Underdog Neighborhoods

The Case for Hillman City, from Sara O’Neill-Kohl

Seattle's southside neighborhood is changing quickly—for the better.

04/08/2025 By Sara O’Neill-Kohl and Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Critic's Picks

The Best Restaurants in the South End Right Now

Next-level deep dish, juicy rotisserie chicken, and pillowy pita: Seattle’s southerly neighborhoods harbor long-standing laid-back restaurants and ambitious newcomers alike.

05/29/2019 Edited by Jaime Archer

Review

At Archipelago, No Menu Is an Island

Filipino flavors and the Pacific Northwest intersect in Hillman City.

03/26/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Archipelago’s Progressive Filipino American Cuisine Debuts December 1

The spirit of the Philippines fashioned through Pacific Northwest ingredients.

11/29/2018 By Rosin Saez

Theater Review

A Bright Room Called Day Is Aggressively Timely

The Williams Project's new production of Tony Kushner’s play belabors parallels between 1930s Berlin and now.

10/30/2018 By Stefan Milne

PI Meets PNW

Progressive Filipino American Restaurant Comes to Hillman City

Archipelago is an ode to Aaron Verzosa and Amber Manuguid's heritage, to be sure, but the couple filters flavors of the Philippines through the Pacific Northwest, where they grew up.

04/02/2018 By Rosin Saez