Posts tagged with: Bargain Bites
Get your coupon here.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 22, 2010 at 11:00AM
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Consider rolling out of bed a little earlier Tuesday morning. Starbucks is handing out free pastries with the purchase of a “handcrafted, brewed, or iced beverage.” Print out this coupon to get in on the deal, which ends at 10:30am.
Tags: Bargain Bites
…and other good news from Pike Street Fish Fry.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 16, 2010 at 04:00PM
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When news like this makes its way to our inbox, the day just gets a whole lot sunnier. Not only does this week mark a Free Friday at Pike Street Fish Fry, word has it the teensy cheap eats spot is planning to extend its hours. The deets are still getting ironed out, but starting at the end of the month expect the Cap Hill hangout to stay open all day. (The restaurant is currently open 11:30am-2:30pm, and then closes until 5pm.)
For those who don’t know, Free Friday means free boats of french fries and $2 pints of Fat Tire and Ranger beers. You can snag them at neighboring Moe Bar, too, where the New Belgium beers go for $3. The special runs 5pm-7pm and takes place every third Friday of the month.
Tags: Bargain Bites, Capitol Hill
At La Côte Crêperie, very far.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Mar 10, 2010 at 01:00PM
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Crepes are delightful little things, aren’t they? So Euro, so subtly filling, so delicate.
There’s no shortage of food shops serving ’em in Seattle, and of these, La Côte Crêperie sure is a gem. Positioned on E Madison St, it’s a stone’s throw from Mad Valley’s other French staples, Rover’s and Voila! Bistrot. But unlike them, La Côte is cheap. And especially so after 5pm.
Here’s the deal: Order a glass of red or white wine, choose from the soup of the day or a salad, and pick any savory crepe off the menu. The bill? A bargain: $15.
The special runs Tuesday-Saturday until close, but several words to the wise. The crêperie stops serving at 5pm on Sundays, but ask for the $15 fixed menu before that and you’re likely to get it anyways. If you’re thinking of popping in late on other nights, call ahead. When it’s slow La Côte’s been known to close shop early. How Euro.
Tags: Bargain Bites, Cheap Eats
…starts a week from today
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Feb 22, 2010 at 09:00AM
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The dining promotion formerly known as 25 for $25 went up a five-spot a few years back, changed its name to Dine Around Seattle, and firmly fixed itself upon the November and March calendars of Seattleites who wish their favorite restaurants weren’t so spendy.
It consists of three courses for $30, every Sunday-through-Thursday in March, at 28 joints across the region. Some do 15-buck lunches too. Great way to sample the places you’ve been hearing about but haven’t made it to yet.
Like Bastille, the gorgeous new Gallic sensation in Ballard. Or Artisanal Brassserie at the swanky Bravern in Bellevue.
It’s also a good way to stay current on the many joints enjoying new energy in their kitchens. That’s why I want to check out Ponti under the new leadership of returning superstar chef Alvin Binuya. I want to go back to creamy ART at downtown’s high-end Four Seasons Hotel and find out exactly chef Kerry Sear has tweaked the dining program.
If I feel like driving I’ll head east to Snoqualmie’s Salish Lodge & Spa Dining Room to see what the new team out there is cooking up. (That new team includes Matthew Mina, the hotshot who won the coveted top toque post at The Hunt Club only to leave about 15 minutes later.)
Or maybe I’ll stick closer to home, casting my gimlet eye upon joints whose owners are distracted at the moment building new projects. Tom Douglas is busy completing his ownership of downtown, with new restaurants to work on in Pike Place Market and South Lake Union, so I want to make sure Lola and Dahlia Lounge and Etta’s Seafood aren’t feeling the inattention.
Ditto Steelhead Diner, that local Northwest comfort-food spot in Pike Place Market, whose owners Kevin and Terresa Davis are currently morphing the burnished husk of Oceanaire into another seafood destination called Blueacre.
Where I’ll go the other 14 nights? Good thing I have another 19 spots to choose from.
Tags: New Seattle Restaurants, Bargain Bites, Promotions, Dine Around Seattle
An Ash Wednesday message about a really good Friday
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Feb 17, 2010 at 08:00AM
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Every third Friday is always a big deal at Pike Street Fish Fry, as that’s the day those fine fryers dispense free fries from 5pm to 7pm.
Yes, FREE. Like happy hour, for your arteries. Only freer.
Put it on your calendar, folks. Because this month’s third Friday happens in two days.
And they’re pretty good, those PSFF fries. Seems like lately this town has rediscovered fried potatoes. You know about the flimsy, grease-soaked wonderments at Dick’s, or the creme-fraiche drizzled ones at 35th Street Bistro.
