Food & Drink
Food News: RN74 Opens, Frank Bruni Eats Seattle for the New York Times, More
RN74 Seattle, the local outpost of the Michael Mina wine bar concept so popular in San Francisco, debuts today on 4th and Pine Streets (for lunch) and Thursday for dinner. The restaurant held some soft-opening parties this weekend; see pictures of the place over on Eater. And if you were wondering: Yes, Mur the Blur (Murray Stenson, bartender extraordinaire)…
The Play’s the Thing for Seattle Shakespeare’s George Mount
The local actor and director dishes on the best way to watch Shakespeare in the park.
NAME: George Mount OCCUPATION: Actor and founding artistic director of Wooden O Theatre FAVORITE ROLE: “Hamlet. It really is the single character that taught me the most about my craft.” FAVORITE PLAY TO PERFORM: A Comedy of Errors. “Because it’s just so damn silly.” PARK MUST-BRINGS: A picnic and a blanket or a low-backed chair.SCHEDULE:…
Sample Spirits from Seattle’s New Distilleries
A new law has created a boom in spirited establishments.
The recent boom in Seattle booze distillers comes thanks to the Washington State Craft Distillery Law (passed in 2008), which allows local liquor producers to offer on-site tasting and bottle sales, à la wineries—provided that at least 51 percent of the liquor ingredients are grown in state. Accordingly, a slew of recently opened distilleries now…
Urban Craft Uprising Comes to Seattle Center July 9 – 10
More than 100 artists disply their unique handmade wares.
Etsy experts unite at Urban Craft Uprising, the Northwest’s bodacious indie-craft-aganza. The event features more than 100 artists—many from Seattle—selling unique wares, such as Crystalyn Kae’s vegan handbags, Matthew Porter’s mischievous monkey prints and plush treats by Devout Dolls and Schmancy. 7/9–7/10. 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Free. Seattle Center Exhibition Hall, 305 Harrison St.; 206.684.7200; urbancraftuprising.com….
Playwright Yussef El Guindi Brings a Singular Voice to Local Theater
El Guindi’s plays challenge stereotypes about Arab Americans
Believe it or not, we have the weather to thank for luring acclaimed playwright Yussef El Guindi to Seattle. In the early 1990s, El Guindi was a playwright-in-residence and lecturer at Duke University. As his term was coming to an end, he wanted to move to a city with a strong theater scene—beyond the obvious…
Lucien Postlewaite’s Euro-Inspired Street Style
PNB dancer Poslewaite brings theatricality to the streets in kilts, furs and eclectic wear.
WHY WE LOVE HIS LOOK: Pacific Northwest Ballet principal dancer Postlewaite spends much of his life on stage in dramatic costumes; off stage, he channels that same energy into his off-beat personal style in statement kilts, fur vests and skinny jeans as tight as his stage wear. “There is still an element of costuming in…
Curtis Steiner Returns, a Chalky Piggy Bank and an Edgy New Menswear Line
Six months after closing Souvenir, Curtis Steiner is back on Ballard Avenue with a new gift shop; pl
Design DuetCraig Glover and Jean Bhang-Glover may be the local fashion personifications of the term “power couple.” At the helm of not one, but three burgeoning fashion lines (AT Collins, Applied Theory, 8telier), the married duo has returned to their Northwest roots (after a 15-year sojourn in New York City) to work on their joint…
Seattle’s Barter Boom
Seattle has a superfrugal new shopping habit: bartering. Here are four local websites to get you sta
To paraphrase a scene from Mad Max… Listen up! This is the truth of it: Shopping leads to buying, and buying leads to bills. And it was darned near the economic downfall of us all. But we’ve learned–Seattle learned. Now when we get to shopping, it happens in the community and it finishes in the…
Suncadia’s Plays Host to a New Destination Winery
Swiftwater Cellars brings top-shelf wines—and a full-service restaurant—to the high-end resort.
Some people know how to think big. A new destination winery near Roslyn and Cle Elum is one of those big thoughts, made real. Opened last September on the grounds of the high-end Suncadia Resort—with its luxury accommodations, restaurants, spa and hiking trails—Swiftwater Cellars elevates more than just the wine experience; it brings with it…
Food We Love: Fresh Crumpets from The Crumpet Shop
We welcome the long-awaited re-opening of this gem in Pike Place Market.
Who can resist the call of the Pike Place Market in the summer’s early-morning hours? I like to get there early on a weekday to sneak in before the throngs of visitors; having worked in the Market in my early 20s, I know well the cool light of the place before the sun is high…
Sandwiches at Chelsea Deli
Dave Harris brings scrumptious sandwiches to Columbia City.
Dave Harris’ sandwiches have been making people fat and happy for more than a decade, first at the Other Coast café, where he dreamed up the Rajun Cajun sandwich when he opened that stellar deli on Ballard Avenue in 1999. Now, after a stint in Westport at the Mermaid Deli in Westport, he’s heading up…
Gutsy Food from Madison Park Conservatory
Chefs Cormac Mahoney and Zoi Antonitsas bring forward-thinking food to Madison Park.
Part of the fun of the Conservatory is the bait-and-switch of eating modern, gutsy food—in Madison Park. In this swish small village by the lake, you’ve got your burgers, your pub grub and your multi-multimillion-dollar estates, and that’s how it’s been for decades. But now, ever since chefs Cormac Mahoney and Zoi Antonitsas and bar…
Cook’s Adventures: Fearless Foraging for Dungeness Crab
Ever grab a hand bare-handed? Here’s why Langdon Cook thinks it’s a good idea.
Tropical scenes in our corner of the continent are infrequent, but last summer, on one of those bluebird July days, I watched a guy in board shorts, tank top and sandals casually employ a foot pump to inflate a small rubber raft a stone’s throw from the Mukilteo ferry. Satisfied with its seaworthiness, he hopped…
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