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Liquor store auction ends, five decades of celebrity chefs throw down for the Space Needle’s 50-year mark, and more.

Posted by: Brandon L. Bye on Apr 25, 2012 at 03:15PM 0 Comments

Photo via Washington state liquor control board.

CAPITOL HILL
The Seattle Gin Society’s inaugural Ginvitational was held Saturday at Cal Anderson Park. Best in show went to an English gin: Martin Miller’s Westbourne Strength edged local favorites Captive Spirits, Batch 206, and Sound Spirits. Hopefully next year a Northwest gin will win the top prize.

FIRST HILL
Vito’s two-martini, first-Friday lunch has gone weekly. The lunch menu runs from 11:30 to 3 and includes salads, cannelloni, sauteed clams, a burger, and a grinder. And with $7 martinis, cancelling the occasional Friday afternoon meeting because you overdid it at lunch might start happening more frequently.

LOWER QUEEN ANNE
Celebrate the Space Needle’s 50th anniversary at Sky City with a five-course tasting menu. Five celebrity chefs have each contributed to a menu meant to represent each of the past five decades—Jeff Maxfield (‘60s), Shiro Kashiba (’70s) Kathy Casey (‘80s), Tom Douglas (’90s), and Jason Wilson (’00s). The tasting menu, kicking off May 1, will be offered to the end of May and costs $62 (not $50).

PIKE PLACE MARKET
Mac and cheese contest! Get out your mom’s old recipe box, thumb through for the mac and cheese 3-by-5 card (the one with milk stains and flour all over it), tweak her version how you see fit, and enter to win the Cheese Festival’s mac-and-cheese competition.

EVERYWHERE
The Washington State Liquor Control Board auction for the rights to apply for a retail liquor license ended last Friday, April 20 with 121 winners for 167 stores statewide. The sum of individual bids topped $30 million. According to Seattle PI, the Capitol Hill store fetched over half a million dollars. By June 1, total privatization will take effect and hopefully those “out of stock” notices will disappear.

On Monday, Chef Daniel Boulud tweeted: “don’t remember when was the last time I had #gummybears w/ Alain Ducasse & Guy Savoy!” Even though this has nothing to with Seattle, food nerds should go ahead and click the link anyway.

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Neighborhood Food News: Brunch, Biscuits, Free Food, and Cheap Beer

Plus: Asparagus season hits, Seattle stadiums step up their food offerings, and more.

Posted by: Brandon L. Bye on Apr 18, 2012 at 11:15AM 0 Comments

Crunchy on the outside, soft on the inside.

CAPITOL HILL
Skelly and the Bean will start kicking out brunch in late April – just in time for Mother’s day.

Honest Biscuits, a local and organic biscuitry, will return to the Broadway Farmers Market this Sunday (don’t worry, biscuits will remain at the West Seattle Farmers Market as well). And because nothing goes with biscuits like a drag queen, “celebrity spokesmodel” DeeDee Royalis will be handing out samples both sweet and savory.

Rabidly adored Hawaiian-Korean joint Marination Station, lets loose at its brick-and-mortar location with $1 beers all day on Thursday, April 19 in observance of the brick-and-mortar’s one-year mark.

DOWNTOWN
Vessel is set to open its second iteration in mid-May. With a rotating cast of local and not-so-local bartenders, drinkers can expect new experience upon each visit.

Sazerac celebrates the finish of tax season with a refund in the form of free food. Cash in on Friday, April 20 from 4 to 5.

SODO
Seattle stadiums have some new eats this season. Ethan Stowell has filled Safeco with burgers, barbecue and other sandwich creations, while Beecher’s Cheese offers its much-lauded mac and cheese to hungry Sounders and Seahawks supporters at the CLink.

ALL OVER
Asparagus shoots turn woody. Go to your local grocer or farmers market and treat yourself to a bunch or two while the season is right. I top mine with a little almond gremolata.

As of yesterday, Starbucks now-house brand juice Evolution Fresh has replaced the Naked Juice bottles previously on sale at the counter. The new juice product’s cold-crafted, no-heat juicing process is meant to retain as much nutrition and actual produce flavor as possible.

