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.

Coffee Matters

First Cold-Brewed Coffee Was Just on Tap; Now It's on Nitro

"It comes out like a Guinness."

09/26/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Cronut Capers

Here Are Three More Places to Try a Cronut Variation

White Center, Belltown, Mill Creek, and Capitol Hill, you are in for some deep-fried, cream-filled good times.

09/25/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Burger Expansions

A New Location—and Name—for 8oz. Burger Bar

The great Capitol Hill burger outpost is expanding to Ballard. And it's not a chain, thankyouverymuch.

09/24/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

These Are a Few of My...

Favorite Things: Von Trapp's Chef Pete Fjosne

This man knows his cased meats. So much so that it just didn't seem right to make all the dumb and obvious sausage double entendres.

09/20/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

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Cideries in Eastern Washington

Where to sample cider should you find yourself in Spokane or Pullman.

09/20/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

Brunswick and Hunt to Open in Ballard

One of the city's best food microhoods welcomes a stylishly seasonal newcomer.

09/19/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Expansion Mode

Teddy's Bigger Burgers Is Coming to Seattle

The Hawaiian chain hit the mainland with a location in Woodinville in 2009. Now it's headed for Greenlake.

09/18/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

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Where to Drink Cider in Seattle

09/17/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Cider Revolution

A Guide to Washington Cider

It was a staple during our country’s earliest days, but in Washington the cider industry is newer than the iPhone. And (hyperbole alert) nearly as popular.

09/17/2013 By Allecia Vermillion