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We're Craving the Crêpes at This New Walk-Up Stand on Capitol Hill

We’re Craving the Crêpes at This New Walk-Up Stand on Capitol Hill

A master pastry chef delights with a super simple French dish

This article appears in print in the August 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Editor’s Note: This location has closed. The greatest pitfall of a European adventure is the reentry to reality at home. So, days after I returned from gorging myself on the most flawless Parisian pastries, I found myself at Petite Galette, the walk-up crêpe stand…

Chelsea Lin

Greenwood Mexican Restaurant Luisa's Stays Great by Keeping Traditions

Greenwood Mexican Restaurant Luisa’s Stays Great by Keeping Traditions

At a family-run Mexican restaurant on Holman Road, time stands sweetly still

Neighborhood favorite Scott Sellers has preserved the original menu, and vibe, as much as possible for the 25 years he’s owned Luisa’s Mexican Grill

Naomi Tomky

At Belltown Jerk Shack, Seattle Chef Trey Lamont Is Making Caribbean Food His Way

At Belltown Jerk Shack, Seattle Chef Trey Lamont Is Making Caribbean Food His Way

The chef is looking to the islands for inspiration

The flavorful fried jerk chicken is big enough for two, but you won’t want to miss sides of mac ‘n’ cheese and cornbread

Chelsea Lin

This New Snack Shack at Golden Gardens Sells More than Your Standard Beachside Fare

This New Snack Shack at Golden Gardens Sells More than Your Standard Beachside Fare

Time to try a new kind of beach picnic

Dutch pancakes, called “poffertjes,” are a menu staple, here served with butter and powdered sugar

Chelsea Lin

Get Some After-Dinner Desserts at this New Spot on Capitol Hill

Get Some After-Dinner Desserts at this New Spot on Capitol Hill

Get your sit-down sweets at R&M Dessert Bar

Treats at R&M Desserts include, clockwise from top, lemon raspberry tart, key lime tart and Japanese cotton cheesecake

Chelsea Lin

Nachos and Waffle Fries Join Forces for a Wildly Addictive Bar Snack

Nachos and Waffle Fries Join Forces for a Wildly Addictive Bar Snack

Step aside, totchos

This article appears in print in the June 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. It’s been a few years since totchos—Tater Tots dressed up like nachos and rendered almost unrecognizable by the heft of so many condiments—stormed Seattle’s bar food scene. New, family-friendly Roosevelt sports bar The Westy—an outpost of the popular West Seattle joint of the same…

Chelsea Lin

One of the Best Dishes at this Ethiopian Butcher Shop Is Actually Vegetarian

One of the Best Dishes at this Ethiopian Butcher Shop Is Actually Vegetarian

Try the crazy delicious vegetables at Ahadu Ethiopian restaurant and butcher shop in Seattle's Pinehurst neighborhood

Menbere Medhane’s fossolia is part of the vegetable platter—which can also include Ethiopian dishes of beets, red lentils, cabbage, collard greens and spinach, served on injera

Naomi Tomky

The New Pho Bac Sup Pairs Natural Wine with Seattle’s Best Pho

The New Pho Bac Sup Pairs Natural Wine with Seattle’s Best Pho

Homespun pho and trendy wine? Pho Bac Sup Shop brings together an unlikely pairing

CREATIVE LICENSE: Yenvy Pham shows off her signature creation- the short rib pho, paired with a glass of Le Bergey Bordeaux

Chelsea Lin

Try Hummus Every Which Way at Capitol Hill’s Aviv Hummus Bar

Try Hummus Every Which Way at Capitol Hill’s Aviv Hummus Bar

Seattle finally learns what Israel has known all along: Hummus is awesome

Aviv is best experienced by trying a few bites of every dish on the short menu

Chelsea Lin

You Need to Go Try the Japanese Buckwheat Noodles at Kamonegi

You Need to Go Try the Japanese Buckwheat Noodles at Kamonegi

One of Seattle's few makers of soba has a new restaurant in Wallingford

Most soba dishes at Kamonegi are available as cold noodles to swipe through a warm dipping sauce (as shown here) or in a bowl of hot soup broth. (And yes, that’s a fish fin in the sake.)

Chelsea Lin

5 Best New Ramen Restaurants in Seattle

5 Best New Ramen Restaurants in Seattle

Seattle’s newest ramen places dial into Japan’s regional varieties

Counter seating takes up most of Betsutenjin’s small Capitol Hill dining room, making it feel like you’re in Japan

Chelsea Lin

These Colorful Pop-Up Shop Doughnuts Are a Food We Love

These Colorful Pop-Up Shop Doughnuts Are a Food We Love

Pastry chef Mi Kim's Raised Doughnuts is finding legions of sweet-toothed fans

This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Pastry chef Mi Kim has tapped into the pleasure center of our collective psyche with her take on a basic breakfast sweet: the humble doughnut. Although in her hands, these raised rings are anything but humble. Kim launched her Raised Doughnuts  pop-up shop…

Chelsea Lin

Ballard Bistro Joli's Ricotta Cavatelli is a Food We Love

Ballard Bistro Joli’s Ricotta Cavatelli is a Food We Love

Joli's French-Italian food is best in cavatelli form.

This article appears in print in the February 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. A comedic miscommunication with my charming Italian host dad while I was studying abroad in 1997 turned me off eating bunnies for at least a decade. But recently, I’ve changed my tune: Rabbit, as a source of protein, can be both sustainable and…

Chelsea Lin

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