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Thumbnail for - Valentine's Day Dinners: "Hot and Heavy"
Jan 23, 2013
Love, Love, Love
Our second installment of Valentine's Day options is all about sexy dinners heavy on the aphrodisiacs. Get a room will you?
Thumbnail for - Cavatelli with Golden Chanterelles, Duck Sugo, Duck Liver, and Sage at Altura
Dec 31, 2012
My Ten Favorite Dishes of 2012
Dish #1: Surely you’re not surprised that it’s from Altura.
Thumbnail for - Christmas Dinner in Seattle, Part II
Dec 13, 2012
Tis the Season
Dress to the nines for these swank holiday options.
Thumbnail for - Seattle Restaurant of the Year 2012: Altura
Oct 29, 2012
Platefuls of miracles arise from rustic Italian fare.
Thumbnail for - Iberico de Bellota Arrives in Seattle
Sep 19, 2012
The acorn diet turns Spain’s black-footed pigs into a rare delicacy.
Thumbnail for - Wild About Game's Seattle-Portland Smackdown
Sep 12, 2012
Hunger Games
High up on Mount Hood, Seattle chefs dominated three out of four rounds of this annual game-cooking competition.
Thumbnail for - Fun With Health Department Warnings
Apr 9, 2012
Critic’s Notebook
Was it Matt Dillon who wrote the first smartassy one at the original Sitka and Spruce? That just seems right, though the proof has long since been erased from those old blackboard menus. They’re...
Thumbnail for - Altura’s Heavenly Italian Restaurant on Capitol Hill
Jan 25, 2012
Altura, Capitol Hill’s new Italian restaurant, serves meals touched by an angel.
Thumbnail for - Restaurants with Cushions
Jan 23, 2012
Critic's Notebook
I get loads of requests for restaurant recommendations, but here was a first: “I have a ‘bony butt’ which means it’s painful to sit on chair with little or no padding. I carry a cushion in my car...
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Dec 27, 2011
Critic's Notebook
Like 2010, this year brought spinoffs aplenty, with restaurateurs like Tom Douglas colonizing in earnest—in his case, South Lake Union (see Serious Pie, Serious Biscuit, Ting Momo, Brave Horse...