Cool Beans

Local Tofu and Miso Offer Fresh Takes on Traditional Techniques

Three products we think are just soy good.

02/11/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Aurora's Playing Grocery Games, Redmond's Getting New Restaurants, and More Food News

Plus chicken restaurants find new coops.

01/30/2026 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Kabul and Jarr Bar Say Goodbye, Mangosteen Opens, and More Food News

Where to find modern Australian food, Swedish pancakes, and Korean egg sandwiches.

12/05/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Knives Out

A Butter Place Spreads Creativity to the Dairy Aisle

Adrian Sanders churns up wild flavors designed to make dinner easier.

10/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Lettuce Rejoice

A New Generation Blossoms at MacPherson’s and Rising Sun Produce Markets

Despite retirement, fire, and rising costs, things are just peachy at these storied corner shops.

10/02/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Cart Wheels Through Time

A Timeline of Seattle’s Homegrown Supermarket Chains

These Seattle stores were first in line to make history.

09/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Stalled Out

A Completely Subjective Ranking of the 5 Worst Grocery Store Parking Lots in Seattle

Are supermarket developers secretly trying to push people toward public transit?

09/24/2025 By Naomi Tomky

100 Years of Fortitude

The Very American History That Shaped Town & Country Markets

The family behind Town & Country Markets overcame the Great Depression, Japanese Incarceration with help from their Bainbridge Island community.

09/22/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Cart Blanche

Seattle’s Best Independent Grocery Stores

If they don’t have it, you don’t need it.

09/18/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Magic Ate Ball

AI Will Change How We Grocery Shop, but Not the Way You Think

An expert offers her predictions of what’s next for local food stores.

09/15/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Personal Shopper

Inside the Life of an Instacart Shopper

‘The faster you are, the sooner you can deliver.’

09/11/2025 By Eric Nusbaum

Shell Games

Ekone’s Smoked Scallops Kick the Can to the Curb

Forget selling seashells by the shore. Start buying these bivalves by the bag.

07/24/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Juicy Retails

What I learned from a $43 Box of Pakistani Mangoes

Nostalgia tastes sweet, but it’s not cheap.

07/08/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Dip Dive

The Best Local Salsas for Dipping Chips and Topping Tacos

Green means go, red means WHOA!

06/26/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

A Goodbye to Shanghai Garden's Green Noodles, Hello to Gao Lhao, Pizza Ritual, and International Lobster Rolls

Two new hotels, two new grocery stores, and a sad farewell to some local favorites.

04/25/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Bag That

Two New Grocery Stores Open in the Region, More to Come

Bellevue’s Canadian invasion continues with T&T Supermarket, Saars Super Saver Foods swings north to Aurora.

12/05/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Obsession

Musician Tomo Nakayama Shares His Favorite Seattle Spots

The Tractor Tavern, Asian markets in White Center, and day trips to Bow-Edison.

09/10/2024 By Eric Nusbaum

Frozen Assets

Good Luck Bread Elevates Frozen Pizza

How Corrie Strandjord and Eric Anderson lucked into the pizza biz.

07/10/2024 By Meg van Huygen

PNW Pantry

Linda Miller Nicholson Chases the Gnocchi Rainbow

The hometown pasta artist known as Salty Seattle now sells boxes of colorful make-at-home gnocchi.

12/06/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Members Only

Bulk-Size Feelings About Costco’s 40th Anniversary

The Issaquah-based company began as a no-frills warehouse in SoDo. Today, it’s a full-on lifestyle choice.

09/05/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Met

Grocery Shopping

Local Tofu and Miso Offer Fresh Takes on Traditional Techniques

Aurora's Playing Grocery Games, Redmond's Getting New Restaurants, and More Food News

Kabul and Jarr Bar Say Goodbye, Mangosteen Opens, and More Food News

A Butter Place Spreads Creativity to the Dairy Aisle

A New Generation Blossoms at MacPherson’s and Rising Sun Produce Markets

A Timeline of Seattle’s Homegrown Supermarket Chains

A Completely Subjective Ranking of the 5 Worst Grocery Store Parking Lots in Seattle

The Very American History That Shaped Town & Country Markets

Seattle’s Best Independent Grocery Stores

AI Will Change How We Grocery Shop, but Not the Way You Think

Inside the Life of an Instacart Shopper

Ekone’s Smoked Scallops Kick the Can to the Curb

What I learned from a $43 Box of Pakistani Mangoes

The Best Local Salsas for Dipping Chips and Topping Tacos

A Goodbye to Shanghai Garden's Green Noodles, Hello to Gao Lhao, Pizza Ritual, and International Lobster Rolls

Two New Grocery Stores Open in the Region, More to Come

Musician Tomo Nakayama Shares His Favorite Seattle Spots

Good Luck Bread Elevates Frozen Pizza

Linda Miller Nicholson Chases the Gnocchi Rainbow

Bulk-Size Feelings About Costco’s 40th Anniversary