Book It

Seattle Independent Bookstore Day Offers an Alternative to Amazon

Travel to 19 local bookstores over the day and get a card that knocks 25 percent off purchases for the following year.

04/27/2018 By Stefan Milne

Food Hall Hopefuls

MarketShare Continues Its Campaign to Build an International Food Hub at King Street Station

The next step: raise $100,000 for a future street food market.

04/27/2018 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Margaritas and Matts

Plus, Floodland Brewing announces two events where their beer will be on draft.

04/27/2018 By Cassie Sawyer

The Only Theater in Town

The Paramount's 1928 Opening Bash Brought a Bit of Hollywood to the Pacific Northwest

As the most glamorous venue in Seattle throws its 90th birthday party this month, a look back on the theater's grand opening.

04/26/2018 By Darren Davis

Opening Dispatch

Georgetown, Are You Ready for the Cutest Cake Shop and Market Ever?

Deep Sea Sugar and Salt will open in the old Carleton Avenue Grocery space in mid-May.

04/26/2018 By Rosin Saez

Stand Up

Check It Out: Hari Kondabolu Is All Over Western Washington for the Next Week

The Brooklyn-based comedian has deep Seattle ties. Over the next couple weeks he’ll perform standup, tape podcasts, and release a Neptune-shot Netflix special.

04/26/2018 By Stefan Milne

Met Picks

The Top Things to See and Do in Seattle: May 2018

Khalid serenades audiences at the WaMu Theater, the Seattle International Film Festival kicks off, and Frye Art Museum explores the origins of impressionism.

04/26/2018 By Darren Davis

Critic's Picks

Roasted, Fried, or Poached: 10 Restaurants That Have Perfected Chicken

If chicken is a restaurant litmus test, these spots are top of the class.

04/26/2018 Edited by Rosin Saez

Chain Reaction

Seattle Fast Food Bracket: Which Chain Reigns Supreme?

A clear winner emerges from our battle of new school versus old school joints.

04/25/2018 By Seattle Met Staff

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: April 25–May 1

The week in which: You can eat for a cause, praise the glorious combo of bacon and beer, and watch sumo wrestling with a side of sushi.

04/25/2018 By Grace Madigan

Readings and Talks

Jonathan Evison Finishes His Lawn Boy Tour with 4 Seattle-Area Stops

The nationally-acclaimed Bainbridge Island novelist reads in support of his latest novel.

04/25/2018 By Stefan Milne

Shade Index

The Downside of Cheap Eats

When budget dining comes at a cost.

04/25/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Picks

What We're Eating Now: May 2018

This month’s favorites: fiery chicken wings and cauliflower masquerading as bar food.

04/25/2018 By Nosh Pit Staff

Quote Unquote

A Virginia Tech Shooting Survivor on What It's Like to Be a Witness

Kristina Anderson sustained three gunshot wounds amid the loss of 32 lives—and isn’t about to let you forget.

04/25/2018 By Jessica Voelker

Cheap Eats

Tacos Chukis Is Unstoppable

How one neophyte’s hankering for Mexican street food morphed into four taquerias in seven years.

04/25/2018 By Rosin Saez

Best of the City

Cheap Eats 2018: 30 Dishes For Morning, Noon, and Night

Costs keep rising, bills are due, and oh my god do you really have to pay parking meters until 10pm now? Here are the city's best places where a relatively small outlay* can carry you through the day.

04/25/2018 By Allecia Vermillion and Rosin Saez

Restaurant Review

Review: The Evolution of Joli

Weirdly, it’s the shakeups that put this lovely Ballard dining room on its most solid ground.

04/25/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Morning Roundup

Former Ed Murray Spokesman Reportedly Accused of Sexual Harassment in 2016

Your local politics morning digest.

04/24/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Ticket Alert

Arctic Monkeys and My Bloody Valentine Shows On Sale This Week

The elegant indie Brits and the shoegaze stalwarts come to Seattle later this year.

04/24/2018 By Stefan Milne

Best of the City

7 Gyms and Fitness Classes That Are Worth the Sweat

In a city rich with exercise options, from old-school gyms to yoga on a paddleboard, how do you separate the glorified weight rooms from true fitness bliss? Behold, the best workouts in a town obsessed with them.

04/24/2018 By Hayat Norimine