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Allecia Vermillion
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Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021.
She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.

Imbibing Agenda
Tini Bigs Turns 15

Re-Openings
Poco Wine Room’s Spirited Reopen

Openings
Restaurant Marché Delays Open

Shift Change
Serafina’s Longtime Chef Now at Bin on the Lake

Happy Hour
Bastille Joins the $1 Oyster Crew

Seattle Restaurant Openings
First Look: Capitol Hill’s Manhattan Drugs

Soft Drink Randomness
Pagliacci Gets A Ridiculously Fancy Coke Machine

Another Place to Drink
Mioposto Adds a Pocket Bar

Shift Change
Luc’s Steven Ariel Moves to W’s Trace

Year in Review
2011: The Year in Drinking

Freebies
Chino’s Tiki (Mug) Tuesdays

Shift Change
Wayne Johnson Is Moving to Ray’s Boathouse

Tracking 2012