Best Restaurants 2016

Best New Restaurants of 2016: Peloton

Flowing-garden café fare hides inside this Central District bicycle shop.

10/17/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants 2016

Best New Restaurants of 2016: Xi’an Noodles

Owner Lily Wu brings a northwest China specialty to the Pacific Northwest.

10/17/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Quote Unquote

“I’m a Workaholic and Obsessive, Which I’m Sure Will Shorten My Life”

Joel McHale, author of Thanks for the Money, doesn’t know when to stop.

10/17/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Back Fence

Married, But Sleeping in Separate Beds

Can sleeping apart do anything but ruin a marriage?

10/17/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Best of the City

Seattle's 100 Very Best Restaurants

Truth is, Seattle has easily twice this number of genuinely extraordinary restaurants. But here, including this year’s new standouts, are the most vivid, gracious, straight-up incredible destinations in town.

10/17/2016 By Kathryn Robinson and Allecia Vermillion

Pilchuck Glass School

GLOW: Illuminate the Night

Pilchuck Glass School

10/16/2016

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Ramen on Capitol Hill and Pick-Quick in SoDo

Plus, a new cocktail lounge in the former Coterie Room space.

10/14/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Morning Fizz

Mayor Annouces Plan for 4 New Sanctioned Homeless Encampments, Says He Will Not Permit Camping on Any Parks Land

Murray gets tough on unauthorized encampments.

10/14/2016 By Josh Feit

Athleisure Chic

Nordstrom x Nike Sneaker Boutique Now Open

The latest concept shop from Olivia Kim opened October 15th at Nordstrom downtown.

10/14/2016 By Colleen Williams

Books

How Maria Semple Discovered She's Not Related to a President

Ancestry-dot-bombshell.

10/13/2016 By Matthew Halverson

The Weekend Starts...Now

The Top Things to Do This Weekend: October 13–16

Bryan Cranston chats with Sherman Alexie, Hannibal Buress unleashes his punchlines at the Paramount, and Hansel and Gretel get operatic.

10/13/2016 By Seattle Met Staff

Morning Fizz

The Trump Effect

Local conservatives cancel fundraiser for GOP candidate, local soccer clubs spreads disinformation about O'Brien's encampment legislation.

10/13/2016 By Josh Feit

Critic's Notebook

And Seattle Met's 2016 Restaurant of the Year Is…

(Drumroll, please.)

10/13/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Best Restaurants 2016

Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year: Bateau

Renee Erickson’s latest is also her greatest—for reasons you can taste but may not always see.

10/13/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Ingredients in Focus

Season Peak: Black Cod with Grilled Cucumber and Tomatillo Salsa and Masa Cake at Le Petit Cochon

Chef Derek Ronspies warms up a favorite cold-weather fish with hot peppers.

10/12/2016 By Stefan Milne

Local Talent

A Fiendish Conversation with Sam Akina and Jules Jones

How a pair of Seattle screenwriters became a Polish sensation with their hit romantic comedy 'Planet Single.'

10/12/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

City

Capitol Hill Housing Project Stands Up to African American Displacement in Central District

A new development spearheaded by a collection of community groups will prioritize local black businesses and community.

10/12/2016 By Cassandra Calderon

Morning Fizz

SPD Shooting in Jungle as Council Set to Take Up Revised Encampment Legislation

In face of potential Murray veto, Bagshaw says if she doesn't have council consensus, she won't call for a vote on encampment bill.

10/12/2016 By Josh Feit

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: October 12–18

The week in which: Seattle gets a taste of Iceland, Juicebox bewitches diners with a cauldron dinner, and Place Pigalle toasts to its mid-thirties.

10/12/2016 By Rosin Saez

Editor's Note

Is Seattle the Greatest Food City in America?

“The 100 Best Restaurants” is Seattle Met’s most ambitious measure of the city’s food scene we’ve ever published.

10/12/2016 By James Ross Gardner