But did you know about the gloriously golden crispy fries, fluffy within, at Fremont’s famous Roxy’s Diner? Or, up a notch or two pretension-wise, the truffle-oiled lovelies at Ventana, the newish small-plate joint from the Twist people, in Belltown?
Notable both. Now tell us where you get your fry on, won’t you?
Tags: Bargain Bites, Restaurants, critic's picks, Fries
Finally! An afforable Thai restaurant hired an interior designer.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Feb 11, 2010 at 09:00AM
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Photo courtesy yelp.
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View Slideshow » Illustration:The kee mao noodles.
View Slideshow » Illustration:God knows there’s no shortage of Thai restaurants in this city. But ones with character, sleek design, ambience—heck, any kind of design scheme? We’ll take more of those, please. Chalk one up to Naam, the newish joint tucked in Madrona’s darling strip of storefronts, for realizing interior can stimulate just as much as four-star-spicy som tam.
Here cushy beds with triangular lumbar pillows line the window wells and take the place of traditional tables. Don’t worry, they’re not of the we’re-in-the-club, Sex and the City–type, but rather cozily re-create the Thai way of eating. A narrow snack bar divides the drinkers from the diners—if the beds are occupied, this is where you want to sit. Though the table space is tight, so much so you bump ’bows with yours truly, it’s great for conversation. Not to mention the ideal spot to catch rousing whiffs from the nearby kitchen.
Slick wood paneling and plush oversized banquettes further the mod and clean styling. Taken as a whole it’s the perfect stage to showcase Naam’s vibrant food, which, given the swank surrounds, is surprisingly down-to-earth and cheap. About three-fourths of the menu is $9.95 or less, and you’re hard-pressed to find a dish costing more than $13. House cocktails are $7, glasses of wine average the same, and beer, $3.75. If you’re in the mood for noodles, try the kee mao, though it’s best with meat and not tofu. The yellow curry also comes highly recommended.
All this yet Naam never loses sight of the down-home charms—an all-too-hospitable (and adorable) wait staff, menus with a bagillion options—that make Thai restaurants so lovable. Looks like Naam has found a winning combo.
Tags: New Seattle Restaurants, Bargain Bites, Cheap Eats, Thai, Cheap Date
Ice cream, beer, pinball, and utter happiness…now in three locations!
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Feb 10, 2010 at 09:00AM
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Popped into the Columbia City Full Tilt Ice Cream the other night and had a hard time popping back out.
First: The arcade games, great ones, a quarter apiece, which instantly addicted the 11-year-old and her roving posse to pursuits like Ms. PacMan and, yes, pinball.
Second: The fact that everyone was here. Everyone. Full Tilt opened in the southern fringe of downtown Columbia City right before the Big Heatwave of Summer ‘09, cultivating a devoted neighborhood following just as it had done before in downtown White Center. Then just last month a new outpost brought the same love to the *UW’s 50th and Brooklyn* corner. Every one of ’em attracts the kind of fizzy, alt-flavored family energy that builds community and makes Friday nights out in the ’hood really, really fun.
Third: BEER!!! The coolest thing about this ice cream parlor is that it embraces a grown-up’s need to bring the kids out for ice cream and enjoy a little naughtiness of her own.
Fourth: Astonishingly enough… there is ice cream. Really fine, creamy, and affordable ice cream in flavors like Mexican chocolate and a superlative salted caramel. I tried the newer salted caramel variant, enhanced with a fair amount of Sailor Jerry spiced rum, and found it every bit as compelling as the pinball machine.
Tags: Bargain Bites, reviews, University District, Beer, Desserts, kids stuff, Columbia City, White Center
Now that we’ve got your attention: John Howie Steak launches another Happy Hour
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Feb 04, 2010 at 08:00AM
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The most solid new addition to the Bellevue dining scene just got a little more liquid.
John Howie Steak has launched a second daily Happy Hour, from 9pm to 11pm weeknights, til midnight Saturdays, and a full panorama of 3pm to 9pm happiness Sundays.
Now you can tipple Fris Vodka martinis around the piano bar eating things like ½ pound USDA Prime beef bacon cheeseburgers or Kurobuta pork belly sliders for $8. Or deviled eggs with truffled bacon for $5. Or Reggiano Parmigiano potato chips for just $3.
Sounds pretty happy to us.
Tags: Happy Hour, Bargain Bites, Bellevue, Restaurants, Restaurant News, Restaurant News
An affordable treat from Paris Grocery: Cazelle de Saint Affrique cheese
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jan 29, 2010 at 08:30AM
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Like its sister shop The Spanish Table, Paris Grocery is a wee storefront in which hours are easily wasted and dollars easily spent. How I wish had more of both so I could indulge in a Euro shopping spree. Alas, I do not, so it’s the store’s little treasures I have come to appreciate, such as Cazelle de Saint Affrique cheese.
