Article

Best Restaurants 2012 Directory

Restaurant critic Kathryn Robinson names Seattle’s Restaurant of the Year and 25 more top restaurants.

10/29/2012

Article

Service in Seattle Restaurants

A professional diner’s list of 10 issues every restaurant should get right.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Best Restaurants 2012

For our annual guide to the top dining in Seattle, we bring you both innovators and classics with strong culinary vision and deep reverence for seasons, local ingredients, and a sense of place—in short, the very best places to eat right now.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

Seattle Restaurant of the Year 2012: Altura

Platefuls of miracles arise from rustic Italian fare.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

This week: Joule is back, Green Leaf branches out in Belltown, and Emmer and Rye closes.

10/26/2012 By Sabina Cao

Cut & Paste Friday

The Class of 2012 Beer Book

Wherein we assign yearbook-style superlatives to excellent local breweries. See you next beer.

10/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

More Details on New Bastille Sibling Stoneburner

Owners James Weimann and Deming Maclise are giving Bastille chef Jason Stoneburner the ultimate job security—a restaurant that bears his name.

10/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Article

Global Eats

50 great joints serving terrific food and rich ethnic culture—right in your backyard.

10/26/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Openings

Elemental Wood-Fired Pizza Opens in University Village

On the menu: Pies with blistery-charred crusts, and an oven-fired PBJ for the kids.

10/26/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Happy Hour

Three New Food-Focused Happy Hours

What can $5 buy you? Oysters, Spanish small plates, and vegan comfort food.

10/25/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Street Eatin'

Food Trucks Enter the Late-Night Scene

Once relegated to the lunch hour, more mobile purveyors are doing dinner. Some are even serving the bar crowd.

10/25/2012 By Christopher Werner

Murray

A Quick Update on MurrayAid

Stenson has a heart valve operation in his future and his fans have contributed nearly $30,000 so far. And the fundraisers haven't even begun.

10/25/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Hipsterisms

Video: Apparently Ginger Beer Doyenne Rachel Marshall Is an American Hipster

The Montana proprietor talks ginger beer success and plans to double the size of the popular bar.

10/25/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Side Projects

Carolin Messier of the Harvest Vine Starts an Ice Cream Company, the Spoon Project

She and Harvest Vine baker Amelia Cullinan are churning some mighty inventive flavors.

10/24/2012 By Christopher Werner

Food News

Neighborhood Food News

Local brewers bring home medals, Starbucks expands to India, and a model debuts of the planned basketball arena...made out of butter.

10/24/2012 By Danielle Zorn

Coming Soon

Team Behind the Noble Fir to Open a New Beer Bar in Fremont

After a six month search, Ellen Kelly and Rick Weersing settle on 3417 Evanston Ave for the Sixgill.

10/24/2012 By Christopher Werner

Openings

First Look: Inside the Glittering New Joule

The homey Wallingford restaurant grows up with a sophisticated new space in Fremont and a steak house-focused menu.

10/24/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Fright Night

It's Halloween: Eat, Drink, and Be Scary

How to celebrate Halloween? By decorating cupcakes, drinking copious amounts of booze, or attending a dog's retirement party.

10/24/2012 By Katie Vincent

Slideshow

First Look: Inside the New Joule

10/24/2012

Taste the Rainbow

Bar and Restaurant Owners Stand Behind R74

The marriage equality campaign gets a boost from the food community.

10/23/2012 By Christopher Werner