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Neighborhood Food News

Get ready for fine Greek cusine, ice cream, free food, and late-night sushi.

Posted by: Brandon L. Bye on Apr 11, 2012 at 11:10AM 0 Comments

Vios’s new slant. Photo via Vios.

ALL OVER
Like cherry blossoms, Seattle restaurant week is in full effect. Sample from over 150 of Seattle’s top restaurants, all serving three-course dinners at $28– with many of them offering a three-course lunch for $15.

BALLARD

New Ballard Ave taproom Urban Family Public House to offer Saturday and Sunday breakfast sandwiches and beermosas from 11 to 3. Farmers market beer drinking? Yes please.

CAPITOL HILL

Starting this month Vios begins a transformation that will take it from kid-friendly fine Greek restaurant and marketplace to kid-friendly fine Greek restaurant and marketplace with brunch, a larger dining area catering to different types of diners (large groups and couples), and an expanded retail space with more local and imported artisanal goods and to-go offerings. Owner Thomas Soukakos told Seattle Times Rebekah Denn that kid friendliness reached a point that kidless diners felt out of place. Change is a good thing.

The Stranger’s Grant Brissey shared some good news for late-night sushi eaters of Capitol Hill (bad news for late-night sushi servers): Genki Sushi on Broadway has announced plans to stay open until 3.

GEORGETOWN

Now you can spin your very own Molly Moon’s salted caramel (or whatever flavor is your fave). The new cookbook, Molly Moon’s Parade of Flavors, will be on sale and on display at a cookbook release party on Saturday, April 28th at 8 pm in Georgetown. Get your tickets to the event ($30 gets two guests through the door and a signed book to call your own) here.

SODO

BOKA Kitchen and Bar will be tossing (handing) out free BOKA Jacks (caramelized popcorn) to passesrby at the Mariners’ home opener this Friday from 5 to 7.

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Neighborhood Food News: Breakfast Pretzels and $8 Lunches

Plus: Oola happy hour at Tavern Law, Peter Canlis’s wine celebration,and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 28, 2012 at 11:00AM 0 Comments

Thai Curry Simple’s walk-up in Cap Hill, now open later. Photo courtesy of their Facebook.

CAPITOL HILL
Eater Seattle shared the good news that the Thai Curry Simple walk-up window has extended its hours. It’s now open Monday to Friday 11 to 8, Saturday 11 to 5.

Tavern Law will be showcasing the wares of nearby distillery Oola tonight, March 28, from 7 to 10 with a special Oola-centric happy hour. On the menu: $7 bee’s knees and Moscow mules.

Lucky 8s is launching a lunch special: patrons choose one item from each of three categories (fortune, luck, and happiness—aka starter, entrée, and side) for $8, available to dine in or take out.

Yikes: Terra Plata got burgled this weekend. Capitol Hill Seattle blog reports that more than $3,000 in tools and construction equipment was swiped from the rooftop deck.

Poquitos is putting on a fundraiser this coming Monday, April 2, for the families of three skiers, Jim Jack, Chris Rudolph. and John Brenan, who were lost in a recent avalanche. The event begins at 4, and chef Manny Arce will be roasting two whole pigs and offering $2 tacos on the patio—ski attire is suggested.

DOWNTOWN
The Icon Grill has a new facade but a historically inaccurate quote. And Hanna Raskin has something (amusing) to say about it.

GREENWOOD
King 5 reports that last weekend a grease fire erupted at Rickshaw, interrupting a night of karaoke. No one was hurt.

QUEEN ANNE
Canlis is presenting the 2009 vintage of its Peter Canlis Syrah from Buty Winery to the wine-drinking world. On Friday, March 30, the Canlis crew is having a five-course celebration of good wine and good food in the restaurant’s penthouse.

SOUTH LAKE UNION
Just a reminder that breakfast at Brave Horse starts today, March 28. Finally, those pretzel breakfast sandwiches …

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
The hi-hat cupcake is coming back to Trophy Cupcakes next weekend. The chocolate-dipped, marshmallow-topped cupcakes are almost as elusive as the Easter bunny—they’ll surface for just two days on April 7 and 8. (Also, Hunger Games cupcakes through Sunday, April 1.)

