Gourd Me

I Hate Beer—How Did I End Up at the Great Pumpkin Beer Festival?

File this one away in the things work made me do.

10/14/2021 By Malia Alexander

Hopped Up

Washington Breweries Won Big at the Great American Beer Festival

Plus, the nation's top beer awards deemed Cloudburst its "Brewery and Brewer of the Year."

09/14/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Culture Fix

Weekend What to Do September 27–29

Classic films, a DJ fun run, and Central Perk comes to town.

09/27/2019 By Ryan Phelan and Courtney Cummings

Pride 2019

Seattle Pride Event Guide 2019

Complement your parade experience with a boozy night at the aquarium, a reading party for introverts, countless parties, and more.

06/25/2019 By Lily Hansen

Taste the Rainbow

It's Pride Month and These Restaurants Are Celebrating Big

What to expect: rosé flights, fruity ice cream, and (obviously) tons of parties.

06/20/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Pride 2019

Elysian and Seattle Pride Threw the Most Capitol Hill Wedding Ever

And, yes, Queer Eye's Jonathan Van Ness was there.

06/05/2019 By Jaime Archer and Rosin Saez

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

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Little Fish Takeover and a Butchery-Booze Destination

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

12/14/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Celebrity Couture Pops and Uber Fresh Seafood

Plus, Standard Brewing debuts cocktails and sandwiches in the Central District.

09/08/2017 By Jaime Archer

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: June 28–July 4

The week in which: Mexican treats pop up at Olympic Sculpture Park, Mbar throws a rooftop barbecue, and Elysian Brewing hosts a beer-filled Search Party.

06/28/2017 By Rosin Saez

Beer Buzz

Unified Brewing Company Takes Over the Big Al Brewing Space

A crew with a ton of beer cred—Elysian, the Pine Box, Baron Brewing among them—is bringing back beer to White Center come 2018.

06/13/2017 By Rosin Saez

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: June 7–13

This week, drink for a cause during Negroni Week, Dine with Pride for Pride Month, and take your pup to an al fresco dinner.

06/07/2017 By Rosin Saez

Hopped Up

Here Comes Seattle Beer Week 2016

Seattle's annual bacchanalia of Washington beer has a new official brew, Daily Pale, and a great lineup of events.

05/11/2016 By Kyle Kuhn

The Year's Best

Our Top 5 Most Popular Stories of 2015

Here are the most read Seattle Met longform stories of the year

12/28/2015 By Seattle Met Staff

Feature

Dick Cantwell’s Beer Is Immortal

He was the sole nay vote in Elysian Brewing’s sale to Anheuser-Busch. Now the brewer’s legacy is at the center of the battle for the soul of Seattle beer.

09/28/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

The Week in Restaurant News: Lingering and Leaving

Capitol Hill welcomes sushi restaurant Gokan, the former Brasa space gets a long-awaited occupant, and Elysian's Dick Cantwell resigns.

04/17/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

“Corporate Beer Still Sucks”

Elysian’s Hard Sell

Seattle’s beer community freaked out when the world’s biggest brewing conglomeration bought Elysian. Will anything really change?

04/15/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Gastropocalypse Now

Boat Street Cafe, Shanik, and Jason Stratton are all on the way out. What more can you take from us, universe?

02/27/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Hopped Up

Elysian Brewer Steve Luke Will Open Cloudburst Brewing

The guy behind some of the city's best beers is setting up shop in a cool old building near Pike Place Market.

02/26/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Mergers & Acquisitions

Wha?! Anheuser-Busch Buys Seattle's Elysian Brewing

Didn't see that one coming.

01/23/2015 By Allecia Vermillion