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Best of Seattle: 2023 Readers’ Choice Awards
Seattle magazine’s annual spotlight on the best of the city
In this annual tradition, we call out the businesses, services, and local establishments that have contributed to making our city truly unique. These awards represent the collective voice of our readers, who have cast their votes to recognize and appreciate the best of what our city has to offer. Food and Drink Best New Restaurant…
Vote: Seattle Magazine’s Readers’ Choice 2023
What is your go-to restaurant or bar? Where do you love to shop? Tell us about it! If you tell us about it before September 15th you will be have a chance to win two Kraken tickets! From bars to boutiques to dog groomers, we want to hear what you have to say. Share with…
The Best of Seattle in 2019
A few of our favorite things
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue as part of our Best of 2019 cover story. Click here to subscribe. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens… just kidding. This account of our 2019 highlights features none of Julie Andrews’ favorite things (though crisp apple strudel sounds like the perfect antidote to most of the year’s…
Best of 2019: Seattle Chef and Restaurateur Melissa Miranda
Chef Melissa Miranda doesn’t just make killer food, she’s a force for good in the Seattle restaurant scene. From her new Beacon Hill Filipinx restaurant Musang, Miranda weighs in on the food and the community that inspire her
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue as part of our Best of 2019 cover story. Click here to subscribe. As told to Gemma Wilson The whole concept of Musang, from the beginning, was lutong bahay, which means “home-cooked.” So, to find a space in a house? Incredible. I want to highlight the ancestral houses in the…
Best of 2019: Seattle’s September Lighting Storm
More than 2,000 lightning strikes occurred between 6 and 11 p.m.
This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue as part of our Best of 2019 cover story. Click here to subscribe. Move over Snowpocalypse, our favorite storm-watching came on September 7, when Seattle saw the most electrifying lightning storm in recent memory. Many of us watched like little kids as lightning strikes—more than 2,000 between 6 and 11…
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