Dining

Seattle's Macro Microbreweries

Seattle’s Macro Microbreweries

Here's what's new at three of our area's most established craft breweries.

Georgetown BrewingA singular focus on tasty beer In 2002, Roger Bialous and Manny Chao opened a brewery in Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood. Bialous came from a background in biology and health care administration, and Chao was a home brewer who also enjoyed success as a beer salesman for Mac & Jack’s Brewery. The two friends approached…

Beer in the Northwest

Beer in the Northwest

In the early 1980s, you could count the number of American microbreweries on two hands, and two of them were in Washington: Redhook Ale Brewery in Ballard (now in Woodinville) and Grant’s Brewery Pub in Yakima (now closed). Since that time, a craft beer revolution has swept across the nation; these days, you can find…

Food News: Cantinetta Owners to Open Eastside Specialty Market and Deli

Food News: Cantinetta Owners to Open Eastside Specialty Market and Deli

Some good news for Eastsiders: The owners of Cantinetta announced this week plans to open Mercato Stellina (10000 Main Street, Downtown Bellevue), an Italian market and sandwich shop in downtown Bellevue. We’ve been told the new shop will feature a mix of Italian specialty goods, including cheese and wine, cured meats, fresh pasta made at…

Golden Beetle Could Be Better

Golden Beetle Could Be Better

Maria Hines' much-anticipated new Ballard restaurant fails to impress.

Maria Hines’ Northwest cuisine–focused Tilth was only the second Oregon Tilth–certified organic restaurant in the country when it opened in 2006.  Within a year, the New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni called it one of the 10 best new restaurants in the country, and Hines has since been named the James Beard Best Chef…

Urban Safari: Capitol Hill's 14th Avenue

Urban Safari: Capitol Hill’s 14th Avenue

The quaint horseshoe created by 14th Avenue and short spurs of Pike and Pine streets, flush with a r

EAT + DRINKAt intimate Spinasse (1531 14th Ave.; 206.251.7673; spinasse.com), award-winning chef Jason Stratton makes authentic northern Italian pastas (and his specialty, rabbit meatballs) in an open kitchen. Next month, Spinasse will expand into the adjacent storefront (formerly Whimsy Home Décor), adding more room for dining, plus a bar, Artusi, where guests can enjoy a…

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