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An Ode to Pioneer Square Shopping
Pioneer Square has long struggled to maintain itself as a retail destination, but with a few recent additions to the scene, this historic neighborhood’s star is on the rise. Joining old favorites, like Fireworks, Laguna Vintage Pottery (seriously one of the most underrated and coolest stores in town) and Seattle Lighting— shops who have held on…
Burger Bummer at Sam’s Tavern
The burgers and fries underwhelm at this new Pike Street joint.
If, going in, you knew that Sam’s was named for the original Red Robin—which was first called Sam’s Tavern, then Sam’s Red Robin before the owners dropped the “Sam”—and that it is owned by the son of one of the first Red Robin franchisees, you’d likely expect a pretty impressive burger. But at James Snyder’s…
Long Queues for Kukai’s Ramen
Kukai's first stateside outlet delivers delightful ramen.
Among Seattle’s food set, there is much debate over which restaurants—if any—make the city’s best dim sum, bagels, pizza and ramen. And so, soon after Kukai Ramen & Izakaya, the first stateside outlet of a popular Japanese chain (“Kookai” in Japan), opened in December, the local ramen-ati lined up to judge for themselves. The crowds…
Bread of Life
I love a great meal at a great restaurant (the evidence: our Best Restaurants feature). But sometimes, what I crave for dinner is simple: very good bread, very good butter and a glass of earthy, dry red wine. Lately, when I practice this simple ritual, it’s with the incredible sourdough from Sitka & Spruce. The…
Gone Fishin’: The Bait Shop’s Midwest Charm
Kick back at the Bait Shop on Capitol Hill
Nestled in the calm northern curve of Broadway on Capitol Hill, Bait Shop conjures a cozy lakeside lounge in the 1970s Midwest, a spot where you might grab a beer—and worms for fishing—but this update has far better offerings. ZOMBIES AND PAINKILLERSFrom the old beer signs to the stuffed marlin adorning the wood paneling—and even…
Milkshake Secrets from Hot Cakes Chocolatier’s New Cookbook
There should be a 12-step group for fans of Autumn Martin’s Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery, which will soon celebrate its one year cake-iversary in Ballard’s Old Towne. I know my trousers are a bit tighter since this tempting sweet shop debuted. I’m especially hooked on those beautiful, boozy shakes, the subject of Autumn’s new…
Dine Out For Life, +3 More Feel-Good Foodie Events in Seattle
There are lots of feel-good feeds coming right up. Here are a few to put on your Good Citizen calendar: Thursday, April 25th is the Dining Out For Life event at restaurants around the city. This benefit for Lifelong AIDS Alliance is in its 20th year of raising funds to meet the needs of patients…
Two Local Bloggers Host Cuyana Trunk Show
Cuyana is a San Bay area company run by founders Shilpa Shah and Karla Gallardo who travel the globe on the lookout for chic, high quality materials, think textiles and metals, that can be transformed by local craftsmen into chic, high quality and limited-edition goods and accessories that they sell on their web store. Cuyana…
Seth Damm’s Deconstructed Rope Jewelry
Fine artist Seth Damm creates wearable art from cotton rope.
Fine artist Seth Damm (sethdamm.net) knew he was on to something early in the creation of his Neon Zinn rope necklaces. “There’s just something about them that makes people want to touch them.” And wear them. Using 100 percent organic cotton rope made by a small family business in Pennsylvania, Damm dyes, deconstructs and reforms…
Give Back with Miir Bikes
Buy a Miir bike, and this Queen Anne company donates one to someone in need.
Since 2010, Queen Anne–based water bottle company, Miir, has built nine wells that supply clean water to some of the 1 billion people worldwide who do not have access to it. Last September, spurred by a desire to benefit underserved people in other ways, Miir CEO Bryan Papé added a line of bicycles to the…
The Lost Pelican Now Open in Belltown
The iconic Belltown corner where Scott Carsberg’s Lampreia lived for two decades (and which later became Bisato) reopened last week as The Lost Pelican. Michael Forte, the owner of Capitol Hill’s The Lookout, has strong Southern roots; he spent years running fine dining restaurants for the Brennan family in New Orleans (owners of such legendary…
Death and Taxes: Chanel Reynolds’ End-of-Life Planning Website
Chanel Reynolds helps take the terror out of end-of-life planning.
It sounds like a classic object lesson: a successful freelance project manager who planned for others’ every contingency, but didn’t cover her own bases. That’s exactly the situation Chanel Reynolds found herself in when her husband died in a bike accident and she faced the biggest project she’d ever manage: getting her financial life in…
Gabe Johnson’s Ramshackle Chic Style
Gabe Johnson, curator of Horses Cut Shop, explains his Americana garb.
Influences: Having grown up in a booming Aberdeen of the 1970s, when “every day was sunny” and all his girlfriends “tasted like bubble gum and vodka,” Gabe Johnson holds an almost religious reverence for “oil cans, muscle cars and slingshots,” and other blue-collar Americana from the 1940s-’70s, an era when things were made with pride….
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