The Most Important Restaurants

The Most Important Restaurants <p>Small plates and gastropubs, tiny restaurants and unrestaurants, here are the 10 most groundbreaking eateries Seattle has ever seen. Plus 20 more, some long gone and some still kicking, that did more than just serve food—they changed the way we eat. Also in this issue: William Ruckelshaus, the EPA’s founding administrator, tries to convince Puget Sound’s most profligate polluters to mend their ways; a week in the world of a hardcore videogamer; and an interurban holiday shopping guide leads into the city and through the woods.</p>

In this issue:

Arts & Culture

Article

Their Friends and Neighbors

New Century Theatre Company puts The Adding Machine to work

12/17/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Article

What Flies Beneath

Mountain biking goes sub-terrain-ian at the I-5 Colonnade.

12/15/2008

Article

All Dolled Up

When a young girl came home from school in tears, her mother launched an ethnic pride campaign.

12/13/2008 By Terri Chung

PASSING THROUGH

Wait, Wait… She’ll Tell You

Comedian Paula Poundstone knows the answers—but not the questions.

12/13/2008 By Steve Wiecking

Article

Field of Screams

The coach Husky fans love to hate finally gets some competition.

12/13/2008 By Matthew Halverson

Article

Bad to the Bone?

Meet Simon. Lean in Closer. She won’t bite.

12/13/2008 By Megan Clark

Eat & Drink

Article

Third Time’s a Charmer

Now in yet another incarnation, Seattle’s most beautiful restaurant goes Spanish.

01/10/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

CRUSH

Machine Love

12/17/2008 By Ashley Gartland

Article

Yes We Cran

Choosing bog berries means voting with your dollar.

12/17/2008 By Jess Thomson

Article

The Restaurants that Changed the Way We Eat

Restaurants open, restaurants close—but once in a great while a restaurant comes along that’s so influential it changes its city forever.

12/17/2008 By Kathryn Robinson

SNAPSHOTS IN SERVICE 2008

Crouching Waiter, Hidden Chef

12/13/2008 By Kathryn Robinson

Article

2008 Best New Restaurants

IT WILL BE REMEMBERED AS THE YEAR OF SMALL PLATES AND GASTROPUBS, healthy food and simple food, tiny restaurants and unrestaurants, Wallingford and Capitol Hill—and, oh yes, pasta.

12/13/2008 By Kathryn Robinson

Editor's Note

Article

A Note from the Editor

World Views

12/13/2008

Home & Real Estate

Article

Practical Magic

Fun with form and function in a Ravenna bungalow.

12/17/2008 By Jessica Voelker

SUSTAINABILITY

Don't Throw that House Away!

The ultimate green home is a recycled one.

12/13/2008 By Matthew Halverson

Inbox

Article

Mail from the Metro

12/13/2008

News & City Life

Article

A Pilgrim of the Great War

World War I ended 90 years ago this month, and only one American who fought in its blood-soaked battles remains alive today. How did a Seattle man become the foremost memory keeper of that war to end all wars?

12/13/2008 By David Laskin

Article

"I Shall Call It Cletus"

A hardcore videogamer plays God in the  virtual world of Spore, where omnipotence  is the mission and survival is for the fit.

12/13/2008 By Emily White

Article

Mr. Clean’s Last Stand

As the first administrator of the EPA, Bill Ruckelshaus banned DDT and got the lead out of gasoline. Now the Republican Party’s most illustrious green faces a tougher task: to save Puget Sound. His cleanup plan hinges on convincing the region’s most

12/13/2008 By Ted Katauskas