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

Review

The Butcher, the Baker, the Cheeseburger Maker

Beast and Cleaver hides a destination restaurant behind a (really good) butcher counter.

09/13/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Dinner Is Fire

3 Destinations for Yakiniku, Japan's Answer to Korean Barbecue

Tabletop grills meet seafood, high-end steak, even the occasional s'more.

02/21/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Dinner Is Fire

Great Korean BBQ and Yakiniku Restaurants in (and Around) Seattle

Where to go, what to do, and how to best enjoy two fantastic traditions of tabletop grilling.

02/21/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Jungyeon Roh Photography by David Jaewon Oh

Meat Mourning

Get to the Shambles While You Can

The meat- and beer-focused restaurant in Maple Leaf will say farewell before Christmas.

12/15/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Plant-Based Plans

An Omnivore’s Guide to Eating Less Meat

Chefs and climate advocates dish on why you might and how you can reduce.

07/14/2020 By Stefan Milne Illustrations by Jordan Kay

Countdown to #CowabungaSea

Cowabunga Ups the Ante on All Things Surf 'N' Turf

The meat mayhem that is Seattle Met's Cowabunga also goes big on seafood the first day of the festival, September 27.

09/10/2019 By Rosin Saez

Review

The Meat Goes on at the New Salumi

How new owners and a new space recast Seattle’s mainstay Italian deli.

02/26/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner November 14–20

The week in which: master architects take on gingerbread, and an astonishing number of great restaurants raise money for immigrant rights.

11/14/2018 By Christina Ausley

Recommendations

The Mighty, Meaty Steak Houses of Seattle

Temples of beef that age, grill, and sear meat into dining divinity.

08/14/2018 Edited by Rosin Saez

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: October 11–17

The week in which: Seattle channels Icelandic vibes, Hotel Sorrento hosts chilling crime tales, and artist Genevieve St. Charles gets to the meat of the matter.

10/11/2017 By Jaime Archer

Holiday Proteins

You Know What's Better Than Thanksgiving Turkey? Thanksgiving Porchetta.

Here's where to pre-order.

11/07/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

High Steaks

Eat Lots of Meat at Wild About Game 2016

The artisan market and chef competition at Nicky Farm's 14th annual celebration of specialty game remains a carnivore's paradise.

09/28/2016 By Darren Davis

Food Lovers Guide

Seattle's Small-Scale Slaughter Problem

This city loves its sustainably grown local meat, but Puget Sound has very few facilities willing to slaughter animals from small farms. Mobile slaughtering may be the imperfect solution.

06/23/2016 By Caroline Ferguson

Meat Matters

Crowd Cow: Changing How Seattle Buys Local Beef

It's like using Kickstarter to buy a whole cow with a bunch of strangers.

12/10/2015 By Sophia Lizardi

Meat Matters

Things I Ate at Wild About Game 2015

Nicky Farms' 15th annual celebration of specialty game meat was a carnivore's dream.

10/13/2015 By Darren Davis

Food Lovers Guide to Seattle

Five of Our Favorite Seattle-Made Meats

And the butchers who produce them.

07/09/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Wait, What?

Rain Shadow Meats Makes an Artisan Version of the Slim Jim

It's called the Slim Russ, naturally.

05/22/2014 By Genie Leslie

Post

One Nation, Under Barbecue

07/01/2013 By Kathryn Robinson and Allecia Vermillion