Open

White Swan Public House
Radiator Whiskey's seafood-oriented sibling is now open on Lake Union's southern shore. And...this just in: White Swan is doing $1 oysters (rotating varieties) weekdays from 4–6pm. Drink specials are in the works as well. 

Coming Soon

A Home for Windy City Pie
The itinerant purveyor of excellent deep-dish pizza has a home: Windy City Pie announced on Facebook it's setting up shop at Batch 206 Distillery. What this means: More capacity and pizza pickup in Interbay.

Shift Change

Carrie Mashaney at Mamnoon
After running the restaurant's top-notch bread and pastry program, Carrie Mashaney has ascended to executive chef at Mamnoon, now that Jason Stratton is installed at sibling restaurant Mbar and David Gurewitz has moved on. The world feels right again with this badass woman (a veteran of Spinasse and Aragona) running a kitchen.

Murraywatch
I kinda stopped reporting Murray Stenson's whereabouts of late because bartenders move around and after a certain point, it seemed a little much. But what the hey—our city's most esteemed barkeep is back at Kaname Tuesday through Saturday from 5 to 10, and at Il Bistro on Monday nights.

Expansion Mode

Paseo and Li'l Woody's
Two burger/sandwich purveyors with devoted followings, two new locations.

Meals

Breakfast at Fat's Chicken and Waffles
It seems appropriate that the Central District house of fried chicken and old-school waffles is adding weekday breakfast as of October 4.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Two Beers Brewing and Seattle Cider Company
The SoDo brewery and cider house announced this week a merger (or partnership, or acquisition, depending on your perspective) with Agrial, a French farmer-run cider cooperative. Here's founder Joel VandenBrink's letter explaining what's to come.

Good Causes

Full Tilt/Shipwreck Honey/City Fruit/White Center Food Bank
The ice creamery that busts out custom flavors for everyone from Nancy Pearl to Mudhoney has a new flavor out for a good cause. Honey Fig is made with Shipwreck Honey and figs sourced from City Fruit, which mines urban orchards to provide produce to local food banks. So it's fitting that proceeds from Honey Fig go to the White Center Food Bank. The flavor's available in scoops and pints.