Friday Feed

Rise of a King, Fall of a Master in This Week's Food News

Mourning a hot dog entrepreneur, celebrating a doughnut king, and more.

01/17/2025 By Naomi Tomky

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

More Than Fried Dough

Ninth and Hennepin Makes Doughnuts for People Who Hate Sprinkles

How to win friends with salad? Make it into a doughnut.

02/05/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

More Than Fried Dough

It’s a New Era at King Donuts

The Rainier Valley landmark evolves once again. The doughnuts? Still great.

01/22/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

The Hole Truth

Cake vs. Raised Doughnuts: Which Is Better?

Two Seattle Met editors defend their preferred style of doughnut with rock-solid facts and unimpeachable logic.

01/19/2024 By Allecia Vermillion and Allison Williams

More Than Fried Dough

You’ve Never Seen Doughnuts like These Before

Ever wish you could turn tres leches cake into a doughnut? Doce Donut Co. reimagines Latin American pastry traditions on a canvas of perfect brioche.

01/18/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Time To...Well, You Know

This Local Company Has Been Making the World's Doughnuts for 101 Years

Auburn-based Belshaw helps companies large and small with machines that cut, fry, frost, fill, and ice.

01/17/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Hook, Line, and Sinkers

The Evolution of Seattle Doughnuts

From minis to mochi to Mighty-O.

01/16/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Doughnut Watch

Zuri's Donutz Brings Imaginative Old Fashioneds to Ballard This Summer

Sure it's just a weekend popup...for now.

05/17/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

WHAT WE'RE EATING NOW

Behold, the Mochi Doughnut

Our picks for December include fiery Sichuan food and some seriously fancy garlic knots.

11/26/2019 By Seattle Met Staff

SHIFTS & SHAKEUPS

This Week in Restaurant News: Doughnut Debuts and Tacos in Interbay

Five dining developments on our radar.

10/18/2019 By Rosin Saez and Jaime Archer

Opening Dispatch

Top Pot Cofounder Spins Off a New Doughnut Shop on Capitol Hill

Arriving in August, Half and Half Doughnut Co. will replace the former Sun Liquor Distillery Bottle Shop on East Pike.

07/23/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Culture Fix

What to Do After Work July 22–25

Contemporary Native writers take the spotlight, Hari Kondabolu tests new material, and a play set in the International District lands in Pioneer Square.

07/22/2019 By Lily Hansen and Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Weekly Planner

Where to Eat and Drink June 5–11

The week in which: doughnuts are rightly celebrated, smoked pork kicks off summer, and next-level burritos land at Bar Ciudad.

06/05/2019 By Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Dining Events

Where to Eat and Drink May 8–14

The week in which: Elysian Brewing opens (again), doughnuts get an organic makeover, and Seattle Beer Week arrives.

05/08/2019 By Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Fun with Listicles

Satisfy Booze-Induced Cravings at These 8 Food Counters Inside Bars

Hint: There's a lot of fried chicken involved.

04/29/2019 By Nosh Pit Staff

Dining Events

Where to Eat and Drink April 24–30

The week in which: doughnut purveyors fry chicken, local winemakers come into focus, and the region's best food trucks are wrangled together.

04/24/2019 By Jonathan Olsen-Koziol

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Doughnuts and Boozy Slushies in the U District

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

04/12/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Sweet Treats

30 Places to Get Your Sugar Fix in Seattle

A miniature guide to Seattle's dessert scene. All-star cakes, cookies, pies, ice cream, and doughnuts abound.

03/25/2019 By Nosh Pit Staff

Fun with Listicles

6 Under-the-Radar Baking Operations You Should Know About

Sourdough cruffins. Brioche doughnuts. Rustic loaves. Seattle's pop-up bakeries are here for your carb-loving needs.

12/03/2018 By Nosh Pit Staff