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A Noodle Phenom Returns, a Northwest Legend Shutters

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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A dish you might find at chef Preeti Agarwal’s Pomerol or Meesha popup (Stevie Rotella Photography).

Continental Shift

While Preeti Agarwal, new owner of Pomerol in Fremont, evolves the French-Vietnamese menu toward India, her monthly Meesha popup does modern Indian dishes.

Foraged Farewells

James Beard winner Matt Dillon will close Sitka and Spruce after New Year’s Eve, ending his original restaurant’s 14-year tenure shaping our definition of Northwest cuisine.

A Phenomenal Return

A 30-year Chinatown–International District institution returns after closing in 2018. Phnom Penh Noodle House will reopen on South Jackson in early 2020.

Grocery Glee

Our wait spanned years, but H Mart delivered. The Korean grocer just opened a location at Second and Pine, plus a condensed spin-off, District H, in South Lake Union.

Swanky New Digs

This summer, storied steak house El Gaucho will depart its longtime location in Belltown for its new home at 2414 Western Avenue, a historic stable just north of Pike Place Market.

Published in the The 30 Women Who Built Seattle issue of Seattle Met.




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.