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Seattle Restaurant News March 2019

Kushikatsu lands on Capitol Hill this spring.

Osaka Meets Pike/Pine

Adana’s Shota Nakajima broadens the city’s Japanese food spectrum with Taku, a new Capitol Hill bar dedicated to Osaka’s fried street food skewers known as kushikatsu.

A Kamonegi Spin-Off

Two doors down from Kamonegi, her restaurant in Fremont, Mutsuko Soma will soon open a sake bar, Hannyatou, complete with fermentation-driven snacks.

Stealth Health

The former Cocina Esperanza in Ballard is now Lucky Santo, an all-day haven of gluten-free, vibrantly vegetal fare from Stoneburner alum Nikki DeGidio. (Jason Stoneburner’s also a partner.)

Tastes Like Feast

The team behind Portland festival Feast has overhauled the chef component at Taste Washington; the state’s mega wine festival returns March 28–31.

The New Nirmal

New chef Ashish Bagul moved from India to head the kitchen at Nirmal’s in Pioneer Square—still named for its original chef, Nirmal Monteiro.

Published in the The Ultimate Guide to the New International District issue of Seattle Met.











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.