Seattle Dining Guide

Where to Eat in the University District

Chase those cherry blossoms with lunch in one of the city's most lively food neighborhoods.

03/09/2023 By Seattle Met Staff

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurants

Exploring our city's wealth of great Habesha fare—from stacked veggie combos to meaty tibs...to lots of great coffee.

02/28/2023 By Allecia Vermillion With Agazit Afeworki

Field Notes

With Bar Bacetto, Mike Easton Recreates Il Corvo in Waitsburg

Some of the best, long lost pasta in Seattle is now just a four-hour drive away.

01/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Year in Review

Our 15 Most Read and Memorable Stories of 2022

Wait...that was this year?

12/30/2022 By Seattle Met Staff

Year in Review

Seattle Restaurants: The Themes of 2022

Do the past 12 months feel like a blur? Here are some kinda-sorta trends that emerged along the way.

12/19/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Three New Arrivals, Three New Takes on Sushi

Takai by Kashiba, Sushi by Scratch Restaurants, and Uminori couldn’t be more different. But they have a place along our spectrum of great sushi.

12/16/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Best New Restaurants 2022

Seattle Snacks We Loved This Year

The portable, hyper-palatable heroes of our newest bakeries and cafes.

12/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Chef’s Day Off

Recipe: Daisley Gordon’s Pasta in Fried Tomato Sauce

One simple step transforms the Cafe Campagne owner’s after-work pasta into an umami powerhouse.

12/08/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Post

Linda Miller Nicholson Chases the Gnocchi Rainbow

12/01/2022

Best New Restaurants 2022

MariPili Tapas Bar Is Our Restaurant of the Year

In a storied space on Capitol Hill, Grayson Corrales does her abuela proud.

11/30/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

A Northwest Seafood Restaurant That Goes Hard

Surely Seattle has fish-centric restaurants on every corner, right? Hardly, but Brendan McGill’s new Seabird adds an ambitious one to the mix.

11/28/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Another Round

This Year Brought Us a Lot of Great Bars

From revamped classics to "Spanish in spirit," even the occasional imaginary intergalactic universe—suddenly cool new hangouts are everywhere.

11/21/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

LET'S TAKE THIS OUTSIDE

Seattle Restaurants (and Bars) with Covered, Heated, and Tented Patios

A neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide to weatherproof outdoor dining, from Ballard to Bellevue.

11/17/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

This Long-Awaited Bar in Greenwood Lives Up to Expectations

Bar Sur Mer is Eric Donnelly’s version of keeping it simple.

11/16/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Chef's Day Off

Recipe: Holly Smith's Deceptively Simple Salad

The chef and owner of Cafe Juanita keeps this recipe on standby for vegan diners—or parties full of omnivores.

11/14/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants

Most Definitely High on Chicken Supply

Greenwood’s Filipino fried chicken tastes magic and goes fast. It even comes on a stick.

11/09/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Boca Bakes Up Argentina's Deep-Dish Pizza—and Beautiful Pastries

All-day cafe Boca Argentine Bakery and Pizzeria brings Buenos Aires to Broadway.

11/07/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Indian Food in Seattle and on the Eastside

And other great South Asian cuisines.

10/27/2022 By Nidhi Chaudhry With Allecia Vermillion

Essay

Can We Ever Go Back to Junebaby and the Willows Inn?

Last year, a pair of newspaper investigations 86'd the reputations of two of the state’s most decorated chefs. But both of these restaurants are still open.

10/25/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Doug Chayka

Our Year in Beer

Rodney Hines Is Tapped into Seattle's Beer Scene

The Métier Brewing Company owner wants our breweries to look more like our city.

10/24/2022 By Allecia Vermillion