Eat & Drink

Freebies

1,000 Free Oysters and a Ridiculously Good Dining Deal

Coastal Kitchen reopens this weekend and issues free oysters as a reminder. Meanwhile, Madison Park Conservatory cuts prices in half for six password-protected nights.

10/16/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Street Eatin'

That Thai Curry Simple Food Truck is No Longer Happening

But one from Plum Bistro is in the works.

10/16/2012 By Christopher Werner

Good Deals

5 Signs It's Seattle Restaurant Week

More than 150 restaurants offer a three-course $28 menu this week and next. Here's what to expect.

10/16/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Food News

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner

Tap a 200-pound booze-filled pumpkin, learn to make sushi or tamales, or just indulge in some cider misadventures.

10/15/2012 By Danielle Zorn

Imbibing Agenda

Happening This Weekend: Elysian's Great Pumpkin Beer Festival

Think pumpkin beer is cloying, sweet, and nasty? More than 60 varieties, and a 200-pound squash filled with beer, are just waiting to change your mind.

10/15/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

On The Menu

The Boar's Nest Educates Northerners on Brunswick Stew

The Ballard barbecue spot celebrates its first anniversary today with this rare-to-Seattle stew...and free moon pies.

10/15/2012 By Danielle Zorn

Shift Change

Matt's in the Market Chef Chester Gerl Leaves Seattle

The chef at one of Seattle's most Seattle restaurants is headed to New York.

10/15/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Notebook

Scott Carsberg Dishes on Bisato

In his own words, Seattle’s inscrutable culinary genius reveals his favorite chefs, his own best dishes, the question he asks every prospective waiter…and why the finest cooks in his kitchen were women.

10/15/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

BEST OF THE CITY

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.

10/12/2012

Favorite Things

Favorite Things: Rhiannon Devine of Lilli-Pilli Patisserie

The macaron master loves her some hazelnut.

10/12/2012 By Christopher Werner

Street Eatin'

Breaking Down the Grilled Cheese Food Truck Boom

Food trucks are all about grilled cheese lately. Which one offers the ultimate experience?

10/12/2012 By Christopher Werner

Cut-and-Paste Friday

Getting Acquainted with Washington Wine Blends

More local winemakers (and wine drinkers) are embracing this Old World approach.

10/12/2012 By Sean P. Sullivan

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

This week: Tom Douglas plans four new eateries, Il Corvo scouts a bigger home, and a long-awaited food truck makes it debut.

10/12/2012 By Sabina Cao

Lunch in a Box

Who Delivers Lunch in Downtown Seattle?

Why, these 11 local establishments do.

10/11/2012 By Katie Vincent

Revamps

Cantinetta Team Opens a Tuscan-Style Pizzeria in Bellevue

Mercato Stellina, once a mercantile and deli, is now fully devoted to brick-oven pies.

10/11/2012 By Christopher Werner

Still Life

Dry Fly Releases A New Lineup of Specialty Spirits

New arrivals include aged gin, whiskey finished in a port barrel, and a rye-wheat hybrid whiskey. Get 'em fast.

10/11/2012 By Allecia Vermillion

Shift Change

Two Exciting Updates: Boat Street and The Whale Wins

Renee Erickson's latest restaurant is but a few weeks away. Meanwhile, check out who's in the kitchen at Boat Street.

10/11/2012 By Allecia Vermillion