An article on Sightline Daily kicked off a discussion of Seattle’s supposedly tragic food cart scene. We’ve got some catching up to do with our neighbors to the south for sure, but we don’t think it’s so bad up here, especially not with bellies full of crepes and beignets …

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Tags: Tavern Law, Lucky 8, Oola Distillery, Terra Plata, Brave Horse Tavern, Trophy Cupcakes, Seattle Food Trucks, Canlis, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Food News Roundup, Thai Curry Simple

Neighborhood Food News: Seattle’s James Beard Finalists, Restaurant Week Is around the Corner

Plus: A pho-mapping quest, calzones in Magnolia, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 21, 2012 at 10:15AM 0 Comments

Serious Eats doesn’t hate them…

BRYANT
Grand masters of chanoyu, the Japanese tea ceremony, will be leading a spring tea gathering on March 24. Beginners are welcome, but a kimono is recommended.

DOWNTOWN
Serious Eats just reviewed Seattle soda company Jones Soda’s Au Naturel drinks—their verdict: “not terrible.” The team also took a crack at Starbucks’ new Evolution Fresh juices, though not in the new Bellevue store.

MAGNOLIA
Neapolitan joint Queen Margherita is now folding pizzas in half and offering calzones. Also new (to Margherita, not to the world): Caesar and panzanella salads.

RENTON
A little bit of a trek, but this Friday, March 23, a traditional Swedish Easter smorgasbord is going down at Ikea. It costs $10, starts at 5:30, and involves many kinds of salmon and, of course, meatballs.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Seattle Restaurant Week begins April 8, with more than 150 restaurants participating in the three-course, $28 meal deal this year. There are some exciting new additions to the lineup, as well as a QR code contest, Eat and Seek, with opportunities to win gift cards and hotel stays and the like.

Seattle Weekly has teamed up with the Seattle Pho-natics to create the Pho File, a list of all the city’s many pho spots, complete with a overviews of the restaurants’ offerings and atmosphere. And they need help. Contact Hanna Raskin for an assignment, aka a new pho place to try and dish on.

The pared-down list of James Beard Award nominees is finally out, and two out of five of the Best Chef: Northwest nominees are from our city: Matt Dillon of Sitka and Spruce and Jason Franey of Canlis. And Tom Douglas too, in the Outstanding Restaurateur category. Again. Some local food writers got nods too.

It’s Hunger Action Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness about hunger in King County. There are various ways to take part: donate, volunteer, host a dinner party, or go see a fruit ninja contest at the Microsoft Store.

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Tags: Pizza, Tom Douglas, Food News, Food News Roundup, James Beard Awards, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Canlis, Sitka and Spruce

Neighborhood Food News: Meatless Mondays, mini MODs, and a West Seattle beer-naming contest

Plus: Mondays are on at Dinette, a Girl Scout cookie locator, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Mar 07, 2012 at 11:15AM 0 Comments

Dinette (home of many tasty takes on toast) is now open Mondays.

CAPITOL HILL
Skelly and the Bean’s unique chef incubator project began this week. Every Monday in March, Sarah Wong, instructor, chef, and member of the Butcher’s Guild, will be doing a meatless Monday menu, served up with a side of irony.

Eater Seattle reports that Dinette is now open Mondays. This means fancy toast is now available six days a week.

SODO
Ales from local brewery Two Beers will be available next week at CenturyLink Field. Starting March 17, some of the SoDo brewery’s most popular creations will be on tap during Seahawks and Sounders games.

SOUTH LAKE UNION
Tom Douglas’ Brave Horse Tavern will serve breakfast from 8 to 11 on weekdays, starting March 28. More importantly: Breakfast includes pretzel breakfast sandwiches.

WEST SEATTLE
Big Al Brewing is just about to launch a third ‘hood-exclusive charity beer, and the organizers are leaving the naming up to you, says West Seattle Blog. (Maybe they are hoping to avoid another double entendre …) Whoever comes up with the winning name gets to choose a charity to receive a portion of the beer’s proceeds, as well as a stack of gift certificates from a variety of bars, and eternal fame.

