Seattle Freeze

The Big Giant List of Seattle’s Best Ice Cream Shops

A quadruple-scoop, triple-swirl helping with all the extras of the city’s best soft serve spots, scoop stops, and sundae haunts.

06/20/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

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

Civic Staples

The Best Vietnamese Restaurants in Seattle

Warming noodle soups, cool cocktail hangouts, and many a great deli in between.

03/05/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

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

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Most Underrated Restaurants

From udon to fish tacos to tasting menus, these spots deserve more attention.

01/28/2025 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

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

Farewell, 2024

The 11 Best Things I Ate This Year

In case you need a to-do list for January.

12/30/2024 By Naomi Tomky

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

Hunger Gains

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

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best Vegan and Plant-Based Restaurants

Whatever term you use, these spots embrace flavor and avoid animal products entirely.

09/25/2024 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Best Seattle Pizza by Neighborhood

Delicate pies. Sturdy slices. Everything in between.

09/18/2024 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff Photography by Amber Fouts

Guide to Leavenworth

Best Places to Eat in Leavenworth

Fine dining and Bavarian bratwurst in Washington's goofiest mountain town.

09/16/2024 By Allison Williams

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

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

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best New Restaurants of 2023

This year’s top newcomers include pizza with a sense of place, sushi with a sense of humor, and a chef who sources from his mom’s garden.

09/12/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Summer's Best New Food Spots Aren't Brick-and-Mortar

Behold, the brewery burger collab, the seasonal soft-serve window, and the waterside food truck and cocktail shack that guarantee alfresco good times.

07/11/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle's Best Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurants

Exploring our city's wealth of great Habesha fare—from stacked veggie combos to meaty tibs...to lots of great coffee.

02/28/2023 By Allecia Vermillion With Agazit Afeworki

Best New Restaurants 2022

Seattle Snacks We Loved This Year

The portable, hyper-palatable heroes of our newest bakeries and cafes.

12/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Best New Restaurants 2022

MariPili Tapas Bar Is Our Restaurant of the Year

In a storied space on Capitol Hill, Grayson Corrales does her abuela proud.

11/30/2022 By Allecia Vermillion