Eat & Drink

Asked/Answered

What’s the Deal with Pull-Tabs?

Washington’s dive bar–iest form of gambling, explained.

11/25/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Friday Feed

Seattle Art Museum's New Restaurant and More Food News

A new Yemeni restaurant, a fire at Greenlake Bar and Grill, and when will Bateau reopen?

11/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Skillet Closing, Stevie's Famous Opening, and More Food News

The Virginia Inn is so back, baby.

11/14/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Party Fowl

These Local Restaurants Will Serve Thanksgiving Dinner

Snag a reservation—or a pickup time—and leave the holiday spread to the pros this year.

11/13/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Recommendations

The Best Thai Restaurants in Seattle Right Now

In a city with Thai restaurants aplenty, these favorites sidestep Americanized sweetness for a bolder harmony of flavors.

11/12/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Fro-Dough

The Great Seattle Cookie Bake-Off

Bake-at-home cookies offer the best parts of baking, with none of the mess.

11/11/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hot To Go

Seattle’s Thai Cuisine Is on Fire at Larb, Roy, and Gao Lhao

With flaming hot pots and sizzling street food, three new restaurants redraw the map of Seattle’s Thai food scene.

11/10/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Naan Stop

Eat This: Gas Station Goat Curry

Find your après ski stew at North Bend’s tastiest convenience store.

11/07/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Time-Tested

Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants

From tasting menus to taco counters, and all points in between.

11/05/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Pit Crew

Building a Better Luau

How one organization is flipping the dynamics of an exploited tradition.

11/04/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Culinary Empires on the Move with Openings from Brendan McGill and Renee Erickson

Plus an intriguing correction and six more new restaurants to get excited about.

10/31/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hot Topic

Tasty Trends and Fusty Fads

The hottest and nottest in the local food scene this season.

10/31/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Best Food Forward

What Seattle Does Best

The restaurant genres where our little city punches above its weight.

10/27/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

What Does $5 Buy You at Seattle's Best New Restaurants?

Plus the Ink Drinker opens a book bar, Salt & Straw puts fish on ice cream, and more food news.

10/24/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Knives Out

A Butter Place Spreads Creativity to the Dairy Aisle

Adrian Sanders churns up wild flavors designed to make dinner easier.

10/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

This year’s top spots made the best of tough times by getting creative, obsessive, or both.

10/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky Photography by Amber Fouts

Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

This year’s top spots made the best of tough times by getting creative, obsessive, or both.

10/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky Photography by Amber Fouts

Battle Local

This or That: Seattle Food Edition

A lightning round of local specialties, chosen by local chefs and restaurateurs.

10/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky Illustrations by Betty Turbo

Friday Feed

Mbar Closing, Oh Sun Pivoting, and Arabic Cafés Trending

This week's food news also has a bit of grocery store gossip.

10/17/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Short Stop

Olympia Has One of America's Only Assyrian Restaurants

Nineveh brings an ancient culture to the capital city.

10/16/2025 By Allison Williams