Alfresco Dining

The Seattle Outdoor Patio Hall of Fame

Claim your spot at the city’s rooftops or decks. It’s packed? Industry insiders share how to score a seat (without throwing elbows).

05/29/2019 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Meat and Mama's

The death knell sounds for a Belltown institution, Dot's owner Miles James resurfaces on Bainbridge Island, and RockCreek's sibling restaurant won't be a fish house.

05/22/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: July 2–8

This week: Seattle gears up for a seriously festive fourth (and recovers with a classic summer flick and some street food at Mamnoon).

07/01/2014 By Caroline Ferguson

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: May 21–27

This week: Free burgers, prom for grown-ups, and a Sriracha-drenched Safeco Field.

05/20/2014 By Caroline Ferguson

Happy Hour

This Week in Happy Hour: NYE 2013 Edition

12 bars where you can make the last hour of 2013 really count.

12/19/2013 By Sara Hendrickson

Holiday Boozing

5 Bars Open on Christmas Day, Part 3

Merry drinking to all, and to all a good night.

12/17/2013 By Sara Hendrickson

Happy Hour

This Week in Happy Hour: Halloween and Día de los Muertos Edition

In which we show you how to make the boozy most out of two of our favorite holidays.

10/24/2013 By Sara Hendrickson

Mount Up

Meet the Taxidermic Animal Heads of Seattle's Bars

...and drink like them too.

10/07/2013 By Cassie Sawyer

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner August 28–September 3

Barbecue and bourbon at Tilth, free burgers at Li'l Woody's, and blues at Magnuson Park.

08/27/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Happy Hour

This Week in Happy Hour: Summer Gaming Edition

Don't think about autumn just yet. Celebrate the last weeks of summer with games and beer.

08/15/2013 By Cassie Sawyer

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner August 14—20

Drink Champagne with a Narwhal, preview Aragona's menu, and rewatch Anaconda at King's Hardware—it's way better with a buzz.

08/13/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: August 7—13

Watch Dirty Dancing at dusk, sample some of Seattle's finest food trucks, and play soccer in the street with beer in hand.

08/05/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: July 3–9

Fourth of July celebrations, a major beer festival, and an excellent rooftop dinner.

07/01/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: June 12–18

Celebrate 6,000 days of Tini Bigs, party with brewers or distillers, or benefit from local chefs' head-to-head barbecue battle.

06/10/2013 By Brianna Lantz

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: Apr 24-30

Beer and golf at Boka, Ron Jeremy at Linda's, and Fabio (the chef, not the man hunk) at Cuoco and Book Larder.

04/22/2013 By Erica Thompson

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: Apr 3-9

The Saint celebrates five years, chocolate fiends can learn how to make killer milkshakes and a popular annual festival lets you eat a book.

04/01/2013 By Erica Thompson

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: Jan 23-29

This week: Opportunities to drink whiskey abound, a culinary cowboy covers beef 101, and haggis lovers unite at Palace Ballroom.

01/22/2013 By Danielle Zorn

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: January 16-22

This Week: sausage-making classes at Pike Place Market, Rocky IV at King's Hardware, and Brave Horse Tavern serves the manliest meal of all time.

01/14/2013 By Danielle Zorn

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: January 8-14

Making marmalade, Mr. Miyagi on a heated-patio, and kicking hunger (and eating jambalaya) with Craig Terrill.

01/07/2013 By Danielle Zorn

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

This week: a pinball bar opens on Capitol Hill, Ethan Stowell plans a salumi shop, and Bluebird becomes a nanobrewery.

11/16/2012 By Sabina Cao