WOODINVILLE
Four intriguing meals are coming up at the Herbfarm: first Super Cattle, starting March 9, a meaty meal exalting Washington and Oregon–raised Wagyu. After that; Chambers of the Sea, Spring Forager’s Dinner, and Salmon Nation.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
The Beard and Stache Fest will be bouncing around town all month, from bingo at Calamity Jane’s to a Skee Ball tournament at King’s Hardware.

MOD Pizza has just launched the Mini MOD, a pizza sized for kids (or not-so-hungry grown-ups) that costs just $3.88. The little pie will be available at four of the five locations: Alderwood, Bellevue, Capitol Hill, and the U District.

For those of you regretting not buying an entire case of Thin Mints, never fear. There’s an online cookie locator. Find cookies in your ‘hood (or just find a new cookie spot, so they don’t see you coming back for yet another case of Samoas).

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Tags: Beer, Dinette, Skelly and the Bean, Brave Horse Tavern, Pretzels, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Cookies, Tom Douglas, Pizza, Breakfast Sandwiches

Neighborhood Food News: More Pasta at Il Corvo and Dine Around Seattle Is Coming Right Up

Plus: Cheese field trips with Calf and Kid, Proletariat Pizza delivers, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 29, 2012 at 12:30PM 0 Comments

Shortened hours means more pasta at Il Corvo.

CAPITOL HILL
Melrose Market cheesemonger The Calf and Kid is reviving the elementary school joy of the field trip with day trips to Yarmuth Farms to tour the creamery, pet the baby animals, and eat a big, cheesy lunch.

DOWNTOWN
The bad news: Il Corvo, the fresh pasta joint tucked into a gelato shop, is closing Mondays, cutting its days to Tuesday–Friday. The good news: Owner Mike Easton is closing Monday to have more pasta-making hours, so he will actually be able to keep serving lunch until 3 on the days the shop is open and can have more beautiful specials. (Like ‘naked’ nettle ravioli).

GREENWOOD
Phinneywood reports that Chuck’s Hop Shop is hosting a beer tasting to raise money for Vision Greenwood Park tonight, Wednesday the 1st, from five to eight.

LYNNWOOD
There’s a new Whole Foods opening soon up north—the grand opening will be on Thursday, March 15. An hour of hoopla begins at 8, and the doors officially open to the public at 9. Then on Saturday, March 17, the store is having a family-oriented celebration from 10 to 2…free samples?

U DISTRICT
As part of Free First Thursday, the Burke Museum will be opening its Hungry Planet exhibit to the public free of charge. The exhibit explores the interplay between food and culture through photos of families in their markets and homes with a week’s worth of groceries, as well as a special display about traditional Native American foodways.

WEST SEATTLE
Proletariat Pizza is trying out a new delivery service—available Monday through Wednesday to addresses nearby the White Center shop, according to Eater Seattle.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
On Thursday, March 1, the new Washington liquor legislation kicks in, making it possible for restaurants and bars to work directly with distillers and distributors without the state as a middleman. But things might not really change too much, for now at least.

Food-lover magazine Bon Appetit named the Hot Cakes bacon, oatmeal, raisin cookies served at Stumptown as one of the nation’s best coffee shop desserts. (And they’ve got a recipe!)

On the subject of accolades, Where Ya At Matt was counted amongst the nation’s 20 best food trucks by the most well-known arbiter of taste in the restaurant world, Smithsonian Magazine.

Dine Around Seattle, the 3-courses-for-$30 restaurant extravaganza, begins Thursday, March 1, with more restaurants this year then ever before. Start making your lists and your reservations.

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Tags: Pizza, Il Corvo, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Liquor Privatization, Food News Roundup, Liquor Laws, Food News, Pasta, Dine Around Seattle, Awards and Accolades, Where Ya At Matt

Neighborhood Food News: Tutta Bella Serves Presidential Pie, Belle Clementine Offers Meal Series Subscriptions

Plus: Grant Achatz seeks Seattle dining advice, Woodland Park Zoo teams up with Caffe Vita to save tree kangaroos and bring us coffee, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 22, 2012 at 10:15AM 0 Comments

Hot Cakes’ molten take-n-bake chocolate cakes are now available online. Photo courtesy of the Hot Cakes website.

