Food & Drink
Ballard’s Brimmer Heeltap Serves Up New American Food with a Twist
Brimmer Heeltap refers first to a brimming glass and second, to the last dreg you can never seem to retrieve from the bottom. It’s a name proprietress Jen Doak (former manager of The Tasting Room) had in her back pocket for years before she opened her Ballard bistro pub in the former Le Gourmand space…
U Village’s 57th Annual Sidewalk Sale
!–paging_filter–pEarly June is always the time for the kickoff of summer sidewalk sales, starting with hugely popular one at a href=”http://www.uvillage.com/” target=”_blank”U Village/a. 2014 is the plein air mall’s 57th annual sale (!) and the list of participating stores, as well as the slew of new parking spaces, makes it hard to resist for the…
Fleurt Opening Second Location in Pioneer Square
!–paging_filter–pPopular West Seattle-based floral and gift shop, a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/fleurt“Fleurt/a, has just announced an expansion in sizzling hot Pioneer Square at 112 S Washington St. right between awesome vintage shop, a href=”https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bon-voyage-vintage/186107454770682” target=”_blank”Bon Voyage/a, and stalwart a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/laguna-pottery-0“Laguna Vintage Pottery/a./ppThere’s no set opening date from the Fleurt peeps at this point, but we think it will…
Outdoor Movies, Music More Summer Events in and Around Seattle
Summer is here! Now get outside and enjoy
!–paging_filter–pFrom Fourth of July fireworks shows to outdoor concerts and movies, your summer calendar is swelling with social engagements. Herewith, your go-to guide for what to do during the warm-weather months./ph2span style=”color: #ff6600;”br /hrSummer Concerts/span/h2pWhen the sun comes out in Seattle, so does the music. Heating up in June and powering through September are a…
Mossback Monday: Minimum Wage, Drones and Ballmer’s Deal for the Clippers
!–paging_filter–div class=”storify”script src=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-48.js?header=falseborder=false”/scriptpnoscript[a href=”//storify.com/seattlemag/mossback-monday-48″ target=”_blank”View the story “Mossback Monday” on Storify/a]/noscript/div
From Green Jell-O to Greens
!–paging_filter–pA hospital is the last place you’re likely to think of when looking for a good meal. But Seattle’s foodie and farmers’ market culture is sending canned beets and green Jell-O the way of the dodo, with local hospitals making fresh, sustainable—and most of all tasty—food a part of their offerings for patients and their…
New Natural Health Store in Capitol Hill’s 19th Mercer Development
Seattle’s longtime herbal expert opens a new home for natural health
!–paging_filter–pAre you ready for a reishi-tini? The healthy mocktail—made from reishi mushroom and lemon balm extracts, lemon juice and limeade with a lime twist—is one of several made to order at the new offshoot of Tierney Salter’s popular natural health store, The Herbalist. Having recently celebrated 30 years in business in Ravenna, Salter begins a…
W Seattle’s Wear Wednesdays: Jewelry Showcase
!–paging_filter–pJune’s a href=”http://www.traceseattle.com/wearwednesdays” target=”_blank”Wear Wednesdays at the W Seattle/a (5 to 7 p.m. on June 4) is a jewelry showcase featuring two great local designers, a href=”http://www.joannamorgandesigns.com/” target=”_blank”Joanna Morgan Designs/a and a href=”http://mashaosoianudesign.com/product-category/jewelry/” target=”_blank”Masha Osoianu/a./ppMorgan will be bringing pieces from her Talisman, Signature and Scavenger collections, which we lauded in the a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/best-accessory-designer-tie-joanna-morgan“2013 Seamless in…
New York Up-and-Comer Ji Oh at Butch Blum
!–paging_filter–pKay Smith-Blum has been buying clothing for a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com.239elwb01.blackmesh.com/butch-blum“Butch Blum/a for 40 years and definitely has the eye for it—given the shop’s continued success. During a recent buying trip to New York, Smith-Blum journeyed way past Canal St. on Broadway in the rain, dodging pothole and mud-flying from taxi-cab wheels, to visit designer a href=”http://jiohny.com/”…
PNB Performs ‘Giselle,’ a Jazz Festival in Bellevue and Music Video Madness at EMP
!–paging_filter–pstrongMust Seebra href=”http://bit.ly/RCK4TQ” target=”_blank”Pacific Northwest Ballet Closes the Season with emGiselle/em/a/strongbr(5/30 to 6/8, times vary) — Giselle—everyone’s favorite jilted-bride ghost—returns to Pacific Northwest Ballet, this time with all new sets and costumes created by acclaimed French designer Jerome Kaplan. Principal dancer Kaori Nakamura takes lead in this season ender, which also happens to be her…
Velouria Moving to Pioneer Square
!–paging_filter–pa href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/velouria“Velouria/a, Ballard’s stalwart supporter of local and indie designers is joining the effort to revitalize Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square and plans to open in the new a href=”http://www.stadiumplace.com/” target=”_blank”Stadium Place/a building on September 1 next to the second location of a href=”http://coneandsteiner.com/” target=”_blank”Cone Steiner/a, also reportedly opening in the building./ppThe Ballard shop will be…
The Outtakes: My Review of La Bodega
!–paging_filter–pFor the June issue of emSeattle Magazine/em a href=”http://\/\/seattlemag.com/article/satisfying-sandwiches-and-dominican-fo…” target=”_blank”I reviewed strongLa Bodega/strong/a, which is easily one of my favorite write-ups I’ve done since taking over the role of Food and Dining Editor back in February. Professionally, the story behind La Bodega is one of passion, which always makes for a good read. Personally, I’ve…
Sir Mix-A-Lot, Pickwick to Perform at Seattle Symphony’s Sonic Evolution
Sonic Evolution gives popular music the symphonic treatment
!–paging_filter–pOne of the many cool things about the Seattle Symphony’s groundbreaking Sonic Evolution program, according to maestro Ludovic Morlot, is that it brings people to Benaroya Hall who’ve never been there before. People such as, say, Sir Mix-A-Lot, who, before the photo shoot for this magazine, had never set foot inside the phenomenal concert hall…
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