Alfresco Film

Seattle Summer Outdoor Movie Guide 2025

Hope you wanted to see Wicked this year.

07/24/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Seafood in Seattle

Where to find the oysters, the crab rolls, and the sustainably sourced delicacies that define our waterbound town.

07/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Jet Ready

Where to Watch the Blue Angels at Seafair This Year

A guide to the aerobatic show over Seattle.

07/17/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Spectacles

All the Razzmatazz at This Year's Seafair

It's not all about the Blue Angels.

07/10/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach and Seattle Met Staff

Blowouts

What to Do In and Around Seattle for Fourth of July

From parades and fireworks to classic car shows.

07/01/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Monkin’ Around

This Snohomish Monastery Is the Closest Thing Seattle Has to a Burmese Restaurant

It’s not a restaurant and it’s not in Seattle, but there is Burmese food.

06/17/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Foul Tip

A Menu with No Good Options

Why so many restaurants are switching to service charges—and what that means for diners.

06/09/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Commence Celebration

Seattle Restaurants for Graduation Dinner

Grandma's probably not into tasting menus.

05/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Great Tacos and Mexican Restaurants

An ode to birria, mole, fresh tortillas—and the agave spirits that love them.

04/30/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Celebratory Confections

The Best Seattle Bakeries for One-of-a-Kind Birthday Cakes

Guava-filled, unicorn-themed, and everything in between.

04/16/2025 By Annette Maxon and Naomi Tomky

Child’s Play

25 Things to Do with Kids in 2025

The best places to climb, ride, laze, fly, and have fun in Seattle right now.

04/09/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff Illustrations by James Clapham

Seattle Dining Guide

Pike Place Market Restaurants: A Great Big Guide

From quick lunches to special occasion dinners. (With stops for crumpets and hombow in between.)

03/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Branching Out

Our Favorite Libraries In and Around Seattle

Books, get your books here.

03/20/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Infinite Possibilities

Here Are Some of Our Favorite Round Objects in Seattle

It's Pi Day. Time to embrace irrational content.

03/14/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Civic Staples

The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Seattle

Warming noodle soups, cool cocktail hangouts, and many a great deli in between.

03/05/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Trivial Pursuit

The Seattleite's Guide to Bar Trivia

Fire up your brains and grab a beer. Here's your guide to dozens of trivia nights around the city.

02/20/2025 By Seattle Met Staff

Local Letters

A Big Seattle Reading List

An alphabetized list of books—recent releases, stone-cold classics—from Washingtonians past and present.

02/18/2025 By Stefan Milne and Seattle Met Staff

Well Well Well

Why I’m Not Making Resolutions This Year

In 2024, my resolutions saved my life. In 2025, I made none.

01/27/2025 By Haley Shapley

Year in Review

Seattle Met’s Most-Read Longform Stories of 2024

These are the features our readers loved this year.

12/27/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Toe pick

Where to Go Ice Skating in and near Seattle

Where to rent skates, take a class, or even play broomball on the ice.

12/18/2024 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach