Dining Bargains

Dinner Deal of the Week: Monsoon’s Crab Feast

An excellent excuse to dine out early in the week.

03/17/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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Tie One On

The best of the local boozes, and where to sample them.

03/17/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Fundraisers

Boat Street Fundraiser to Benefit Employee’s Relatives in Japan

Monday, March 21: Pay $25, support one Japanese family made homeless by the tsunami.

03/16/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Cocktail Science

Lessons From Tales of The Cocktail Vancouver: Rapid Infusions

Dave Arnold’s whipped cream-charger technique creates infused spirits in mere minutes.

03/15/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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Give Me Some Sugar

Looking for Easter-basket inspiration? It’s right next to that pile of Pendleton blankets.

03/14/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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Close But No Cigar Lounge

Two bills propose the return of the smoking room to Washington State.

03/14/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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Nosh Pit’s Top Food Tweets of the Week

Stop the "mehs," bring on the cookbook store, and please help Japan: this week in foodie tweets.

03/11/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Dining Culture

Splitting the Check

Another post about tipping etiquette.

03/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Booze on the blogs

NY Mag’s Vulture Feasts On TV’s Drinkers

Booze has finally found its way on to the boob tube, but which shows depict drinking best?

03/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Comfort food

Grilled Cheese and Tomato Soup in Seattle

A sad, soggy forecast looms. Fight back with the ultimate comfort food pairing.

03/08/2011 By Jessica Voelker

San Francisco Treats

Chef Michael Mina Cooks at Taste Washington

On Saturday, March 26, Michael Mina is making food for a wine-pairing class at Bell Harbor conference center. Yup, you read that right.

03/07/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Be Italian

Carnevale: Special Happy Hours and Free Pizza at Il Fornaio; three for $30 at Tidbit

Italian restaurants celebrate the annual Venitian festival with deals and events.

03/04/2011 By Jessica Voelker

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Nosh Pit’s Top Food Tweets of the Week

Pancake Tuesday, the decline of art, inexplicable meatball texture…it was a tasty week on Twitter.

03/04/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Oeno Files

Pronouncing "Meritage," a Designation for Bordeaux-Style Wines Not Made in Bordeaux

Bonus: an only loosely related 20-year-old anecdote.

03/04/2011 By Jessica Voelker

DISH

How Come Eltana Bagels Taste Like That?

Inside the kitchen of Capitol Hill’s Montreal-style sensation.

03/03/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Park and Eat

Downtown Seattle Restaurants with Free Parking: Take Two

Parking Downtown is an unmitigated pain in the butt. Avoid all that by eating at these places.

03/02/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Beerportunities

Attention Beer Fans: ExBEERience and Hop Scotch Are Approaching

Seattle’s annual spring beer events get under way.

03/01/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Food News

Restaurant Critic Jason Sheehan Will Leave the Weekly

After just over one year, Sheehan says so long to Seattle.

02/28/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Benefits

One for the Books: 826 Benefit Dinner at Palace Kitchen

Talk to Tom Robbins, eat, help 826.

02/24/2011 By Jessica Voelker

Behind the Bar

Meet the Women Mixing Up Drinks Around Seattle

Check out these videos featuring six local lady bartenders.

02/23/2011 By Jessica Voelker