Food & Drink
Father’s Day Gift Ideas
13 awesome Father’s Day gifts that speak to the many different attributes of the modern-day dad.
13 awesome Father’s Day gifts that speak to the many different attributes of the modern-day dad. 1. Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender Jar $32For dads who don’t officially wake up before drinking their morning cup of java, Stumptown Coffee Roasters Hair Bender Blend with put a hop in his step. This blend is comprised of…
Best Oyster Po’ Boy In Seattle? At The Safe
No matter what’s happening on the field, going to a Seattle Mariners game is always a huge hit for me. I might even start a blog, detailing every amazing morsel of food I’ve tried around The Safe, home to one of the best food courts on the planet. On Saturday, still high after watching Friday’s…
FareStart’s 20th Anniversary Bash Resembles an ‘Avengers’ Gathering
What was originally a party featuring 20 Northwest restaurants and 20 local breweries and wineries has mushroomed well beyond the symbolic number 20, but no one seems to be complaining. About half a dozen additional restaurants just announced include Robin Leventhal of Crave Catering and Top Chef fame, Lecosho’s Matte Janke, Jeremy McClachlan of Salty’s…
Georgetown Carnival, Hydroplane Races and Other Kid-Friendly To-Dos This Weekend
With summer just around the corner, we’ve got a host of fun things to do, see, and hear around the city to get you in the mood. On our radar: a show with hundreds of games, a carnival with all kinds of entertainment, a celebration along the waterfront, an adventure in the wetlands, a hydroplane…
Queen Anne Farmers Market Debuts With Loads Of New Food Vendors
OK, so it’s not the most brilliant day for the debut of the Queen Anne Farmers Market. But come on, we’re used to buckets of rain in June, right? Slip on your Wellies, grab an umbrella and let’s go. Why? Because this market – open from 3pm to 7pm every Thursday until October – features…
8 Ways to Celebrate Tom Douglas Day
The head honcho of restaurants in this town is, without a doubt, Tom Douglas. Take it from us, this guy is good. Hence his regular appearances in our pages, most notably on our Most Influential People of 2011 list, not to mention his claiming the number one spot on our inaugural Food Establishmentt list. Oh…
Two New Must-Read Parenting Resources
Follow these local experts to find the very best for entertaining and shopping for your kids.
Tot StuffTottini, the beloved South Lake Union tot-gear shop, has a new bundle of joy: a brand-new blog for local parents, TotStuff (blog.tottini.com). Store owners Melissa Maffei and Melissa Van Flandern have recruited a cadre of local and national bloggers, such as Rebecca Woolf (girlsgonechild.net), Keli Faw (drygoodsdesign.wordpress.com), and Emily and Matt Baldwin (standardstyle.com/category/blog), to…
The Ultimate Father’s Day Pick
A personalized trinket that will make any dad feel like a rock star.
For the dad who has everything—except a recording contract—personalize a silver guitar pick. Bainbridge Island artist Carrissa Barbee imprints custom messages, kids’ names and/or birthdates onto standard-size sterling silver picks for a gift that says “You rock, Dad!”—even if all he ever rocks these days is a cradle. $35; the-silver-diva.com; allow seven business days for…
A Diaper Bag for Dads
This eco-friendly shoulder bag keeps dad equipped for all manner of duties. (Wink.)
Conquer the Father’s Day gift quandary with the coolest diaper bag in town: SoDo-based Metamorphic Gear gives new life to old sails and tarps by sewing them into sweet man-totes. Lake City dad Lindsay Lawrence makes the bags with 75 percent upcycled materials; they’re big enough to hold a 15-inch laptop (or about 15 clean…
Rovers, Luc Chef Thierry Rautureau Returns for Chance to Be Top Chef Master
Nope, you’re not having déjà vu: Thierry Rautureau was indeed on Season 2 of Bravo’s Top Chef Masters. And now comes a promo proving The Chef in the Hat is returning to compete on Season 4, which premieres July 25th. Rautureau, the chef/owner of Rover’s and Luc, is the only cheftestant from the Northwest, and…
A Friendly Memo to Chris Hansen from a SoDo Neighbor
Dear Mr. Hansen, As the city eagerly awaits the results of your privately-funded transportation study that may (or may not) determine if a third professional sports venue in the SoDo neighborhood will cause insurmountable traffic issues, where two stadiums and a working port already frequently force things to a standstill, let us at Seattle magazine…
At Ma’ono, Spring Hill’s Fried Chicken Wears a Hawaiian Shirt
An ambitious neighborhood bistro brings Hawaiian comfort food to West Seattle.
I know I wasn’t the only one in town who felt a little wistful upon hearing the news that Mark and Marjorie Chang Fuller were converting their West Seattle restaurant into a more casual, Hawaiian-themed eatery called Ma‘ono Fried Chicken & Whisky. Opened in May 2008, Spring Hill had tried to plant an ambitious “New…
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