The 25 Best Restaurants

The 25 Best Restaurants Our annual roundup features the <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/seattle-best-restaurants-2011-november-2011/">25 very best places</a> to eat right now; <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/seattle-chefs-bite-back-november-2011/">a gossipy survey</a> of what the chefs really think about food trends, their competition, and their customers; and exposes the <a href="../../../eat-and-drink/articles/seattle-restaurant-inspector-november-2011/">dirty secrets</a> of a restaurant inspector. Plus: In 2010, <a href="../../../issues/archives/articles/deadly-year-in-yakima-november-2011/">Yakima County</a> experienced more murders than at any other time in its 145-year history, the highest homicide rate in the state, and one of the highest in the nation. What gives? And <a href="../../../style-and-shopping/articles/seattle-style-gift-guide-november-2011/">77 elements</a> of a practical and stylish Seattle life.

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

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Northwest Bookshelf: Beneath Cold Seas

10/14/2011 By Brian Colella

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Postgame Riots

10/14/2011 By Matthew Halverson

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The Perfect Party

Here’s who we’d invite if we could entertain this month’s most interesting visitors, locals, and newsmakers.

10/14/2011

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Hip-Hop Artist Common Might Have Been a Seattleite

10/14/2011

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Dispatches from Seattlemet.com

10/14/2011 By Christopher Werner

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7 Reasons Why Seattle Is Funny

A bald-faced defense of Seattle’s sense of humor.

10/14/2011 By Laura Dannen

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Puzzle Palooza Featuring Groovik’s Cube

World’s biggest brain teaser.

10/14/2011 By Laura Dannen

Eat & Drink

Best Restaurants 2011

Best Restaurants 2011: Chefs Bite Back

We asked dozens of Seattle chefs and restaurateurs what they really think: about their competitors, the critics…and you, their customers. Here’s what they told us, anonymous, uncensored, and (sometimes) scientific.

10/27/2011 By Carey Rose

Best Restaurants 2011

Best Restaurants 2011: The Restaurant Inspector Comes Calling

An afternoon with a very friendly food-safety official.

10/27/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Best Restaurants

Seattle Best Restaurants 2011

The 25 best restaurants in Seattle right now.

10/27/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

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The Restaurant Critic, Unmasked

If you don’t know me, you don’t own me.

10/14/2011 By Kathryn Robinson

Editor's Note

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A Note from the Editor

10/14/2011 By Katherine Koberg

Health & Wellness

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The Curious Case of Seattle’s Vaccine Anxiety

10/21/2011 By James Ross Gardner

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Seattle Bouldering Project Sets the Route

10/14/2011 By Allison Williams

Home & Real Estate

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Three Ways to Store Your Wine Collection

10/14/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Inbox

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Letters to Seattle Met

10/14/2011

News & City Life

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Human Trafficking in Seattle

10/14/2011

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Seattle Company Gives Angry Birds a Boost

10/14/2011 By Stephanie Rubesh

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Seattle City Council Faces Big Fiscal Challenges

10/14/2011 By Johnathon Fitzpatrick

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Classmates.com Flunks Out of Business School

Think you only paid for a one-year membership to Classmates.com? Check your bank statement.

10/14/2011 By Matthew Halverson

Feature

Diary of a Deadly Year

Yakima County clocked more murders in 2010 than at any other time in its 145-year history and the highest homicide rate in the state. A year in the lives of those who killed, those who perished, and those who tried to keep order.

10/14/2011 By James Ross Gardner