City in Motion

Yonny Is the Hottest Seattle Hip-Hop Artist You’ve Never Heard Of

At least not yet.

02/04/2025 By Eric Olson Photography by Chona Kasinger

No flippin’ Way

Property Watch: Midcentury Style from the Dick’s Architect

First he made our iconic hamburger stands. Then he made this Windermere house.

10/29/2024 By Zoe Sayler

Dining Guide

Best New Restaurants 2023

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

11/08/2023

Asked/Answered

Why Is There a Dick's Burgers in Spokane?

The similarities are eerie, but there's no relation between our own Dick's Drive-In and Spokane's Dick's Hamburgers.

10/30/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Deluxe

Every Dick's Drive-In Location, Ranked

Most of the time, the best Dick's is the one closest to you. But where's the fun in that?

07/25/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

9 Seattle Restaurant and Bar Openings for the New Year

Bring on the xiao long bao and queso and Peruvian fare. Plus some specific details on takeout, because the world.

01/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Fattening Up

The Secret Ingredient in Roquette’s Latest Cocktail: A Dick’s Milkshake

The Coco Richards is but one of the endlessly imaginative ways local bartenders apply the technique of fat washing.

12/23/2021 By Sophie Grossman

Food News

The Week in Five Bites, from a New Hello Robin to a Dick's Takeover

Plus, a new identity for Ethan Stowell's Staple and Fancy.

09/21/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Quarantine Cuisine

How to Revive Your Takeout Leftovers

Old fries, curry, a burger—they can be saved. Just step away from the microwave.

04/03/2020 By Stefan Milne

Greasy Gems

The Best Seattle Restaurants to Fend Off a Hangover

Or perhaps you’re just in the mood for something gloriously unhealthy? Behold, our favorite grease-driven indulgences.

09/24/2019 Edited by Jaime Archer

Fun with Listicles

10 Places to Grab a Bite Around Seattle Center

The Space Needle might be tourist-filled, but you can still eat like a local.

06/10/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Fun with Listicles

26 Essential Seattle Restaurants for Late-Night Grub

No surprises here: A lot of 'em are on Capitol Hill.

05/13/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A New Dick's Location and Retro Burgers Arrive Downtown

Five dining developments that hit our radar this week.

12/07/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Dick's Drives Into Kent and Ballard Breweries Expand

Plus, long-awaited Jupiter Bar opens in Belltown.

09/15/2017 By Jaime Archer

Democracy in Action

And the Next Dick's Drive-In Location Is...

The burger chain is conducting an online poll to decide where to plant its seventh outpost.

03/07/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Critic's Notebook

Seattle’s 5 Indispensable Restaurants

We’ve got dozens of exquisite eateries. But which restaurants are so distinctive and so essential—we would not be the same without them?

12/14/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

So, You’ve Got Just One Meal in Seattle?

Oh, the places you’ll (be told to) go.

09/08/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

I'm New Here

The 7 Inevitable Seattle Restaurant Recommendations

These are Seattle’s standards, from greasy midnight burgers to the city’s lone restaurant with a dress code. You’ll hear these restaurant names a lot. But should you actually dine there?

08/20/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Rumor Has It

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Video Shoot Today at Dick's?

The Reddit community is buzzing.

07/24/2013 By Laura Dannen

Article

Best Restaurants 2012

For our annual guide to the top dining in Seattle, we bring you both innovators and classics with strong culinary vision and deep reverence for seasons, local ingredients, and a sense of place—in short, the very best places to eat right now.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson