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Seattle’s Best New Restaurants (and Bars)

09/24/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

SEATTLE DINING GUIDE

A Guide to Seattle's Black-Owned Restaurants

02/02/2023 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Don't Call It a Greasy Spoon

Our Favorite Seattle Diners, from Formica to Fancy

12/23/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Beacon Hill Neighborhood Guide

Where to Eat (and Drink) on Beacon Hill

09/16/2020 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Celebratory Confections

The Best Seattle Bakeries for One-of-a-Kind Birthday Cakes

04/16/2025 By Annette Maxon and Naomi Tomky

West Seattle Neighborhood Guide

The Best Restaurants in West Seattle

07/29/2019 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff Edited by Anna Coumou

Crumb Deal

The Best Pastries for When You Deserve a Little Treat

These baked goods are worth the dough.

07/14/2025 By Naomi Tomky Photography by Amber Fouts

Seattle Dining Guide

Pike Place Market Restaurants: A Great Big Guide

From quick lunches to special occasion dinners. (With stops for crumpets and hombow in between.)

03/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Pre-Game Guide

Best Restaurants and Bars Near Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park

Where to eat if you’re headed to the stadiums.

03/18/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Lunch, No Rush

Seattle’s Best Lunch Spots

Our favorite restaurants for a sit-down midday meal—the kind that doesn’t involve paper wrappers or to-go bags.

02/10/2025 By Naomi Tomky Edited by Seattle Met Staff

Hole Foods

Behold, the Best Doughnuts in Seattle

Sprinkled, glazed, and occasionally topped with bacon: These are the city’s most impressive practitioners of fried dough.

01/15/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Kirkland

New and old. Upscale and casual. Lake views and mall views.

11/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Eastside Dining Guide

The Best Restaurants in Bellevue

The haunts. The holes in the wall. The high-rises.

11/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

The Feast Side

The Eastside's 10 Best Restaurants

From a sandwich shop to sushi bar and beyond, these are the top places to eat in Bellevue, Issaquah, Mercer Island, and Redmond.

10/24/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Time-Tested

Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants

From tasting menus to taco counters, and all points in between.

10/23/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Seattle Met Staff

Best New Restaurants 2024

Atoma Is Seattle Met’s Restaurant of the Year

Hoist a tiny cocktail in honor of Johnny and Sarah Courtney’s stunning food and house party vibes.

10/09/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

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Seattle’s Best New Restaurants

The year’s top rookies brought smiles to our faces with big murals, small cocktails, and creative cooking.

10/08/2024 By Naomi Tomky With Allecia Vermillion

Neighborhood Dining Guide

Where to Eat on Phinney Ridge

This used to be a low-key neighborhood for dining. Then—boom.

04/15/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Dining Guide

The Best Breakfasts in Seattle

Why save waffles for the weekend?

04/08/2024 By Seattle Met Staff

Field Notes

At Kilig, Melissa Miranda Mixes Comfort with Creativity

When Musang closed, Melissa Miranda’s casual new soup spot got a new set of responsibilities.

04/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Statewide

The Best Restaurants in Washington State

Our food and travel editors compiled the very top meals outside Seattle, from far-off islands to creative cuisine in cities east of the mountains.

03/20/2024 By Allison Williams and Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Atoma Makes Fine Dining So Much Fun

A Canlis alum fills a storied restaurant space with stunning food, tiny cocktails, and housemade Cheez-Its.

02/27/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Manual of Chicago Style

The Best Deep-Dish Pizza in Town

A crisped-cheese, square-sliced guide to the deep end of Seattle’s pizza scene.

01/31/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Seattle Dining Guide

Where to Eat Oysters in Seattle

One of Washington's signature local foods is at its best freshly shucked and served on the half shell.

12/13/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Dining Guide

Best New Restaurants 2023

Seattle's dining landscape defies easy themes—and that's a good thing.

11/08/2023

Best New Restaurants 2023

The Boat Is Our Restaurant of the Year

Quynh and Yenvy Pham kept things simple and created something great.

11/08/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

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