BALLARD
Belle Clementine, the communal supper club, will be making subscriptions to its Seasonal Meal Series available today, the 22nd. Sign up in advance for a spot at one of the shared tables for multiple springtime meals and make yourself a Clementine regular.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
Tutta Bella was lucky enough to make a pie for President Obama when he was in town last week. They crafted a spicy pizza topped with local peppers and sausage, appropriately titled “Il Presidente.” It’ll be on sale at all Tutta Bella locations this week, reports the Seattle Times.

Autumn Martin’s Hot Cakes are now available nationwide via her website. She’s opening a shop on Ballard Ave this spring, but to hold you over till then, her take-and-bake cakes, sauces, and cookies are all available online.

Grant Achatz, internationally lauded chef of Chicago’s molecular gastronomy mecca Alinea, is coming our way this weekend and Twitterland is full of suggestions about where he should eat. Tilth? Canlis? Walrus and the Carpenter? Chime in.

It’s James Beard season, and Seattle’s food folk have earned a lot of nominations. Shining Northwest stars from places like Cafe Juanita, Spinasse, Boat Street Café, and more are up for awards. Canlis took home three nominations, including Best Chef Northwest for Jason Franey, the first year the chef was eligible.

Woodland Park Zoo and Caffe Vita have teamed up to bring the first ever coffee from the isolated Yopono Uruwa Som forests of Papua New Guinea to Seattle. After the forested region became a protected conservation area, Woodland Park’s Tree Kangaroo Conservation program and the coffee company stepped in to help farmers create a sustainable, profitable coffee crop. The tasty and sustainable coffee is available at all Caffe Vita locations and Woodland Park ZooStores.

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Tags: Pizza, Food News, Food News Roundup, James Beard Awards, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Woodland Park Zoo, Belle Clementine

Neighborhood Food News: Lark’s Successful Kickstarter Cookbook, Take-out Neapolitan in Magnolia

Plus: Save the Ding Dongs at Mod Pizza, an upcoming restaurant radio show, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 15, 2012 at 10:00AM 0 Comments

John Sundstrom of Lark is using Kickstarter to launch a cookbook and accompanying e-book.

CAPITOL HILL
Lark chef John Sundstrom is putting together a cookbook, without the help of a publisher. Sundstrom’s chosen to instead call on the foodie community via Kickstarter to raise the money to shoot the photos, edit the book, and create not just a cookbook but an e-book to boot. And since this was announced on February 6, he’s met and surpassed his $33,000 goal, proving the viability of his non-traditional approach— the motivation for which Rebekah Denn of the Seattle Times explains nicely.

MAGNOLIA
Neapolitan-style pizzeria Queen Margherita just started offering carry-out. Now you can put off that stone pizza oven project and still have wood-fired pies at home.

RAVENNA
Ravenna Blog reports that Café Da Pino had a minor fire last Thursday night, caused by faulty wiring. Thankfully, the damage wasn’t too extensive.

WALLINGFORD
Some post-Valentine’s sweetness is happening at the Wallingford Community Kitchen cooking event this Friday the 17th, with plans to make peanut butter cup pie and other chocolate desserts. Register today and bring an appetizer or main dish to share at the Friday gathering.

ON THE AIR
Joshua Henderson of Skillet fame and Julien Perry are teaming up for a radio show. Expect raucous discussions of restaurants. More details here.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
MOD Pizza can’t bear to see the Ding Dong go into extinction, a possibility due to snack manufacturer Hostess filing for bankruptcy. MOD has been selling Ding Dongs since the pizzeria opened, and now its locations are cutting the pastry’s price in half, down to a mere 50 cents.

West Coasters rejoice, ice cream maker Parfait has further expanded its delivery program. Insulated boxes packed with dry ice and delicious pints of ice cream can now be shipped to all of Washington, Oregon, and Utah, and parts of Idaho, California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Montana.

