Eat & Drink

Best New Restaurants 2024

Atoma Is Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year

Hoist a tiny cocktail in honor of Johnny and Sarah Courtney’s stunning food and house party vibes.

10/09/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

The year’s top rookies brought smiles to our faces with big murals, small cocktails, and creative cooking.

10/08/2024 By Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

PNW Pantry

Cheers to Seattle’s New Favorite Drinking Snack

Umami Kushi used its location inside a taproom to zero in on the perfect potato chip.

10/07/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Boo That

Art of the Table Will Close in November

Seventeen years, two locations, too many great meals.

10/04/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Rainy Day Repast

Eat This: Comforting Noodles at Chiang's Gourmet

The secret to surviving Seattle in fall.

10/04/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Plant Rant

Seattle Deserves Better Vegan Restaurants

Flavor is not an animal product.

09/27/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best Vegan and Plant-Based Restaurants

Whatever term you use, these spots embrace flavor and avoid animal products entirely.

09/25/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Open Sesame

Eat This: Sesame Chicken at Asian Kitchen

The platonic ideal of American Chinese food sits in a Broadview strip mall.

09/20/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Trompo Card

Late-Night Viral Taco Sensation Expands (and Is Imitated)

The al pastor and the im-pastor.

09/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Seattle Dining Guide

Best Seattle Pizza by Neighborhood

Delicate pies. Sturdy slices. Everything in between.

09/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff Photography by Amber Fouts

Field Notes

A Sazón-Scented, Rum-Soaked Ode to Spanish Harlem at Belltown’s Lenox

Chef Jhonny Reyes did not just fall out of a coconut tree.

09/17/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Sunken Treasure

China Harbor Closes Its Iconic Westlake Doors

What really went on inside the giant, shiny, black building (good food).

09/16/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Strange Brew

Is There a Better Combo for Seattle than Ramen and Beer?

A labyrinthine path brings a smorgasbord of Japanese food to Figurehead Brewing’s Fremont Taproom.

09/11/2024 By Naomi Tomky

It’s Toast

Eat This: Toast at Cafe Suliman

Embarrassingly messy, blushingly delicious.

09/05/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Colonel Custard

Eat This: The Portuguese Egg Tarts at So Tasty

The tiny tins at a Chinese fried chicken shop in Bellevue cradle a powerful pastry.

08/30/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Pool Party

Eat This: Steak and Eggs, Vietnamese Style

Billiard Hoang shakes up a better breakfast.

08/23/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Stop Your Engines

Moto Pizza Now Delivers

No line, no shoes, no problem.

08/22/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Tip Jar

Don't Be That Bar Patron

Some bar-going etiquette for our current moment: how much to tip, what qualifies as a dive, and why dogs are complicated.

08/21/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Momo Motel

Indian-Nepali Kitchen Spices Up Aurora’s Food Scene

A rainbow of dumplings arcs onto a street better known for colorful characters.

08/20/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Another Round

What Makes a Good Bartender? An Expert Weighs In.

It’s not about memorizing drinks.

08/19/2024 By Andrew Bohrer

Seattle Met