Eat & Drink

Spring Chicken

Shota Nakajima Will Open Banzai Teriyaki in Cle Elum

The Top Chef favorite heads east with char-grilled chicken and a giant rooftop patio.

02/08/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Madrona's New Bakery Is All about Cookies

Cookies with Tiffany embraces nostalgia in the form of s'mores, funfetti, and classic chocolate chip.

02/04/2022 By Ann Karneus

Ticket Alert

Lumen’s Giant Outdoor Field to Table Dinner Series Is Back

Get ready for flageolets at the 50-yard line. The stadium will once again moonlight as a massive open-air dining room.

02/03/2022 By Ann Karneus

Dinner IRL

Wanna Celebrate Valentine's Day on a Patio?

Indoor and outdoor dining options for February 14 (and the preceding weekend).

01/26/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Heat, At Home

Takeout Valentine's Day Is a Thing Yet Again

These Seattle restaurants let you do your wooing to go, with fancy takeaway dinners and DIY pizza kits. Sexy sweatpants not included.

01/26/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

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

Seattle on TV

The New Top Chef Season Includes a Contestant from Seattle

Canlis and Noma alum Luke Kolpin packed his knives...and went to Houston.

01/24/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

The New Chuck's Hop Shop Is Here...and It Has Bagels

Seward Park is now home to a new kind of Chuck's. One that balances beer with bagels and noshes from Muriel's All Day Eats.

01/24/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Fungible Fungi

Wunderground Cafe Wants to Make Mushroom Coffee Mainstream

The new Capitol Hill coffee shop from Cupcake Royale founder Jody Hall boosts its beans with wellness mushrooms.

01/20/2022 By Stefan Milne

Awards & Accolades

Meet Washington’s 2022 Good Food Award Winners

These annual honors spotlight some of our state's best locally made snacks—and chocolate, cider, jam, and coffee.

01/18/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Opening Dispatch

9 Seattle Restaurant and Bar Openings for the New Year

Bring on the xiao long bao and queso and Peruvian fare. Plus some specific details on takeout, because the world.

01/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Another Weird Year in Review

The Best Things I Ate This Year

2021 was a very good year…for carbs.

12/31/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Sadness

Seattle Restaurants We Lost in 2021

Get ready for all of the feels.

12/28/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Fattening Up

The Secret Ingredient in Roquette’s Latest Cocktail: A Dick’s Milkshake

The Coco Richards is but one of the endlessly imaginative ways local bartenders apply the technique of fat washing.

12/23/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Frites Farewell

Cafe Presse Announces Its Final Few Months

In 2022, one of Seattle's loveliest hangouts will transfer to new hands.

12/20/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Meat Mourning

Get to the Shambles While You Can

The meat- and beer-focused restaurant in Maple Leaf will say farewell before Christmas.

12/15/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Jack’s BBQ Spinoff Jackalope Arrives in Columbia City

Its namesake may be mythical, but the impending Tex-Mex restaurant from a Seattle barbecue titan is very much a real thing.

12/09/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Power Players

10 of the Most Influential People in Seattle Food and Drink

The chefs and owners who shape Seattle hospitality.

12/09/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

2022, Ahoy

New Year's Eve Dinner for Takeout or Dine In

Bid this year farewell over oysters or multicourse pasta menus—or amid some outdoor heaters. (We've got some New Year's Day brunch options, too.)

12/06/2021 By Seattle Met Staff

Deep Dish Dynamo

West of Chicago Pizza Co. Graduates from Takeout to Full-On Restaurant

The takeout-only pizza operation will gain 75 seats, thin-crust tavern-style pies, in-house delivery, and a reliable quantity of Italian beef sandwiches.

12/03/2021 By Allecia Vermillion