New York Magazine has compiled a truly sweet tooth–tickling list of the country’s 101 Most Crazy-Awesome New Desserts and a few Seattle spots made the list: A La Mode’s Blue Hawaii pie, and The Confectional’s decadent quadruple-chocolate cheesecake.

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Tags: Cookbooks, Pizza, Food News, Food News Roundup, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Seattle Food Delivery, Lark

Neighborhood Food News: Full Tilt Gains an Ice Cream Lab, Trophy Cupcakes Delivers

Plus: Met Market gets in the Valentine’s spirit, Tom Douglas Wants to Send You to Hawaii, Wild Ginger riffs on the Gauguin exhibit, and more.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 08, 2012 at 10:30AM 0 Comments

Trophy Cupcakes now delivers. Photo courtesy their website.

BELLEVUE
John Howie is getting in on the Sunday supper trend. These new weekly meals will be sized for four and, of course, centered on a shared steak.

CAPITOL HILL
Eater Seattle reports that tonight at Bako there will be both free snacks and fashion. It’s a Wednesday night grab-bag of an event: a DJ, a fashion show, vodka drinks, and $5 Bako gift cards.

DOWNTOWN
Another downtown restaurant is finding menu inspiration at the Seattle Art Museum. Wild Ginger is creating a menu inspired by Gauguin’s Polynesia, on exhibit at SAM through April 29. The menu will be available tomorrow, but here’s a teaser: twice-cooked Indonesian wings, first simmered in a myriad of Southeast Asian spices, then fried and coated in hoisin barbeque sauce. Even better, these dishes are accompanied by a new tropical cocktail.

GREEN LAKE
Free babysitting at Café Bonjour on Valentine’s Day. Parents eat, kids play under supervision. (But if you have scored a sitter, boy have we got Valentine’s dinner ideas for you. Here and here.)

QUEEN ANNE
Metropolitan Market is going all out for Valentine’s: from 5-7 on Thursday there will be a champagne tasting, crab cakes, oysters, and chocolate covered strawberries at the Mercer Street location. And from 4-7 that same day, sample Cupcake Royale’s Deathcake and Macrina Bakery’s chocolate cherry heart loaf. Both pastries will be at the Queen Anne Ave location for sample and for sale on Saturday.

WEST SEATTLE
Full Tilt Ice Cream is expanding, though not with a new retail location this time (yet.) According to the West Seattle blog, the ice creamery is taking over a 6,061 square-foot space to use for manufacturing, storage, and as a laboratory, with tentative plans for retail space and perhaps a gallery in the future. The new space will allow Full Tilt to crank out more goodness, as well as give kids mouthwatering tours.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS

Tom Douglas wants to send you to Hawaii. Two tickets to Kona, three nights at a swanky hotel, and a big seafood dinner are up for grabs. Drop by any of his restaurants to pick up the contest questions, or download it here and drop it off.

Dangerous: Trophy Cupcakes are now available by delivery. A day’s notice and a minimum order of a dozen cupcakes (maybe a batch of February’s special dark chocolate raspberry cupcakes…) will get you delivery for $15 in Seattle, $20 in Bellevue.

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Tags: Tom Douglas, Full Tilt, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Cupcakes, Food News Roundup, Wild Ginger, Sunday Suppers, Free Food, Contests, Trophy Cupcakes

Neighborhood Food News: Globetrotting Mondays at La Bête, Late-Night Cheese at Art

Plus: A Super Bowl Facebook competition at Skillet, Raclette at Cafe Presse, and Valentine’s Day plans.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Feb 01, 2012 at 09:45AM 0 Comments

TASTE at SAM has a new Polynesian-inspired menu to go along with the Gauguin exhibit. Photo courtesy of the SAM website

CAPITOL HILL
Skillet is celebrating the Super Bowl with a Facebook competition. Help them get to 10,000 likes and suddenly become the most popular person on the block with a Skillet-catered party this Sunday. If the restaurant and food truck empire achieves 8,000 likes, it opens up a drawing for dinner for two at the diner, while 9,000 likes means dinner for four.

