Coronavirus Chronicles

Washington Reopens, and Seattle Wants You to Celebrate Downtown

The city rolls out a slate of festivities as the state rolls back restrictions on activity.

06/30/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Soup Excitement

Pho Bac Plans a New Location, and a Cocktail Bar, Downtown

Phocific Standard Time will serve playful cocktails upstairs.

06/03/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Groundbreaker

A Seattle Skyscraper’s Rise Helps Shatter a Glass Ceiling

A new 40-story condo building owes much of its design to Julia Nagele, one of few women in the world to shape such a tall tower.

12/21/2020 By Benjamin Cassidy

Overnights

High-End Lotte Hotel Finally Opens, Pandemic Be Damned

At last, a look at a long-vacant property that's been in limbo for years.

09/24/2020 By Allison Williams

Downtown’s New Seattle House Towers Offer Adventurous, Carefree Living for Seattle’s Empty Nesters

Reconnect with downtown Seattle in a new vertical living property by the one of the world's largest sustainable developer of urban neighborhoods.

03/11/2020

LEMON UP

The Girl Scouts Are Throwing a Parade for a Brand New Lemon Cookie

The parade for the new Lemon-Up cookie starts Friday at noon.

02/28/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Meat Monuments

Daniel’s Broiler Bets Big on Downtown

What happens when a 40-year institution takes on Seattle’s hotel boom.

02/25/2020 By Providence Cicero

Downtown Switch-Ups

Sansei Is Closed and—Oh Sweet, Glorious Day—Dough Zone Will Open in Its Place

The soup dumpling purveyor is slated to arrive at Ninth and Pine this summer.

04/30/2019 By Rosin Saez

Opening Dispatch

The Hart and the Hunter Brings Southern-Style Food By Way Of LA

It's open now inside the new Palihotel downtown with beloved butter biscuits, photogenic tartines, and salmon jerky.

11/08/2018 By Rosin Saez

'Cue News

Now for an Update on Jack's BBQ Expansions

First up: a downtown location in the Columbia Tower, then a South Lake Union outpost in the fall.

05/25/2018 By Rosin Saez

Expansion Mode

Coming In December: A New Great State Burger on Third Ave

Josh Henderson's chainlet will soon include a walkup window on the corner of Third and Spring Street downtown.

09/29/2017 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Who Is Downtown Seattle’s New Diner?

Seattle’s high-tech boom is not just changing who we are—it’s changing how we eat.

03/06/2017 By Kathryn Robinson

Local Rooms

Lusty Lady to Become a Boutique Hotel

Sleep over at the old peep show.

05/29/2015 By Allison Williams

The City

Downtown by the Numbers

More numbers on income, race, parking, and rents

02/26/2015 By Josh Feit

PubliCalendar

PubliCalendar: You're Invited to Hack the Commute

Today's picks for civic nerds

02/10/2015 By Darren Davis

Critic's Notebook

15 Great Downtown Restaurants

Because something tells us you’ll be shopping this weekend.

12/04/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Picks

Downtown Restaurants to Stop While You Shop

Because all that holiday shopping makes you hungry.

12/01/2014 By Kathryn Robinson

City

Afternoon Fizz: Scholes to Head Downtown Seattle Association

Longtime DSA policy point person to take over as President & CEO of the group.

11/13/2014 By Josh Feit

The Explainer

Smith Tower's 100th Birthday

Look who turns 100 this month! A century after Smith Tower became the tallest building on the West Coast, let's look back at the high points — and a few low ones too. (Hover over the colored dots on the image.)

07/01/2014 By Matthew Halverson

Hotels

Local Rooms: Hotel Motif

So long, Red Lion. There's a new indie in town.

06/24/2014 By Allison Williams