Restaurant Roundup: ‘Bear-Garten,’ Chefs Tray Table, and a New Women’s Sports Bar
Delicious drinks, women's sports, luxury dining
By Ben McBee May 30, 2025
June starts this weekend and with it comes Pride Month, a time for celebration of love in all forms throughout the city. That includes food, of course. If you’re looking for somewhere to revel, Rhein Haus Seattle will host a “Bear-Garten” all month, offering poolside fun, photo-ops, frozen drinks, and more for all ages. Join the patio party on Saturday, June 7 — there’ll be music from DJ Alfonso Tan and rainbow Jell-O shots.
Here are some other bits of food news you’ll adore.
Delicious drinks? Yes please.
Other Yes Parade restaurants are joining the Pride festivities with signature Love is Love cocktails. At Poquitos Seattle, the drink is a vodka and marionberry mixture, while Sabine’s libation incorporates mezcal and Jamaican rum with Aperol, raspberry, rhubarb, pineapple, lime, and banana ube whip. Each order also comes with a commemorative pin.
Watch more women’s sports
Don’t put your glass down just yet — a new bar dedicated to women’s sports is coming to Capitol Hill. Pitch the Baby promises a menu of Mexican food and an adequate but not overwhelming number of TVs. For owners Monica Dimas, Anais Custer, and Kimfer Flanery-Rye, it represents a reimagining of the sports bar, emphasizing qualities that they’ve always wanted but not been able to find. Expect the spot to open sometime in June (right in the thick of the season for the Storm and Reign) with drink specials often correlating to what’s on screen.
Luxury dining at 30,000 feet
What’s more prestigious, snagging a reservation at Tomo or flying first-class across the country? Well, starting June 5, there will be less separation between the two options than you’d think, thanks to Alaska Airlines’ new perk for its priciest passengers. As an expansion of its “Chef’s (tray) Table” program, they will be able to order meals designed by Seattle’s James Beard Award–winning chef Brady Williams, including fried chicken and mochi waffles in the morning, and short ribs glazed with serrano jaew or buckwheat soba and seared ahi tuna tataki on evening trips.
Closing time
For more than 50 years, UW students have procrastinated studying, celebrated graduation, and everything in between at the College Inn Pub, but the University District watering hole announced it is closing with the end of its current lease. Renovation costs, costly structural issues, and reduced foot traffic post-pandemic were all cited as reasons to close up shop. The last day to enjoy a brew (or two) will be June 15.
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