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Sneak Peek: Ballard Pizza Company
My first question for Ethan Stowell at last night’s media preview of his casual, late-night, pizza-by-the-slice stop-in joint was, “Ethan: Are you ready for an onslaught of drunk Ballardites?” Ethan: “Well, we’ll see. That’s the question. Is it going to be slow? Is it going to be busy? I have no idea. I can’t make…
Tips for Eating Out with Kids During Seattle Restaurant Week
Over 150 restaurants are participating in Seattle Restaurant Week (April 8-12 and April 15-19), wherein each restaurant is offering a three-course set menu for $28. Visit the entire list of participating restaurants on the Seattle Restaurant Week website. Seattle Restaurant Week Insider Tips: 1. Seattle Restaurant Week runs ten days this spring: from Sunday, April…
Pickled Eggs, Titanic, Langston Hughes Film Fest and New Jewelry
MUST TASTEPickled Egg!We dare you to order the pickled egg at Blue Glass in Ballard. A modern take on the old-time bar grub staple, this savory treat brings a rainbow of pink, purple and yellow to your table for only $1.50 at happy hour. The Blue Glass is one of the best restaurant happy hours…
Sarah Loertscher Jewelry Trunk Sale this Weekend
Here’s your chance to grab hot-off-the-runway style: Local jewelry maven Sarah Loertscher just returned to town after runs at Los Angeles’ and El Paseo’s fashion weeks, where her innovative sculptural jewels were paired with Project Runway alum Mila Hermanovski’s new collection. Now, Click! Design That Fits in West Seattle is hosting a trunk show of…
Four Divine After-Dinner Cocktails
Last month, on this very blog, I wrote about the aperitif, that drink consumed before a meal to start the meal, and the conversation, off on the right note. However, a meal is like a shelf full of scrumptious books, and without a bookend on either side, the books, or courses, spill over onto each…
Titanic Concert at 5th Avenue Theatre Sings the Songs of the 99 Percent
I am so glad the 5th Avenue Theatre is bringing Titanic – The Concert to the stage this weekend (April 13-15) – and not because it’s the 100th anniversary of the ship’s tragic sinking. I had the opportunity to watch a rehearsal yesterday and from just that glimpse, the show promises to be more powerful…
The Artists Defining Glass Now
Chihuly put Seattle on the map, but a new batch of Northwest glass artists are redefining the medium
^ “Glass is one of those materials that have been incorporated into so many of the banal parts of our landscape; commercially, domestically and technologically we use it and are surrounded by it. We throw it away, crush it, melt it, refill it, break it, clean it and re use it.” >>> Seattle artist Rebecca…
Prepare to Die of Cuteness: The Narwhal, a Mobile Oyster Wagon, Coming This Summer
We can all stop coming up with ideas now; the lastest, greatest one will soon be a reality. Ladies and gentlemen, if you thought you liked Renee Erickson for her chic Walrus & Carpenter and the enchanting Boat Street Kitchen and Cafe, just you wait! She’s now dreamed up a mobile oyster wagon that she…
7 Best Restaurants That Define Seattle Dining Now
Our Best Restaurants 2012 list has a new spin: Here's where to go to taste Seattle now.
If you took a culinary snapshot of 2012, what would it taste like? Beyond the strong locavore focus and the eager seasonality of menus, Seattle restaurants have a unique spirit, a feel all their own. We celebrate this special Seattle flavor by calling out the restaurants that define our city—and the trends they exemplify. This…
Best Happy Hours at Restaurants
For half-price wine lists, cheap cocktails and sublime dishes we’d happily pay twice as much to eat.
A puny dish of sodden calamari, a sad plate of flabby, lukewarm wings, a can of Pabst Blue Ribbon—it’s the dreaded not-so-happy hour, wherein a restaurant offers you “bargains” like these if you get there early enough. That’s just not going to cut it. Our mission: Discover the restaurants with the absolute best food served…
Seattle’s Food Establishment: Inaugural List
Seattle magazine's inaugural list of the 70 most powerful players in the Seattle food scene.
