Food & Drink
9 New Restaurant Trends We Love
From growler-filling stations galore to house-churned butter, these are the trends on our radar
1. Fishy Fish Less flake, more flavor. Little silver fish—anchovies, smelt, sardines—and oilier fish, such as mackerel and herring, are all over menus these days. It’s a groundswell, with chefs seeking sustainable seafood. At West Seattle’s Mashiko, the entire menu is built on sustainably sourced seafood, but the saba (mackerel) is a standout: It’s grilled…
The 10 Best New Restaurants In and Around Seattle
Our list of 10 knockout restaurants you absolutely cannot miss starts right here
This article was updated in March 2026. Poor us. We spent the year eating delicious things at new restaurants, and there were more than a few. We encountered a wealth of barbecue, green juices and kale, mammoth sandwiches, wood smoke and Middle Eastern spices. And now, more than ever, we found that the buzziest restaurants…
Recyclable Coffee Pods, Delta Beats Alaska in Performance Study
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Seattle Seahawks players took a trip to Maui for their annual training camp. King 5 News has photos of all the fun (plus a video of the guys playing Marco Polo in the pool!) right here. Last month, after a semi-truck full of frozen salmon overturned on the Alaskan Way Viaduct causing traffic snarls throughout…
Pronto Week Begins Monday, KEXP Loses Some Funding
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
It’s been six months since bike share program Pronto Cycle Share unleashed its fleet of bikes upon Seattle and to celebrate its successful stint, Pronto is declaring next week (April 13-19) Pronto Week. During the special week, riders can expect reduced pricing including $79 annual memberships (normally $85), $6 single-day passes (normally $8), plus member…
New Summer Dining Patio: La Bodega
Dominican eatery celebrates its Kickstarter patio with a private dinner. And you're invited
As summer draws near, we anticipate many extreme culinary adventures, like attempting to balance plates of La Bodega’s epic paella in our hands while inhaling Chef Manu Alfau’s glorious empanadas. One year after its opening in Pioneer Square, the wildly-popular Dominican restaurant has successfully completed a $10,000 Kickstarter campaign to build a festive, wooden patio…
New Book Traces the Evolution of Pot Legalization in Washington and Colorado
A local writer explores the unchartered world of legal weed
Back in 2012, environmental journalist Bruce Barcott was considering voting no on Initiative 502, due to a general distaste for cannabis culture and a vague fear that legalizing marijuana might make it too available to his kids. But after a bit of browbeating by a pro-legalization friend, the author (The Last Flight of the Scarlet…
The Challenge of the Black Brunch Movement
#BlackBrunchSeattle and #BlackBrunchTacoma have an important message. Is it getting heard?
Cheri Smith (not her real name), 34, was having brunch with her friends at Agrodolce in Fremont on March 22 when their meal was interrupted by a small group of protesters belonging to #BlackBrunchSeattle. “Everyone in the restaurant seemed kind of taken aback and uncomfortable,” she described, adding “the word privileged was being bandied about…
The Must List: Plant Sale, PNB Presents Swan Lake
What to do this weekend in Seattle
Must SeeDesigner Luly Yang’s Annual Fashion ShowSunday (4/12, 2 p.m.) Get ready to be dazzled: Luly Yang, the duchess of dresses and all things glam, is throwing one sublime fashion show on Sunday, April 12 at the W Hotel Grand Ballroom. And you’re all cordially invited. Must PliePNB Presents Swan Lake(4/10 to 4/ 19, times…
Uniqlo Coming to Bellevue, Cuddle Chairs & More
The top Seattle news stories you should be reading today
Three cheers for the M’s! Our Seattle Mariners were victorious yesterday against the Los Angeles Angels, beating them 4-1 in front of a sellout crowd at Safeco. The Seattle PI captured photos galore of the Opening Day festivities. See them all here. Next game in the series is tonight at 7:10 p.m. It’s official: Japanese…
Urban Winery Elsom Cellars Re-opens in SoDo
After five years in Woodinville, Jody Elsom brings her lush malbecs and cabs to Seattle
As Jody Elsom likes to tell it, you don’t start a career, have kids, get divorced and then between soccer practice and consulting for Google suddenly decide you want to also make wine unless something about the grapes–in this case, malbec–really speaks to you. That’s how Elsom came to launch her eponymous label in 2006….
Pompeii on Puget Sound: Could it Happen to Us?
Our connection to the disaster is made clear in the Pompeii exhibit's final gallery
In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. A prosperous port city laid to waste by a volcano. You cannot view the current Pompeii exhibit at…
6 Spring Looks to Wear Now
Embrace the zigs and zags, the floral and the animal. It's time to go wild with pattern
More is more when it comes to dressing this spring: geometric patterns, animal prints and bold flora. Layer it on and don’t be afraid to match it—or clash it. 1. Crewneck printed sweater, $250, with coordinating Kerrington satchel, $295, Tory Burch (Bellevue, The Bravern; 425.454.2255; thebravern.com). Tiger Lily pencil skirt in lemon, $250, from J.Crew…
Luly Yang to Launch Ready-to-Wear Line, E-Boutique
The Seattle designer's annual fashion show will highlight her new ready-to-wear looks
Get ready to be dazzled: Luly Yang, the duchess of dresses and all things glam, is throwing one sublime fashion show on Sunday, April 12 at the W Hotel Grand Ballroom. And you’re all cordially invited. The event, appropriately titled The Butterfly Effect (Ms. Yang has an affinity for Monarch butterflies; remember this dress she…
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