Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

This year’s top spots made the best of tough times by getting creative, obsessive, or both.

10/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky Photography by Amber Fouts

Hunger Gains

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

This year’s top spots made the best of tough times by getting creative, obsessive, or both.

10/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky Photography by Amber Fouts

Book Club

An Ode to Seattle's Independent Bookstores

The setting of our next book club pick, Storybook Ending, might look familiar to Seattle book lovers.

10/15/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Book Club

There’s Nothing Like Old-School In-Person Connection

Our latest book club pick, Storybook Ending, is about finding each other in the real (imagined) Seattle.

10/08/2025 By Moira Macdonald

Interstate Love Song

Best Pit Stops on I-5 from Seattle to Portland

Don't get mad at the backups or boring stretches. Just stop a lot.

10/07/2025 By Allison Williams

Off Grid

Unplugging Outdoors Is Hard but Totally Worth It

How one kayaking company is paying customers to ditch their phones—and why it matters so much.

09/26/2025 By Allison Williams

Cart Wheels Through Time

A Timeline of Seattle’s Homegrown Supermarket Chains

These Seattle stores were first in line to make history.

09/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hot Topic

Fall’s Tasty Trends and Fusty Fads

The hottest and nottest in the local food scene this season.

09/23/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Hear me out

It's Time to Stop Hiking the Enchantments

Yeah, I said it. But it's not for the reason you might expect.

09/19/2025 By Allison Williams

Read All About It

The Seattle Met Book Club Is Back

Our second ever book club selection is Storybook Ending by Moira Macdonald.

09/17/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Explainer

How a Bobblehead Is Born

For the Seattle Kraken, a single staffer obsesses over the tiniest details.

09/16/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

True Detective

The True Tale of Seattle's Sherlock Holmes

Luke May was a one-man CSI unit who solved crimes in the city’s most tumultuous era. In 1923, one wild case would take him into a world of murder, astrology, and secret codes.

09/09/2025 By Allison Williams

Hey Mr. KJ

Seattle's Best Karaoke Bars

Cue the vocal warm-ups and songbook flipping. Here’s your guide to the best karaoke around the city—no skill required.

09/05/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Love Letters

The Washington State Fair Is Too Expensive

The fair has a vibe no other place can match. But prices are getting out of control.

09/02/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Seafair Shenanigans

Seafair's Ridiculous New Event Is All About Imagination

Can You Ride It? Saturday's competition is exactly what it says it is.

07/31/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Excerpt

I Lived with a Fruit Fly Infestation. It Was Totally Worth It.

If you want to make wine, fruit flies are part of the deal.

07/28/2025 By Nicholas O'Connell

Fire Watch

What to Know About Wildfires in Washington Right Now

Where the fires are burning and what it means for travel, hiking, and Seattle's air quality.

07/16/2025 By Allison Williams

Feature

The Tree of Life Is Falling Down

How one death-defying spruce became the mascot, tourist trap, and spiritual center of the Washington coast.

07/02/2025 By Allison Williams Photography by Mac Holt

Awards & Accolades

Seattle Goes Home Empty-Handed from 2025 James Beard Awards

If you want to taste this year's award winners, you'll have to travel.

06/16/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Death By Air

Why Have We Had So Many Serial Killers Here?

A new book connects two ugly chapters of Washington’s history.

06/10/2025 By Eric Olson