Who keeps Seattle’s food engines running? Who has the power, the respect and the influence to set trends, challenge the status quo and reshape the culinary landscape? We sussed out the people and institutions who have had—and continue to have—the most substantial impact on how we eat, what we eat and what we’ll want to…
Happiest Happy-hour Bartenders
These five local mixologists are keeping it real at happy hour with humor, warmth—and a mean drink.
Bryn LumsdenRob Roy, BelltownWith a calm manner that isn’t shaken (even if a group of 15 shows up suddenly), and a literary charm that extends to everyone and anyone sitting at the bar, Lumsden is unflappably friendly even while making a passel of the snazziest and firmest fizzes in town. He’s as classic a bartender…
Best Cocktail-Centric Happy Hours
Where to go in Seattle for the best happy hour cocktails, and what you should order.
Sun Liquor DistilleryCapitol HillSun Liquor Distillery is an essential happy-hour stop. From 5 to 7 p.m., you can gaze lovingly at the shining still that sits in a room behind the bar while sipping a seasonal cocktail special, such as the Martine (gin, dry vermouth, angostura bitters and a lemon twist; $7), made with Hedgetrimmer…
The True Meaning of “Happy Hour”
Cocktail expert A.J. Rathbun explores the history—and beauty—of happy hours.
Today, the term “happy hour” is ingrained in communal cocktail thought, but its origins are unclear. Although a few facts are available, it’s fairly difficult to pin down the definitive history of how those two words first came together. In the 1920s, the phrase “happy hour” was used by the Navy for a period of…
Best Food Trucks 2012
Seattle magazine's favorite mobile eateries.
Best Sweet/DessertThe silken ice creams from Parfait (parfait-icecream.com) are made from scratch (unlike many other ice creams in town, which are made from an ice cream base) and come in sensational flavors like Meyer lemon, mellow and yellow; and mint stracciatella, with bits of dark chocolate and fresh spearmint-infused cream. Two flavors for $4; in…
How to Determine the Best Restaurants?
Our editorial director reflects on the stomach-churning worry and care that went into this year's sp
Three things are very important when we produce our Best Restaurants issue: 1) The story must reflect how we dine out locally now, (oh, how fun it would have been to cover the 50s and 60s eras of wedge salads and fancy Jell-O desserts!); 2) it must include a mix of affordable and fine dining…
Readers’ Choice: 2012 Best Restaurants
The best places in Seattle for eating, drinking and more, as determined by Seattle magazine readers.
SEARCH RESTAURANTSin Seattle by neighborhood, cuisine type or price. Our restaurant directory connects you with—not every single restaurant in Seattle—but those that our experts confidently recommend. Click links for more information and directions. Best new restaurant that opened in 2011RN74 Best neighborhood restaurantLittle Water Cantina Best Eastside restaurantCafe Juanita Best splurge restaurantCanlis Best cheap-eats placeDick’s…
10 Best New Washington Wines of 2012
New releases are bringing fresh energy—and tasty offerings—to the Washington wine scene.
Reynvaan Family Vineyards 2009 Unnamed SyrahWalla Walla Valley, $55This Walla Walla winery has enjoyed a lot of buzz about its first two vintage releases, partially because of the cachet of their consultant, Christophe Baron of Cayuse. Mike and Gale Reynvaan began planting vineyards in Walla Walla Valley in 2005, finally releasing wines from the 2007…
5 New Locally-Made Beers
Our beer expert names the top locally-made brews standing out for him this season.
The local trend toward Belgian-style beers shows no sign of slowing; however, local beer drinkers are not willing to entirely abandon their big, hoppy Northwestern-style favorites just yet. India pale ale, Imperial IPA and pale ale remain the beers of choice around here, but there is no denying that Belgian-style beers are building a fan…
The Lasting Impact of Seattle’s World’s Fair Architects
Design at the 1962 World's Fair brought its architects acclaim well beyond the Seattle Center ground
Most Seattleites walk or drive past the Space Needle and the other major buildings at Seattle Center without giving much thought to who designed them. But these structures, including KeyArena and the Pacific Science Center, are the lasting architectural legacy of the Century 21 Exposition, better known as the Seattle World’s Fair. In 1962, some…
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