Sockeye to Me

Help, I’m Allergic to the Cover of My Cookbook!

My fishy foray through a minor medical mystery and major identity crisis.

04/13/2026 By Naomi Tomky Illustrations by Derek Abella

Good Catch

The Underwater Guide to Seattle Seafood

02/16/2024 Edited by Allison Williams By Eric Nusbaum, Allecia Vermillion, and Allison Williams Photography by Sarah Flotard Styled by Suzy Bichl

Good Catch

We Should All Respect the Geoduck

Wait, stop laughing. This behemoth of a clam is serious business.

02/14/2024 By Allison Williams Photography by Sarah Flotard

Go Fish

The St. Jude Is One of Seattle’s Last Commercial Tuna Boats

How a grizzled Seattle fisherman found himself trolling for tuna in the South Pacific and selling straight on the dock.

02/13/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

What we catch

Sea Change: How and When Washington’s Catch Ebbs and Flows

From smelt to sea cucumbers, the seafood we take from Northwest waters is ever-changing.

02/13/2024 By Allison Williams

#HellaRice

Herschell Taghap’s Simple Saba Shio Recipe

Bring the Japanese neighborhood bar vibes home with the PNW’s other oily fish.

12/31/2020 By Herschell Taghap Photography by Herschell Taghap

PNW Pantry

St. Jude Tuna Revitalizes a Lunch Staple

The local company’s troll-caught albacore is on a Good Food Award streak.

07/23/2019 By Stefan Milne

Drinks, Ahoy

Sail Over to These Nautical Seattle Restaurants and Bars

No surprise, our water-bound region has a host of maritime spots where you can anchor for a bite—or a beer.

07/22/2019 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Anna Coumou

Day Into Night

Around the Clock at Pike Place Market

From dawn to well after dusk, the market has its own particular rhythm.

06/19/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Explainer

This UW Professor Wants to Send Every Fish Through a CT Scanner

For science!

10/21/2016 By Matthew Halverson

Food Lovers Guide

BestCatch: The CSA of the Sea

A community-supported fishery is just what it sounds like: a weekly share of fresh local seafood.

06/23/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Food Lovers Guide

Chefs Who Fish (But Don't Eat What They Catch)

The city’s best seafood chefs are crazy about fishing—just not for dinner.

06/23/2016 By Allison Williams

Critic's Notebook

Why Can’t Terrific Fish and Chips Make it in Seattle?

The closure of Pike Street Fish Fry and Chippy’s delivers a one-two punch to lovers of the low-end-done-highbrow indulgence.

02/16/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Review

Just Enough Adventure on the Salted Seas

A Vietnamese restaurateur brings a fish house to Columbia City.

09/21/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Roadtripping for a Great Plate of Seafood

Where to take the house guests when they want a plate of perfect Northwest fish with a side of fresh scenery.

08/12/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Do You Know How to Order Fish in a Restaurant?

Now you will. How to dine responsibly on seafood, in four easy steps.

06/03/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

Is That Tuna or Escolar in Your Sushi?

Washington state is aiming legislation at fish-labeling fraud. It’s a bigger problem than you think.

01/28/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Unhealthily Obsessed

Filet-O-Fish in the Wild

The natural stated of F-O-Fs and chicken nuggets, illustrated by a local artist.

06/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker

140 Characters or Fewer

Nosh Pit’s Top Food Tweets of the Week

Frank Bruni does Seattle tourism a solid, a San Fran critic pulls off the impossible, and a local writer scores with a slamdunk Filet-O-Fish tweet.

06/10/2011 By Jessica Voelker