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5 Questions for the Bartender: Barrio's Casey Robison

On travel, Mexico, mezcal—and traveling to Mexico while drinking mezcal.

11/25/2015 By Greg Young

Pour

The Lodge Sports Grille Is Expanding Like Crazy

It might be the fanciest low-key sports bar in town. And it's booming.

11/24/2015 By Karin Vandraiss

Character

The Tini Bigs and Hula Hula Building Is Slated for Redevelopment

The owner of one of Seattle's seminal cocktail bars says, "we've got a year left, hopefully."

11/20/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

JarrBar Opens Tuesday in Pike Place Market

A former storage closet sees new life as a hospitable Spanish-styled bar.

11/09/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

The Restaurant Issue

2015: The Year That Wouldn't Quit

No list of remarkable new restaurants would be complete without…

11/04/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Memorable Meals in Bars

It’s been years since Seattle’s bars have been just for drinking. But not until 2015 have so many made the critical crossover to genuinely memorable eating, with small plates evoking real places and real cultures.

10/30/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

The Ballad of the Caribbean Roast Sandwich

The loss of Paseo and its famed sandwich literally drove people to tears. Now it’s back—two times over.

10/28/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

The Restaurant Issue

Salare and Vendemmia: Destination Neighborhood Restaurants

As the city leaps and bounds, villagelike neighborhoods like Ravenna and Madrona give the city small-town character, potential for additional density—and now, destination restaurants.

10/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Trend of the Year: Multiple Restaurants Under One Roof

Along with sister spots Bitter/Raw and Slab Sandwiches, Lark embodies the year’s coolest dining concept.

10/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Jerry Traunfeld Is the 2015 Seattle Chef of the Year

At his Szechuan restaurant, Lionhead, Traunfeld’s greatest achievement is taking Traunfeld out of the food.

10/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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The Restaurant Issue

Seattle's Best New Restaurants of 2015

Dramatic rooms and dishes that reimagine Asian traditions, southerly latitudes, and our own Northwest cuisine—these are the restaurants behind the most prodigious dining year in recent memory.

10/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson With Allecia Vermillion

The Restaurant Issue

Seattle's Best New Restaurants

Dramatic rooms and dishes that reimagine Asian traditions, southerly latitudes, and our own Northwest cuisine—these are the restaurants behind the most prodigious dining year in recent memory.

10/28/2015

Immaculate Confections

Review: Coyle’s Bakeshop in Greenwood

A pastry wonderland with a perfectionist streak.

10/27/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

The Restaurant Issue

Restaurant Trend of the Year: The Asian Remix

The only trend more rampant right now than restaurants opening on Capitol Hill? Menus taking informed liberties with Asian traditions.

10/26/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Photos: Stateside, Our Best Restaurant of 2015

The subtropically styled dining room on Pike Street delivers the most exuberant experience in town.

10/23/2015

The Restaurant Issue

Stateside Is Our 2015 Restaurant of the Year

In a year of impressive newcomers, a subtropically styled dining room on Pike Street delivers the most exuberant experience in town.

10/23/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Behind Bars

5 (More) Questions for the Bartender: Gregg Holcomb of Witness

On Southern hospitality, preparing for the zombie apocalypse, and wakeup drinks.

10/14/2015 By Greg Young

Offshoots

Fonda La Catrina's Sibling Bar, El Sirenito, Opens in Georgetown

With small plates, lots of seafood, and even more mescal.

10/07/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Culinary Literature

Paul Clarke's Cocktail Chronicles Is Now a Book

"I used to be the guy who'd give you a hard time if you were making a drink in a way that wasn't exactly correct," Clarke says. "Over the course of doing this I've realized that's a bunch of crap."

10/06/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Hopped Up

Derschang Group, Rhein Haus Barmen Collaborate on a Beer

It's called Perfect Strangers IPA—and yes, it's an oblique reference to the TV show.

10/05/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

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