A cupcake-like puck made from sheep’s milk, cazelle is shrouded in a delicate, powdered mold casing. The cheese within is slightly salty and velvety—perfect for spreading on breads and crackers—but still retains a stubborn consistency that gives it shape and depth. Now, being from Wisconsin, I’m naturally somewhat of a cheese xenophobe, but this French craftsmanship just might kick to the curb my beloved extra-sharp, five-year cheddar. Traitorous, I know, Dad.
I recently brought cazelle and another French cheese, a harder goat variety, to a dinner party. Both were hits, but it was the cazelle that got the crowd chattering. “I love the creaminess”, “That’s my favorite,” and “Perfect texture” were a few of the comments overheard. Paired with honey crisp apples or dried fruits it’s even more delicious.
Each puck costs $7.99. Buy a couple—they go quickly. And if you’re a cheese-geek like me, you might find the origins of cazelle interesting.
What are some other cheeses I should be trying?
Tags: Bargain Bites, Party Favors, Cheese
South Lake Union branch turns one.
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Jan 18, 2010 at 07:00AM
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A year ago this month, John Howie became the first headline chef to colonize South Lake Union with his Seattle outpost of Bellevue’s creamy Seastar.
(Look what he started. Tom Douglas of Dahlia Lounge et al. just announced that he’ll be opening a place in that nabe, followed by Christine Keff’s announcement that she’ll relocate her terrific Flying Fish there this May.)
So starting this Thursday, Howie lays out a full week of birthday festivities, including gifts for his patrons. All week from 1/21 through 1/27, drop your business card in the fishbowl for a chance to win a Seastar dinner for eight on your birthday.
The rest of the fun:
Thursday 1/21: $1.27 Sushi all night long, featuring Howie’s Washington Roll (smoked salmon, Dungeness crab, and Granny Smith apples), shiro maguro ngiri, ebi ngiri, vegetarian futomaki roll, kappa maki, and maguro roll.
Friday 1/22: Every couple that comes in and orders two entrees at lunch or dinner will receive a $27.09 dinner gift certificate. (Get it? The birthdate?)
Saturday 1/23: Enjoy a glass of Krug and finish dinner with a one-ounce pour of Louis XIII Cognac for $127.09 (Valued at $200.00).
Sunday 1/24: $1.27 Happy Hour beer, wine, and cocktails all night.
Monday 1/25: “Choose Your Charity” evening. Choose Food Lifeline, Muscular Dystrophy Association, or Bailey-Boushay House and 12.7% of your bill will be donated there.
Tuesday 1/26: The first 127 dinner guests will receive a glass of bubbles and a dessert trio with the purchase of their entree.
Wednesday 1/27: On the actual birthday, a six-course (with wine pairings) “Happy Birthday Seastar” dinner will include seared ahi, sushi, diver scallops with local black truffles, pear panna cotta, and plenty of chocolate—for $127.09 per couple (tax and gratuity not included).
Tags: Bargain Bites, Promotions, South Lake Union
Bluebird now serves light breakfast fare.
Posted by: Christopher Werner on Jan 14, 2010 at 08:00AM
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I have two priorities in the morning: to get clean and to get caffeinated. Breakfast often falls to the wayside, partly because I’m usually haulin’ it anyways and unless I’m downtown it’s not easy finding grub to go.
So it was with delight this Tuesday that I stumbled upon a fuzzy-eyed employee opening Bluebird at 8am. Turns out the ice cream parlor started serving light morning fare, such as the breakfast sandwich pictured to the left. It’s made by Seattle’s Domovoi Happy Foods and consists of organic free-range eggs, sharp cheddar cheese, chipotle mayo, and you can choose between a bacon or tomato topping. We’re not talking anything totally gosh-wow—it’s $3.50, mind you—but, when you’re in a rush, it certainly does the job.
Where do you get your breakfast on the go?
Tags: Bargain Bites, Breakfast
Plus: Have Dinner On Us is back at Metropolitan Grill and Elliott’s.
Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Jan 12, 2010 at 09:00AM
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You were floored when we first told you about the free dinners offered Wednesday and Saturday nights at Grand Cru Wine Bar in Bellevue.
Well, hold onto your champagne flutes: They’re extending the offer indefinitely. That means from 5pm on, Wednesdays and Saturdays, you can come to this elegant spot in the heart of Bellevue and choose among a couple starters and entrees and pay only the gratuity.
And, on Saturdays after 7pm, hear live music.
And park for free.
Also, just got word the annual Have Dinner On Us is back as of Monday. Order two dinner entrées at Metropolitan Grill or Elliott’s Oyster House and receive a certificate equal to the value of those dishes. All you need to do is register here. The offer ends April 17.
Tags: Bargain Bites, Bellevue, Downtown, Promotions
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