Counter Act

A Seattle Lunch Spot Destined for Greatness

In the erratic alchemy of a restaurant’s success or failure, sometimes the best route is the gloriously specific one.

Pics or It Didn’t Happen

In the Era of Instagram, a Seattle Restaurant Bets on Conversation

The Thompson Hotel’s new restaurant concept uses prompt cards to help guests “connect.”

Taste Trend

From the Impossible Burger to a local startup’s “chicken” nuggets, vegan meat substitutes are serious business.

Taste Trend

Nikki DeGidio’s food is free of gluten and dairy, full of flavor, and poised to be a legit dining movement.

Taste Trend

Hatch chiles. Hotdish. These neighborhood restaurants satisfy yearnings for other regions' signature dishes.

Taste Trend

For some intrepid chefs, leaning into the bottom line yields a menu that’s even better.

Taste Trend

A new mill brings the Skagit Valley grain revolution into kitchens large and small.

02/26/2019 By Rebekah Denn

Taste Trend

The local chain isn’t quite as ubiquitous as Starbucks. Yet.

Deli Destinies

A bevy of new arrivals skew a bit modern, quite old school, and anywhere in between.

11/20/2018 By Rosin Saez

Right on 'cue

Northwest barbecue may not be a style, per se, but some newcomers are at least giving it a persona.

02/28/2018 By Rosin Saez

Sole Providers

There’s a certain charm to places that pick one thing—bundt cake, root beer, musubi—and take it to gloriously specific extremes.

01/26/2018 By Rosin Saez

Slurping Encouraged

A recent crop of ramen spots has arrived in Seattle—each its own soulful iteration.

11/21/2017 By Rosin Saez