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There’s an old French saying, “Jamais deux sans trois,” an adage that falls roughly between “Things come in threes” and “Third time’s a charm.” It points to fate and inevitability, or, as is sometimes said of avalanches cascading down the French Alps, doom. These days, the term applies equally well to Seattle’s restaurant scene, where…

In this age of food obsession and social media, would-be best-kept food secrets are shared via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. And so it is with Man’oushe Express, the lunch window hidden in the back of Goodies Mediterranean Market in Lake City, which I first discovered thanks to a scrumptious picture on the photo-sharing site. At…

The Washington State distillery boom during the last few years has been amazing. There are so many tasty spirits and liqueurs being made right here and I think we’re the luckiest state in the Union. Sometimes, there’s so much happening that it’s hard to keep up. But the Washington State Distillers Guild is a great…

Mourning is permitted. When our food and dining editor Allison Austin Scheff rated Shanik’s debut in South Lake Union in 2012 as the most exciting restaurant opening of the year, leagues of Seattle diners tweeted consensus over what seemed an impossible fortune: no more would we need to trek to Vancouver for the world-renowned modern…

This article originally appeared on Avvo. Montana came closer yesterday than ever before to abolishing the state’s death penalty. Georgia plans to execute the only woman on the state’s death row today. (Update: Her execution has been postponed due to weather until Monday.) And several botched execution attempts have made national news in the past…

Nerd alert. Confession: I love reality TV. Fashion reality shows are my favorite, natch, but home and product design ones come a close second. Remember Bravo’s 2007 decor show, Top Design, hosted by Todd Oldham with Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler and Margaret Russell as judges? Loved it. And who can forget Philippe Starck’s 2009 British…

Be it last weekend’s Pop! Seafood and Bubbles event or these early signs of spring, but Iately I’ve had seafood on my mind. Lobster, in particular. (This cousin to the Dungeness crab is more difficult to come across than one would think, living in a coastal city.) It could be, also in part due to…

In our bi-monthly Seattlemag.com column, Knute Berger–who writes regularly for Seattle Magazine and Crosscut.com and is a frequent pundit on KUOW–takes an in-depth look at some of the highly topical and sometimes polarizing issues in our city. Last year saw the blossoming of the Lumbersexual, the urban hipster guy who dresses like Paul Bunyan. Seattle,…

BOTHELLPreservation Kitchen and Main Street AleHouse  Don’t be fiddling with your radio volume or reaching for your cell phone as you blitz down Bothell Way or you’ll barrel right past the cozy alcove that houses Preservation Kitchen and its dual personalities: upscale dinner destination and casual, all-day (and all-ages) pub, together in a 1916 estate….

Eat, drink, repeat. With its over 50 bites and 600 beverages, the annual Seattle Wine and Food Experience has come and gone again, packing Seattle Center’s Exhibition Hall this past Sunday, February 22, and replacing both lunch and dinner for attendees–and for some of us gluttons, another day’s meals, too. Couldn’t make it this year? No problem….