Food & Drink
Q&A with 2018 MoPop Sound Off! Champion Micaiah Sawyer
Singer and songwriter since she was 12 years old, Micaiah Sawyer offers a glimpse into her career and what’s next after Sound Off!
Micaiah Sawyer was this year’s winner of the Museum of Popular Culture’s “Sound Off!” competition, the region’s top under-21 battle of the bands. Runners-up include Strawberry Mountain, Misundvrstood and Maiah Wynne. Following her win, Sawyer talked with Seattle magazine. Here’s what she had to say. When did you fall in love with music?It wasn’t just…
The Daughter of Immigrants Shares Authentic Indian Dishes Through New Delivery Startup
Mitra Raman started The Buttermilk Company last year, and is giving back profits to every family whose recipe she uses
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Mitra Raman gathered family recipes from the Indian communities in Seattle and beyond to create authentic Indian dishes that she offers through her startup, The Buttermilk Company. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Raman—who started Buttermilk last summer—knows what it’s like to miss the…
Discover Inventive Japanese-Influenced Food and Drinks at New Capitol Hill Spot Tamari Bar
With intricate Japanese whiskey cocktails and creative sushi dishes, it's no surprise this place is already packing people in
Just a bit west on bustling Pine Street from sibling restaurant Suika, Tamari Bar (500 East Pine) opened on Valentine’s Day styling itself as a “new-style Izakaya.” An Izakaya is a neighborhood Japanese pub of sorts, a spot for more relaxed, often after-work, drinking and eating. And Tamari Bar definitely has an informal, friendly vibe,…
Vote: The Seattle Magazine 2018 Readers’ Choice Washington Wine Awards
Cast your votes for the best Washington wine experiences!
This August, Seattle magazine is publishing the winners of our 13th annual Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards. Winners of the tasting portion will be selected by a panel of local wine experts, including Seattle magazine wine writer Paul Zitarelli. But we’re also looking to our readers to help us determine winners of a couple of…
You Need to Go Try the Japanese Buckwheat Noodles at Kamonegi
One of Seattle's few makers of soba has a new restaurant in Wallingford
Most soba dishes at Kamonegi are available as cold noodles to swipe through a warm dipping sauce (as shown here) or in a bowl of hot soup broth. (And yes, that’s a fish fin in the sake.)
‘BirdNote’ Answers All Your Questions About Our Avian Friends
The new book from Ellen Blackstone and Emily Poole follows the NPR segment of the same name
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Have you ever wondered what that little red dot on a seagull’s bill is for? Or why geese fly in a V formation? Answers to such questions—and more illuminating insights into avian species, such as the bird who grows its own snowshoes in…
Must List: Seattle Jewish Film Festival, Roomful of Teeth, Seattle Dog Show
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MUST MAZEL TOV Seattle Jewish Film Festival (3/10–3/18, 4/14–4/15) Among the galas, parties, concerts and screenings that make up this 11-day cinematic exploration of Jewish and Israeli life and culture, Emmy-nominated filmmaker Tiffany Shlain, director of The Tribe and Connected, will be awarded the Reel Difference Award, for what the festival describes as her contributions…
Meet Andrew Hoge, Seattle Magazine’s New Style and Society Writer
Andrew will be covering fashion, events and much more for the magazine. Get to know him here.
Andrew Hoge has an affinity for style, design and evoking curiosity in others. Born in Yakima, Washington, he braved the pass to study at Seattle University, where he launched his career in fashion marketing at Luly Yang Couture, the famed Northwest-based couture house. He later cemented his love for the fashion industry as a public…
This Could Be the Best Happy Hour in Kirkland
The multi-million dollar renovation isn't the only thing worth taking note of at the Heathman Hotel
Kirkland’s Heathman Hotel (220 Kirkland Ave.; 424.284.5800; heathmankirkland.com), a boutique property with 91 rooms and suites, couldn’t be better positioned: It’s in the middle of bustling downtown Kirkland with Google close enough to help keep a steady stream of overnight guests filling the beds of its recently, and tastefully, revamped rooms, the result of a…
Father John Misty Is Headlining the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party
Headliners also include BROCKHAMPTON and Dillon Francis. See the rest of the announced lineup here.
Josh Tillman will again return to the city he once called home when Father John Misty headlines the 2018 Capitol Hill Block Party on Sunday, July 22. The enigmatic Sub Pop artist lived in Seattle for several years in the early 2000s, making music as a solo artist and later as the drummer of Fleet…
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