Eat & Drink

Habitat

How to Build a Home Bar

Celebrate the sauce with a deluxe cocktail corner or a well-stocked bar cart.

09/27/2016 By Darren Davis

Oeno Files

Weekly Wine Pick: Chateau Ste. Michelle Dry Riesling Columbia Valley 2015

A dry offering from the world's largest riesling producer.

09/27/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Hopped Up

Fresh Hop Beer Is Here

Fresh hop, wet hop—two names, one beer style. Here's a rundown of this year's events and brews.

09/27/2016 By Stefan Milne

Expansion Mode

Paseo and Li'l Woody's Have New Locations In the Works

The former Pike Street Fish Fry pivots to Caribbean roast sandwiches; Amazonia braces for Fig and the Pig burgers and Good Mornin' Woodys.

09/26/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Notebook

“It’s Supposed to Taste That Way.”

Is it ever okay for a restaurant staffer to say that to a diner?

09/26/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Ingredients in Focus

Season Peak: Pan-Roasted Duck Breast, Pickled Huckleberries, Juniper, and Elderberry Demi at Mkt.

Forget the blues. Chef Alvin Go touts the huckle—our summers’ swansong berry.

09/23/2016 By Stefan Milne

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Fried Chicken and Little Big Burger

Oh, and how about some broccoli casserole made with Cheetohs amidst historic murals on Capitol Hill?

09/23/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Collabs

Salt and Straw Announces Another Seattle Popup

It's happening tomorrow, it involves Tom Douglas, and it's sure to be packed.

09/22/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Mike Easton and Jim German’s Walla Walla Restaurant Opens Today

Passatempo Taverna houses rustic Italian food, damn fine cocktails, and terrifically local wine.

09/22/2016 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Wow, That’s a Huge…!

Seattle restaurants with enormous decor.

09/22/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Best of Washington

The Top 100 Washington Wines of 2016

It's a tremendous time to be a Washington wine drinker.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Top Cabernet Sauvignon

No surprise—our most planted and most produced grape variety produces an abundance of top wines.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Washington's Best White Wines

Reds aren't our only stars.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Top Bordeaux-Style Blends

No disrespect to France, but this traditional blend—mostly based on cabernet sauvignon and merlot—has become a local signature.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Top Merlot

Sometimes this grape gets a bad rap, but Washington makes merlot as well as any area of the world.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Top Syrah

Is syrah Washington’s greatest grape variety? These 15 wines make a compelling argument.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Top Red Blends

These wines are far more than the sum of their parts.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Best Value Wines

These bottles are $30 and under but deliver luxe-level flavor.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Best of the Best: The Top 10 Washington Wines of 2016

The best of the hundreds of wines tasted this year.

09/21/2016 By Sean P. Sullivan

Washington Wine 2016

Methodology

How Sean did it.

09/21/2016 By Seattle Met Staff