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Hitchcock: Best New Restaurant 2011
Finally, there’s a definitive restaurant on Bainbridge Island that highlights the best of the region
Chef Brendan McGill worked at Seattle restaurants Il Bistro, The Harvest Vine, the now-defunct Cremant and for the Via Tribunali group. But when it came time to open his own restaurant, he was drawn to Bainbridge Island, where his wife’s family has lived since 1890. Hitchcock takes its name from McGill’s wife’s family tree, and…
Fuji Bakery
This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year.
There are people in this world who love sweet baked goods, and there are people who get more excited about savory tastes. Both types unfailingly rave after a visit to Fuji Bakery. This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year (the bakery has been in Bellevue since 2009). Owner Akihiro Nakamura found pastry…
Restaurant Preview: Momiji is Really, Really Pretty. And it Has Pretty Food, Too.
Every detail in the pristine space that is now Momiji (the magnum opus of Steven Han’s Japanese restaurants) — from the tables, hand-carved by master woodworker Craig Yamamoto, to the ethereal, cloud-like lighting fixtures woven from traditional Japanese paper fibers by artist Yuri Kinoshita — has been masterfully planned by Han’s dream team of artisans….
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 3
Catch up: Read Part 1 and Part 2 Friday is chock full of eating, and also of meeting: Anna Roth, whom I’ve had many friends in common with, who was a fellow Citysearcher back in the day, and who is the author of West Coast Road Eats. Yet it took until last week, in the Big Apple, for us…
West Seattle Stands the Line: Mobile Chowdown Recap
Cheers to everyone who came out to West Seattle Junction and helped make Mobile Chowdown VI a huge success – including the weather. An estimated 5,000 or more hungry people showed up to enjoy delicious foods from our participating food trucks, which churned out an incredible quantity of food (considering the square footage of kitchen…
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 2
[Read Part 1 Here] After my enjoyable but less than awesome lunch at Red Rooster, I headed back downtown to take a long afternoon walk. I needed to get a little exercise, to see my old neighborhood. I needed to walk my old favorite streets: Jane Street, Greenwich Avenue, Perry. I needed to make room, too, because…
The Must List: Nordic Fashion, Oktoberfest and Mobile Food Trucks
MUST GAWKFriday (9/30) – Nordic Fashion Biennale Opens Surely there is no better name than Hrafnhildur Arnardottir, the New York–based Icelandic artist famous for her outlandish sculptures, installations and costumes made of braided hair and wildly woolly fabrics. Arnardottir, who also goes by the handle “Shoplifter” and is a frequent collaborator with Björk, is the…
Meet Me at Mobile Chowdown This Sunday, October 2
The foodie trucks are coming! The foodie trucks are coming! If I were more musical, to really celebrate I would compose a jingle the likes of Coca-Cola’s joyous “Santa Packs are Coming” (to my dismay, a few savvy editors here do not remember this commercial, which confirms my suspicion that I am a nerd –…
Trip Report: How Seattle Compares to NYC, Part 1
Back from four nights and days of eating (and don’t forget all that drinking!) in New York City, my home for three years several years ago. Unlike many of the food-crazed, when I’m in New York, “the food thing” is only a part of what I want to experience. My old favorite walk–down Greenwich Street from the…
The Picture Gets Bigger at Henry and Oscar’s
“I’m bringing back the two-martini lunch.” So says Mark Stern, founder of the Big Picture movie theater, of his new venture, Henry and Oscar’s. He’s harkening back to a time when men were men, women were women, and going out meant a big steak, high heels and the owner of your favorite establishment might have…
Surprising Beer-Flavored Foods
Local kitchens that are using beer to enhance natural flavors in their foods.
You won’t feel tipsy, because alcohol burns out during the cooking process, so get ready to experience beer cooking in its strangest forms. Washed:River Valley Ranch’s raw cow’s milk tomme cheese is rind-washed in Pike Brewing’s Naughty Nellie Ale. You’ll find it at The Calf & Kid cheese shop on Capitol Hill (1531 Melrose Ave.,…
Food News: There’s Something About October
When it rains, it pours. This is true lately of restaurant openings: all of the sudden, a handful of tempting restaurants are opening in October. To wit: Marché at the Market, aka the new concept moving into the Campagne space. Daisley Gordon, longtime Campagne and Cafe Campagne chef, is the mastermind behind Marché’s menu. Soft opening…
Win Tickets to the Sold Out Craft Beer + Food Event
Visit our Facebook page and leave a comment telling us your favorite Washington craft brew (let our list refresh your memory). Next week, we will announce one lucky winner to be our guest (with a friend) at the Craft Beer+Food event on Wednesday, September 28 at the Yacht Club on Lake Union. Local brewers and…
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