland Mill is known for its yoshoku Americana cuisine—foods like biscuits and gravy or Buffalo chicken prepared with a Japanese influence—and continues to enamor Pacific Northwest diners with…
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