Hospitality Chronicles

Deadline Dining

Latest trend in restaurants: A table with a time limit.

12/13/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Slideshow

Best of the Buches: Seattle Takes On Traditional Yule Log Cakes

12/13/2010

The Sauced Gulpable Gift Guide 2010

The Gulpable Gift Guide #5: Ice Sphere Molds

This year: Fancy ice balls for everyone!

12/10/2010

Article

Milagro Cantina Now Open in Kirkland

Hola, big new Mexican restaurant on Lake Street South.

12/10/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Openings

For Your Weekend Consideration: Satay

If you’re looking for a new place to nosh, get thee to Wallingford.

12/10/2010 By Christopher Werner

2010 In Review

The Five Biggest Booze-Related Disappointments of 2010

From Boardwalk Empire to the fluorescent-lit aisles of your local liquor store, these are the booziest bummers of the year.

12/10/2010

Openings

What to Expect From Capitol Hill’s Newest Sweets Shop

Of course there’ll be pie at High 5 Pie. But what kinds?

12/10/2010 By Christopher Werner

Slideshow

Canlis Clue Review: Part II!

12/09/2010

Article

Canlis Clue Review: Part II!

Clues 11-26 started at Warren Magnuson’s desk and ended at both ends of the Burke Gilman. Let’s relive the magic, shall we?

12/09/2010 By Hilary Meyerson

Food News Roundup

The Weekly Food File: New Restos in Wallingford, West Seattle, and Renton, Free Homegrown, and More

Food news you should know about.

12/09/2010 By Lindsey Hall

Article

Why Do Restaurants—Even Good Restaurants—Serve Such Bad Coffee?

Microsoft’s Chris Young, co-author of Modernist Cuisine, explains why coffee service tends to suck.

12/08/2010

Chef Holiday Memories

How the French Saved Christmas

Alone in a foreign country on Christmas, Chef Maria Hines learns how warm a restaurant kitchen can be.

12/08/2010 By Olivia Margoshes

The Sauced Gulpable Gift Guide 2010

The Gulpable Gift Guide #4: Local Spirits

Easy-to-love bottles from around these parts.

12/08/2010

Twitter/Freebie Files

Where Ya At Matt Hands Out Free Beignets

Get to SLU before the irascible rain clouds return.

12/08/2010 By Christopher Werner

Talk of Pioneer Square

Built Burger Open Late Tomorrow

So you can have the burger of your dreams for dinner…and park free.

12/08/2010 By Kathryn Robinson

Openings

Satay in Wallingford Ready for Business

A promising new place for cheap eats is set to open this week.

12/07/2010 By Christopher Werner

Article

Oktoberfest Is 10 Months Away

But it’s never too early to start planning, I guess.

12/07/2010

The Nosh Pit Edible Gift Guide 2010

Edible Gift Guide Idea #8: Michael Pollan Lecture and Benefit Dinner

What Seattle foodie wouldn’t want to have dinner with Michael Pollan?

12/07/2010 By Jessica Voelker

Reviews

La Bête: "The Current Toast of Capitol Hill"

Seattle Met‘s critic hunkers down at Bellevue Ave’s new crowd-packer.

12/07/2010 By Christopher Werner

Article

Holiday Drinking: Afternoon Tea at the Sorrento

Your inner indoor kid will love it.

12/07/2010