Art of the Table Chef Returns, Korean Winery Opens, and More Food News
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Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend.
Image: Courtesy Soapbox Project
The Art of What’s Next
Chef Dustin Ronspies left few clues of what his plans were after closing Art of the Table late last year. But this week he popped up with a new role as executive chef-in-residence at Soapbox Project, a nonprofit that aims to help people heal climate anxiety and loneliness through connections, learning, and action. Ronspies has been involved with Soapbox since it began its weekly dinners last year, and now brings his expertise and relationships with local farmers to helping the organization with its work around transforming food systems.
New Brew
Woodinville’s got tasting rooms of all stripes, but Saturday marks the opening of its first artisanal Korean rice wine brewery tasting room. Rainbrew Makgeolli has been hard at work supplying local restaurants (including Familyfriend, Paju, and Joule) and bottle shops with its drinks for a few months, but will now open its doors to customers three days a week.
Image: Courtesy Bonhomie Coffee Bar
Coffee Talk
Bonjour, Bonhomie: The U-District’s Haitian coffee bar, Cafe Konbit, closed at the end of last year, but Haitian coffee fans have a new option. Bonhomie Coffee Bar, from local entrepreneur Michelle Dean, started a residency inside South Lake Union’s Pizza by Ruffin this week. Find it each Sunday from 11am to 2pm, brewing Haitian beans and swirling in housemade kremas or chocolate syrup.
Image: Courtesy Café Feva
Expert Espresso: Former Monorail Espresso employee Nicole Carter is opening her own shop, Café Feva, today, becoming the first independent coffee shop to use Monorail’s flagship beans. Bright and spacious, the shop adds to Stone Way’s growing collection of street-level retail anchors to its many apartment buildings.
Spoke Signals: Coffee shop Cedar & Spokes, just north of the Pike Place Market closed up shop earlier this month. Coastline Church pastor Brice Sanders posted on Instagram that he “Heard from the Lord that it was time to let go of the cafe.” He sold the space to first-time coffee shop owner John Lore, who plans to open his own shop, Formline Coffee, in the space.
Oh, BTW, here’s what you missed last week.
