Eat & Drink

Oeno Files

Hey, Madeline Puckette, What Should I Drink Tonight?

A full-bodied tempranillo—perfect with barbecue.

07/31/2013 By Rachel Breiwick

Butter That Bacon

These Local Establishments Take Bacon to the Extreme

Deep fried, beer battered, hand dipped—bacon can't just be bacon any more.

07/31/2013 By Cassie Sawyer

Drinking in Stores

A Visit to Nordstrom's New Cocktail Bar, Habitant

Solace for stranded husbands. Respite for retail-weary ladies. Either way, the drinks are good.

07/31/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

History

The DeLuxe Bar and Grill is 50

The bar at Broadway and Roy celebrates its history—which includes a Secret Service raid—with beer and $1.99 burgers.

07/30/2013 By James Ross Gardner

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: July 31-August 6

Grill with Lorenzo Romar, play croquet with Tom Douglas, and roast a whole cow with the family.

07/30/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Melted Farewells

A Few More Details on Monte Cristo's Departure

While the truck is heading south, Danielle Custer is staying right here.

07/30/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Letdowns & Meltdowns

Monte Cristo Food Truck Is Moving...to Portland?

These are dark days for lovers of the grilled cheese.

07/29/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Meats and Malts

Five Reasons to Get Excited About the Old Sage

Bonus reason no. 6—it's finally opening on Wednesday!

07/29/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Behind Bars

Five Questions for the Bartender: Chris Zulueta

"I am a mimicked collage of all my favorite bartenders."

07/29/2013 By Rachel Breiwick

Critic's Notebook

Seattle Restaurant Bathrooms Just Keep Getting More Interesting

Where you’ll find a bidet, and more!

07/29/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups: Week of July 22

A cocktail bar opens in the middle of Nordstrom, the Showa space gets a porky new occupant, and a few new dining deals surface.

07/26/2013 By Shelly Le

Hidden Gems

Basements and Balconies for a Hot Seattle Summer

Escape the heat in the coolish underground, or revel in the breeze from an upstairs deck.

07/26/2013 By Rachel Breiwick

These Are a Few of My...

Favorite Things: The Garage's Garrett Michael Brown

The key to successfully reinventing a bowling alley and billiards hall food menu: Nothing so greasy that you can't hold a pool cue.

07/26/2013 By Shelly Le

Recommended Reading

Nosh Pit Reading List

Berry-filled summer desserts, racist asparagus, and the food corporations that are getting healthy.

07/25/2013 With Seattle Met Staff

Wholesome Pastimes

A Summer Guide to the Area's U-Pick Berry Farms

If you grew up in Washington, picking your own berries is practically a summertime ritual.

07/25/2013 By Shirley Qiu

Happy Hour

This Week in Happy Hour: Pickle Edition

In which we learn that pickle brine may or may not be a preemptive cure for hangovers.

07/25/2013 By Cassie Sawyer

Joint Ventures

Woodinville Whiskey and the Hollywood Tavern Join Forces

One of the state's best-known distilleries is setting up shop at the historic roadside tavern.

07/24/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Oeno Files

Hey, Jeff Lindsay-Thorsen, What Should I Drink Tonight?

A rosé made with mourvedre grapes that's the best he's tasted outside of Provence.

07/24/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Street Eatin'

Two New Street Food Pods Destined for Downtown

Welcome to the new era of food truck as civic improvement device.

07/24/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Openings

Now Open in Belltown: Some Random Bar

That's the name, guys.

07/23/2013 By Allecia Vermillion