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Special Occasion Restaurants for When You Want to Go Big

Because sometimes life hands you reasons to make a reservation and really blow it out.

10/18/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best New Restaurants of 2023

This year’s top newcomers include pizza with a sense of place, sushi with a sense of humor, and a chef who sources from his mom’s garden.

09/12/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

A Beachfront Restaurant that Doesn’t Brag—But Should

The (frequently untold) story of Driftwood, a compelling new restaurant on Alki Beach.

07/27/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants on Mercer Island

From burgers to forbidden duck.

06/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Redmond

From Indian pizza to Korean barbecue.

06/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Dining Guide

11 Shops for Sandwich Greatness: From Pastrami to Po' Boys

Warning: This list includes excessive amounts of meat.

05/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

A Smash Burger That Hits

Smash That Burger, a new food truck on Lower Queen Anne is a burger destination that also happens to feed a brewery.

05/02/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Down a Madison Park Alleyway, Sushi Suzuki Has Great Fun with Serious Sushi

A 10-seat sushi bar presents omakase down the rabbit hole.

04/06/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

A New Identity for the Phở Bắc Boat: Neighborhood Diner

The Boat serves exactly one dish, fried garlic chicken, plus pandan waffles for dessert.

03/31/2023 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Best New Restaurants 2022

Seattle Snacks We Loved This Year

The portable, hyper-palatable heroes of our newest bakeries and cafes.

12/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants 2022

MariPili Tapas Bar Is Our Restaurant of the Year

In a storied space on Capitol Hill, Grayson Corrales does her abuela proud.

11/30/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

A Northwest Seafood Restaurant That Goes Hard

Surely Seattle has fish-centric restaurants on every corner, right? Hardly, but Brendan McGill’s new Seabird adds an ambitious one to the mix.

11/28/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

This Long-Awaited Bar in Greenwood Lives Up to Expectations

Bar Sur Mer is Eric Donnelly’s version of keeping it simple.

11/16/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

Most Definitely High on Chicken Supply

Greenwood’s Filipino fried chicken tastes magic and goes fast. It even comes on a stick.

11/09/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best New Restaurants of 2022

New faces change the game, while veteran chefs embrace new directions.

10/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

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The Butcher, the Baker, the Cheeseburger Maker

Beast and Cleaver hides a destination restaurant behind a (really good) butcher counter.

09/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Main Dish

Where to Eat in Walla Walla

You already know what to drink.

07/05/2022 By Allison Williams and Allecia Vermillion

Review

When Tomo Broke the Internet

Brady Ishiwata Williams’s new spot in White Center defies description and draws a crowd.

05/16/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Dinner Is Fire

Great Korean BBQ and Yakiniku Restaurants in (and Around) Seattle

Where to go, what to do, and how to best enjoy two fantastic traditions of tabletop grilling.

02/21/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Jungyeon Roh Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Seattle Dining Guide

Best New Restaurants: Takeout Edition

Smokeshow steaks, vegan Lao dishes, katsu for days, and a double dose of queso.

01/25/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

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