Nosh Pit

Another Round of Good Eats for Easter Brunch

Round two of delicious brunch options in Seattle and beyond.

Posted by: Jessie Wesley on Mar 29, 2012 at 02:00PM 0 Comments

Easter omelet goodness, courtesy of Ivar’s. Photo via ivars.com.

Mondello Ristorante Italiano
For an Easter filled with lasagna, eggs Florentine, and Sicilian toast “pan fried to perfection,” look no further than this romantic Italian spot in the heart of Magnolia. Reservations recommended.
When: 9:30–3
Price: $25 adults

Sazerac
Chef Jason McClure has crafted a hearty buffet starring pit-smoked ham, an omelet station, and a plethora of other kid- and crowd-pleasers. Reservations recommended.
When: 10–3
Price: $45 adults, $13 for kids 12 and under

Copperleaf Restaurant at Cedarbrook Lodge
Menu highlights include roasted lamb, Alaskan cod, and a (very tempting) Snoqualmie Ice Cream buffet. Reservations encouraged.
When: 11–3
Price: $50 adults, $25 kids

Urbane
This hyperlocal eatery tempts early birds with specials like a Zoe’s ham frittata alongside the regular brunch menu. Book a reservation.
When: 6–2:30
Price: Plates vary between $15 and $21

RN74
Chef Seis Kamimura helms a three-course dinner that features enticing selections like ahi tuna tartare, moules frites, and Washington flat-iron steak. Pastry chef Kim Mahar whips up desserts such as steamed lemon pudding with lemon curd sherbet. Call 206-456-7474 to reserve.
When: 5:30–10:30pm
Price: $28

Salish Lodge and Spa
Commence Easter morning with a panoramic view of Snoqualmie Falls. Diners can choose from a generous Northwest-inspired buffet or a formal three–course brunch. Book a reservation here.
When: 7–4
Price: $52–$72 adults, $26–$36 kids

Ivar’s Acres of Clams
The iconic restaurant on Pier 54 prepares a buffet boasting more than 100 items, from freshly shucked oysters to made-to-order bananas foster. Reservations recommended.
When: 9–2:30
Price: Adults $35, kids $15

Ponti Seafood Grill
Take in views of Ship Canal and a taste of raspberry mascarpone French toast or Alaska sockeye during Ponti’s three-course plated brunch. Reservations recommended.
When: 10–2:30
Price: $29 adults, $15 kids

Bin on the Lake
If Kirkland beckons, check out this spot for an elegant three-course prix fixe brunch created by new chef Dylan Giordan. Bacon beignets and waygu steak and eggs are just the beginning. Kids menu available. Reserve a spot.
When: 11–2
Price: $50 per person

Add a Comment »

Tags: Salish Lodge, Cedarbrook Lodge, Sazerac, Bin on the Lake, Ivar's Seafood Restaurant, Urbane, Easter Brunch 2012, Mondello Ristorante Italiano

It’s Dine Around Seattle Time, People

(Pssst: Here’s where you’ll get the best deals.)

Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Nov 01, 2010 at 09:00AM 1 Comments

Alright, full disclosure: We’re helping sponsor the thing.

But we wouldn’t lend our name to it if Dine Around Seattle weren’t a solid promotion full of screamin’ deals for our readers.

The setup, in case you’ve been living in a neighboring galaxy: Every year during March and November, diners get three-course dinners for $30 at participating restaurants, Mondays through Thursdays. (Some also do lunches for $15.)

That means it starts tonight.

A good deal in some restaurants, three courses for $30 is a fantastic deal in others. Lecosho for instance—Matt’s in the Market founder Matt Janke’s Harbor Steps sensation—is so new your DAS visit will grant you foodie cred that’s dang near priceless.

Outlying destinations, like the spendy Palisade in Magnolia, Barking Frog in Woodinville, and Salish Lodge at the falls in Snoqualmie, offer their patented brand of special occasion dining at a fraction of the usual tab.

As for Seattle neighborhood charmers like 35th Street Bistro, Eva, and Stumbling Goat Bistro …well, sometimes you just need an excuse to cast a new eye upon an old favorite. Sounds like a good deal to us.

Add a Comment »

Tags: Promotions, 35th Street Bistro, Stumbling Goat Bistro, Eva Restaurant, Lecosho, Matt's in the Market, Barking Frog, Salish Lodge, Dine Around Seattle, Palisade

Chef Tyler Hefford-Anderson Hired at Salish

Can that promising appointment turn around the most gorgeous underachiever in the region?

Posted by: Kathryn Robinson on Aug 02, 2010 at 09:00AM 1 Comments

Meet Chef Tyler Hefford-Anderson

Is it my imagination, or am I getting wind of a new exec kitchen hire at Salish Lodge about once a month?

First Roy Breiman…then Justin Sledge…then Brad Komen…and now Tyler Hefford-Anderson. This critic sincerely hope this one takes, because this is one restaurant worth revitalizing.

Seattle longtimers remember the Salish when it was Snoqualmie Falls Lodge, with its gi-normous country breakfasts and schtick of pouring honey on the housemade biscuits from a perilous height.

The joint got bought, renamed, refashioned as a spa-resort, featured along with the very dead Laura Palmer in Twin Peaks, bought again. But throughout it occupied that one-in-a-million cliffside perch next to the thundering Snoqualmie Falls, as quintessentially Northwest a location as exists in the world.

Alas, since those early glory days the fussy, overpriced fare has never approached the location as a draw. Recent years have at least recast the focus from Euro-pretentious to Northwest-focused—even, under Native American Chef de Cuisine Jack Strong, indigenously inspired—but the place needs a shot in the arm.

Now it has one in the form of Hefford-Anderson, a young chef I will always prize as the guy who brought us the first terrific iteration of Opal on Queen Anne. After he left the place declined, then closed.

An avid gardener and family man, Hefford-Anderson logged almost the whole decade before Opal as a chef at the exclusive Rainier Club—rigorous training pleasing the pickiest palates in Seattle.

Here’s hoping he can bring life back into the kitchen at the Salish.

Add a Comment »

Tags: Northwest Cuisine, Tyler Hefford-Anderson, Salish Lodge, Northwest Indiginous Food