Dining Guides

Spice Route

Tacoma’s Grann Serves a Smoking Mix of Barbecue and Indian Food

The ambitious fusion of Indian cuisine and soul food makes a compelling, if imperfect, case for dinner down south.

09/08/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Air Fare

Eat This: Empanadas at the Airport

Neighborhood Bubble Tea & Coffee adds a little color to SeaTac’s Terminal D.

08/29/2025 By Naomi Tomky

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

Seattle Freeze

The Big Giant List of Seattle’s Best Ice Cream Shops

A quadruple-scoop, triple-swirl helping with all the extras of the city’s best soft serve spots, scoop stops, and sundae haunts.

06/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Perfect Patios for Sunny Days

Everything tastes better outside.

06/12/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

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

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

Pre-Game Guide

Best Restaurants and Bars Near Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park

Where to eat if you’re headed to the stadiums.

03/18/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

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

Lunch, No Rush

Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots

Our favorite restaurants for a sit-down midday meal—the kind that doesn’t involve paper wrappers or to-go bags.

02/10/2025 By Naomi Tomky Edited by Seattle Met Staff

From Biscuits to Bagels

A Baker’s Dozen of Exceptional Breakfast Sandwiches

It’s hard to improve on simplicity. Unless it involves a hash brown patty.

01/30/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Most Underrated Restaurants

From udon to fish tacos to tasting menus, these spots deserve more attention.

01/28/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Love = Reservations

Valentine's Day Dinners in Seattle

These restaurants want to serve you a prix fixe menu. And probably some champagne.

01/27/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle Bagels: A Field Guide

Because a good everything bagel is everything.

01/24/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Hole Foods

Behold, the Best Doughnuts in Seattle

Sprinkled, glazed, and occasionally topped with bacon: These are the city’s most impressive practitioners of fried dough.

01/15/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Yule Fuel

The Seattle and Eastside Guide to Christmas (Eve) Dining

From dinner to brunch, festive options abound for December 24 and 25...and beyond.

12/09/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Chinese Restaurants

Our favorite spots for noodles, dumplings, dim sum, and hot pot, featuring food from Shanghai to Xinjiang.

12/09/2024 By Hsiao-Ching Chou and Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

Dinner Is Fire

A Meaty Guide to Seattle's Best Korean BBQ

Grab those tongs and get grilling.

11/20/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion Photography by David Jaewon Oh

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