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If you want to go tasting room hopping in SoDo, there’s one building you have to visit. SoDo Urbanworks contains nine winery tasting rooms and a Schooner Exact tasting room in the 7 acre business park. If you can’t try all nine wineries (maybe a good decision), Latta Wines and Kerloo Cellars are both owned by upcoming winemakers (Andrew Latta and Ryan Read more...
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This Woodinville winery’s tasting room just opened in September on First Ave, and if you love the varietals this state is known for—cabernet sauvignon, syrah, riesling—you can find plenty of sophisticated takes on those here, including in flights. They even have a Cougar-themed wine for those times when you want to support the team but still feel sophisticated about it. Read more...
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The wood-powered grill and oven that defined Matt Dillon’s Bar Sajor now focuses on Latin American flavors—grilled Salvadoran cheese, stuffed trout, quesadillas filled with smoked pumpkin, superlative tacos, braised beef adorned with massive slices of charred pineapple and a salsa made with bone marrow. Drinks are as sunny as the space; Dillon’s a partner, but the actual chef is Taber Read more...
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The owners will insist this kitschy riff on old-school Chinese American dining is a bar, not a restaurant. Even though Ma‘ono chef Mark Fuller is the guy behind the menu of updated honey pecan prawns, barbecued pork, and the best General Tso’s chicken to ever come in contact with disposable chopsticks. Actually all the food comes in compostable takeout containers, Read more...
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Josh Henderson’s Westlake ramen shop keeps Japan’s signature noodle soup relatively classic, with five variations, plus a small bites menu geared toward the happy hour crowd (for the record, every dish on it is $1 off during happy hour). Read more...
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Outfitted with softly glowing Edison lightbulbs and plenty of seating, Redhook’s new small-batch brewpub on Pike/Pine dispenses inventive creations from beer scientist aka head brewer Nick Crandall. Like the hazy Two Up Imperial IPA, consisting of high doses of oats and wheat, plus southern hemisphere–sourced hops: a well-rounded drink that doesn’t kick you in the mouth like its double IPA Read more...
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This cocktail bar sibling to No Anchor and Rob Roy puts a modern spin on tiki, via sleek midcentury decor and a drink list that mixes classics (zombies, mai tais) with modern creations inspired by tropical flavors. Chef Jeffrey Vance’s food menu is heavy on crudo, fancy chips and dip, and dishes inspired by whatever spot on the globe currently holds Read more...
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Hitchcock’s Brendan McGill runs this all-day cafe in the art deco Exchange Building, a culinary bright spot on a barren stretch of First Avenue downtown. Mornings mean espresso, pastries, and biscuits—great ones made with lard from his own Mangalitsa hogs. Lunchtime sandwiches include favorites from Hitchcock Deli; come afternoon, people who work in nearby offices linger in clean-lined booths with wine Read more...