Essay

Can We Ever Go Back to Junebaby and the Willows Inn?

Last year, a pair of newspaper investigations 86'd the reputations of two of the state’s most decorated chefs. But both of these restaurants are still open.

10/25/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Doug Chayka

Origin Stories

Edouardo Jordan Will Close Salare Permanently

The chef's original restaurant served as a proving ground before he wowed the nation with Southern food.

06/08/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Ticket Alert

Edouardo Jordan's Soul of Seattle Feels Bigger, But More Personal This Year

Like so many other events, the now-annual celebration of Black chefs went virtual in 2021.

02/10/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Tis the Season

When Company Zoom Parties Become a Restaurant Survival Tool

Corporate holiday parties have gone virtual this year, but the boost they give restaurants is very real.

12/17/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Black Lives Celebrated

Some Ways to Honor Juneteenth in Seattle

Protests and marches join streaming events on the holiday commemorating the end of U.S. slavery.

06/18/2020 By Sam Luikens

Ticket Alert

Edouardo Jordan Announces a Black History Month Celebration

The chef will partner with historian Toni Tipton-Martin and ten local chefs of color for the Soul of Seattle, a party and dinner at the Northwest African American Museum.

01/08/2020 By Stefan Milne

Drinking Buddies

These Big-Name Seattle Chefs Opened Bars Next to Their OG Restaurants

New watering holes from three local chefs were born of convenience, but deliver their own distinct experience.

10/22/2019 By Rosin Saez

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner January 30–February 5

The week in which: A festivus convenes for Belgian beer, "totchos" are a thing, and burgers become romantic date fare.

01/30/2019 By Haley Gray

News Feed

Seattle Restaurant News January 2019

This month: smoky Tex Mex, ube cheesecakes, and restaurant expansions.

12/18/2018 By Rosin Saez

Hop On the Grain Train

Edouardo Jordan's New Bar, Lucinda, Is an Ode to Glorious Grain

...both in your bowl and in your tumbler. It opens December 8 in—where else?—Ravenna, next to his award-winning JuneBaby and just blocks from Salare.

12/07/2018 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Whole Day of Edouardo Jordan, a Whole Airport of Beecher's

Five dining development that hit our radar this week.

11/30/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming (Very) Soon

Edouardo Jordan's Lucinda Grain Bar Opens December 8

With uncommon grains and cocktails thereof.

11/28/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

So...This Happened

The Year in Seattle Restaurant News

From restaurant group shakeups to Shake Shack.

10/23/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Awards and Openings Abound

Plus, Rain Shadow Meats bids farewell to Pioneer Square.

05/11/2018 By Cassie Sawyer

Food Media

Edouardo Jordan Is Having a Really Good Week

First, a set of James Beard nominations. Then the New York Times came calling.

03/16/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

JuneBaby Mania

Why Seattle Went Nuts When JuneBaby Opened

An actual line—a long one—of eager diners waited outside Edouardo Jordan's Southern restaurant at 5pm on day one. Here are 5 reasons it lives up to the hype.

08/18/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Edouardo Jordan's JuneBaby Arrives in Ravenna

The wait is over.

04/24/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

The Careful Balance of Edouardo Jordan's JuneBaby

The Salare chef's second restaurant will explore the flavors of struggle. And it should be open by the end of the month.

02/07/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Whoa!

Salare Chef Edouardo Jordan Plans a Second Restaurant

It's called JuneBaby and will be all about the food (and drinks and hospitality) of the American south.

10/19/2016 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