New Restaurants

Your New Favorite Dessert: Ube Cheesecake

Your New Favorite Dessert: Ube Cheesecake

Hood Famous finds a permanent home for its popular Filipino sweets.

Hands off, this one’s mine.

Restaurant update: Chef Shaun McCrain dishes on Copine, opening this month in Ballard

Restaurant update: Chef Shaun McCrain dishes on Copine, opening this month in Ballard

Former Book Bindery couple brings contemporary American to Ballard Public Lofts & Market

Shaun McCrain and Jill Kinney — the power couple behind Fremont’s old Book Bindery — are in the final stages of the buildout for their very own contemporary American restaurant, Copine, which is set to open “by the end of June” at the base of the Ballard Public Lofts & Market next door to the…

Spirit Animal to Open on Capitol Hill this Spring

Spirit Animal to Open on Capitol Hill this Spring

A sneak peek of what we can expect from Capitol Hill's latest neighborhood bar and restaurant

Get ready, Capitol Hill! Spirit Animal is opening on Broadway Avenue this spring. The cocktail bar, from first-time bar owners Paul Berryman and Izzy Guymon (Smith, Percy’s & Co.), will be a bohemian space that will offer Levantine-inspired fare (the traditional food of the Middle East, Mediterranean and Northern Africa) and craft cocktails. It’s slated…

Big Changes in Store at Dot's, and a Change for Me as Well

Big Changes in Store at Dot’s, and a Change for Me as Well

!–paging_filter–pDuring a recent dinner at Dot’s Delicatessen (yes, they serve dinner, and yes, you should go; the food is very good), our server dropped the news that strongDot’s would be renovating to make dinner seating more comfortable.nbsp;/strong/ppWhen I followed up with Dot’s owner, Miles James, he told me that the renovation will be a little…

Room With a View: A Sneak Peek at Aragona, Opening Very Soon

Room With a View: A Sneak Peek at Aragona, Opening Very Soon

!–paging_filter–pAs I impatiently await the opening of a href=”http://aragonaseattle.com/” target=”_blank”Aragona/a, the Spanish restaurant from design-obsessed chef and owner Jason Stratton (Artusi, Spinasse), Stratton kindly sent over several pictures he took of the food and the space. Not to mention the westward view (above), which isn’t too shabby, either. Here, a peek at what’s on the…

Updated! It's True: Matt Dillon's Bar Sajor is Opening in Pioneer Square

Updated! It’s True: Matt Dillon’s Bar Sajor is Opening in Pioneer Square

Update! Bar Sajor just announced it will opens for limited service tomorrow (Thursday, February 21) at 4pm and on Friday. Regular hours will begin Monday, February 25, when Bar Sajor will begin serving lunch and dinner on weekdays, opening at 11am (with a limited menu on Mondays). Weekend hours are still TBD. Original post: Signs…

Trend Alert: Meat and Drinks at a Slew of New Charcuterie Bars

Trend Alert: Meat and Drinks at a Slew of New Charcuterie Bars

If three of a kind constitutes a trend, then bars that serve cured, smoked and sliced meats are the new black, at least on Capitol Hill. First came Cure, the wee bar hidden in the alleyway behind Broadway on Nagle Place, which opened two years back. There, the menu features charcuterie and cheeses, olives and…

Inside the Issue: Best New Restaurants

Inside the Issue: Best New Restaurants

November’s Best New Restaurants issue (co-written by Eater’s Allecia Vermillion, it hits newstands this week) was a pure pleasure to work on because of the spirit of looking ahead, of seeing what (and who!) is on the verge of making it big in Seattle food. You’ll notice Hayley Young’s stunning portraits of the nine emerging food people whose names you…

Food News: Phinney on Fire!

Food News: Phinney on Fire!

Look out, Ballard: Phinney Ridge is giving you a run for your money! At least when it comes to new restaurants. A year ago it was all Ballard all the time (Walrus, Staple), but this summer it’s all about the Ridge. I mean that literally: The Ridge Restaurant, from the owners of Prost! and Nickerson Street Saloon, will be supremely kid-friendly, from…

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