Food & Drink
Restaurant Roundup: Take a Bite of the Latest Seattle Food News
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City
At long last, the sun has returned and patio dining is once again palatable. Still, it’s hard to ignore the cloud of high-profile restaurant closures that has been dampening the mood on what seems like a weekly basis these days. Here’s what you need to know about the shuttered businesses, plus some more positive news…
Scramble for a Table
Where to eat Easter brunch around Seattle, even with the egg supply running low
Egg dishes are in high demand during Easter brunch. This year, that demand is running into a national egg shortage. Seattle Port Commissioner Sam Cho used to run Seven Seas Export, an international trading company that once shipped 2.5 million pounds of eggs to countries like South Korea during Asia’s bird flu outbreak in 2016….
Lucy’s Lifts Up Underrepresented Winemakers
New wine bar and bottle shop offers small-batch wines by women, BIPOC, and queer winemakers
Alyssa Lisle is out to crush the norms around wine. Lisle opened Lucy’s Bottle Shop in January in a nondescript midcentury warehouse at 23rd Avenue West and Emerson Street — the newest addition to a nameless little micro-neighborhood to the west of Fisherman’s Terminal, just around the corner from Figurehead Brewing. Its mission behind opening…
Restaurant Roundup: Take a bite of the latest Seattle food news
Here’s what was served up recently in the Emerald City
If you were to put all of Seattle’s food news on a menu, you’d be hard pressed to find a restaurant with a table big enough to fit it all. So, we’re giving the scene the tapas treatment, breaking what’s going on in the city down to bite-sized tidbits for your reading (and eating) pleasure….
Grand Openings, Great Eats
New restaurants brings the flavor
While it’s true that Seattle’s restaurant-scape is still sleepily waking up from its long pandemic nap, exciting things are happening in the city’s culinary scene. These days, we’re seeing new tantalizing restaurant openings and food events pretty much every week. Here’s a heads-up on seven restaurant openings to load up your dining calendar. Ringo Curry…
Three Local Restaurants Named James Beard Finalists
Atoma, Archipelago, and Houlme were selected in different categories
The husband-and-wife team of Johnny and Sarah Courtney said they named their Wallingford restaurant Atoma after the word for “invisible.” The Courtneys came up with the name during a 35-hour drive from Baja back to Seattle. Not quite a year-and-half since opening, Atoma has been very visible, amassing local and national recognition. Add James Beard…
Seattle Restaurant Week’s Feast Fest Kicks Off March 30
Diners can explore the city’s diverse food scene
Restaurant industry veteran Gene Dexter, wine specialist at Charlotte at the Lotte Hotel in downtown Seattle, has labored over his share of Restaurant Weeks since its inception in 2010. Dexter has also worked at places such as Monsoon, Ba Bar and the now defunct Union Square Grill. Participating restaurants, food trucks and pop-ups will offer menus at $20, $35, $50, and $65…
A Recipe for Romance
Three celebrity chef couples discuss the ultimate taste test
Many chefs and restaurateurs in the Seattle area have their own take on the popular axiom “Eat, Drink and Be Married.” They work together. They live together. They’re life partners. They share a passion for hospitality, endure long hours and intense schedules, and rely on teamwork and collaboration for emotional support in a close-knit work…
Simple Goodness
Plum Bistro chef and owner Makini Howell’s new cookbook makes vegan recipes easy
Plum Bistro restaurant owner and chef Makini Howell recently created some tasty vegan recipes for Stevie Wonder. Now she wants to do the same for you — sort of. Howell, who launched the popular vegan restaurant in Capitol Hill 20 years ago, just released a new plant-based cookbook, Simple Goodness: No-Fuss, Plant-Based Meals Straight From…
How To Enjoy Saint Patrick’s Day in the Emerald City
Irish pubs plan a special day of events
Did you know that the bucolic green often associated with Ireland and the patron saint historically was not affiliated with that color? The Order of St. Patrick is associated with the color blue. And Saint Patrick was not Irish. He was born in Wales. “Also, Saint Patrick is not the only patron saint of Ireland,” says Paula Stokes, a native of Ireland now living in…
Taste Washington Celebrates 25 Years
Annual event is for ‘every palate and personality’
Since its inception in 1998, Taste Washington has attracted wineries from boutique producers such as Trothe (fewer than 300 cases of tightly allocated boutique wines annually) to Chateau Ste. Michelle, which produces more than 3 million cases a year. Now the largest single region consumer wine event in the country, it will celebrate its 25th birthday (minus two pandemic-induced cancellations) this week with several days of…
Seattle Chocolate Rebrands With Inspiration from Irish Queen
Company will now be known as Maeve
Seattle Chocolate is no longer. It is not, however, out of business. It does have a new brand and name: Maeve. The company, known for its meltaway bonbons and chocolate bars, rebranded after more than 30 years, drawing inspiration from a first-century Irish warrior queen who believed women should make their own choices, own land,…
Try These Emerald City Elixirs During Seattle Cocktail Week
Annual spirits soiree kicks off this Sunday
Seattle Cocktail Week founder Amy Faulkner is doubling down on the “Seattle” in Seattle Cocktail Week this year. The week-long festivities kick off Sunday, March 2 with an Oyster Happy Hour at Vinnie’s Wine Shop in Belltown from 2 p.m-10 p.m., and “Jimmy Jams,” a karaoke and cocktail competition at Belltown Yacht Club, also on Sunday from 7 p.m.-10 p.m. Seattle Cocktail…
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