Mondays are going international at La Bête. The two chefs at the helm of the French-influenced restaurant have started a series of global Monday night menus—they’ll be exploring India through March, then on to Eastern Europe, Mexico, Japan, Italy…

Raclette, the perfect warm dish for a cold February evening, is back at Café Presse. Loosen your belt and prepare for some bubbling melted chalet cheese with potatoes, salami, and two kinds of ham.

DOWNTOWN
The new late night happy hour at Four Seasons restaurant Art starts today, reports Eater Seattle. The insane spread of cheese and antipasti that lures crowds in the early evening resumes once again between 9 and 11. The all-you-can-eat spread runs $7, with discounted wine selections to boot.

SAM’s Taste restaurant has developed a Parisian-inspired, Polynesian-based, Northwest-leaning menu to complement the Gauguin & Polynesia: An Elusive Paradise exhibit, on display through April 29. A good example of this three-pronged inspiration: seared scallops with ginger and pine.

Boka is joining the dollar oyster club. Sunday through Thursday, 9:30 to close, stop in for $1 oysters and $5 glasses of sparkling wine.

EASTLAKE
To make sure all their pals working a restaurant industry schedule can make it in, owners Rene Gutierrez and Charles Walpole have extended the hours of Blind Pig Bistro. Walpole and new arrival Matt Fortner will be in the kitchen Monday through Saturday, beginning February 6.

PHINNEY RIDGE
418 Public House is now family friendly, till 8 o’clock at least, ways the PhinneyWood blog. The restaurant is now open to those under 21 until 8 pm, and has a new kids menu too.

MULTIPLE LOCATIONS
We’ve rounded up some Valentine’s Day dinners from around the city. Your guide to everything from chocolate cherry jubilee to caramelized shallot consomme with braised oxtail is right over here.

Don’t forget—Savor Seattle’s foodie hunt begins today. A puzzle and a prize a day, leading up to the grand prize at the end of the month: a tour for two through every Tom Douglas restaurant.

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Tags: Valentine's Day, Contests, Skillet, Spring Hill, Fried Chicken, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Cafe Presse, La Bete, Ma'Ono Fried Chicken and Whisky

Neighborhood Food News: Fire at Amore Infused, Big Mario’s Goes Dark for SOPA

Plus: Where to eat and drink in the snow, and burgers get creative at Brave Horse Tavern.

Posted by: Anne Larkin on Jan 18, 2012 at 11:30AM 0 Comments

Amore Infused owner Sean Langan took to Facebook to share images of his fire-ravaged restaurant with fans and regulars.

BELLTOWN
Eater Seattle says that the fire that broke out January 15 at Italian food and cocktail spot Amore Infused was caused by an electrical outlet. The blaze caused an estimated $300,000 of damage, and left owner Sean Langan without a kitchen in which to prepare for his five upcoming catering jobs. Langan isn’t sure how long his restaurant will remain closed for repairs and remodeling, but still plans to participate in FareStart’s guest chef night on January 26.

CAPITOL HILL
If it’s good enough for Google and Wikipedia, it’s good enough for Big Mario’s. The pizza shop that delivered hot pies to Occupy Seattle protesters this past fall has temporarily shut down its website in support of today’s protests of the federal House and Senate’s Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act.

SOUTH LAKE UNION
Tom Douglas’s gastropub Brave Horse Tavern has been calling for burger of the week submissions from patrons, and Seattle Weekly‘s Hanna Raskin reports on some of the more memorable concoctions. The entries have ranged from latke-topped burgers to peanut-butter heavy Elvis burgers. This week’s winner: Jalapeno Heater, a bacon and chuck patty topped with jalapeno poppers, Calabrian aioli, and red cabbage slaw.

EVERYWHERE
In case you haven’t seen Twitter, Facebook, the actual news, or the actual outdoors, it’s snowing today. Some bars and restaurants have called in a snow day (as have most food trucks) but plenty of places are open and catering to the hungry, thirsty, and snowbound.

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Tags: Tom Douglas, Neighborhood Food News Roundup, Brave Horse Tavern, Amore Infused, Big Mario's