Better Times

Seattle's Future Contains Bars. Cool New Bars.

Here Today promises beer and views and sunshine. Inside Passage will plunge you to the bottom of the sea (with a cocktail).

03/29/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

All of the Fancy Toast

Bastille's Permanent Closure Makes Way for Counter-Service Sabine

Los Angeles hotspots like Sqirl and Gjusta inspire the bistro's next chapter.

10/22/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Carby Switchups

Marcus Lalario Brings Mezzanotte (and Pasta) to Georgetown

The former Bar Ciudad space trades rotisserie for rigatoni.

07/29/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Arts Opening

Capitol Hill's New Julian Peña Gallery Is Tiny and Audacious

The arts space packs a for-profit gallery, and a nonprofit focused on underrepresented artists, into a compact footprint.

07/17/2020 By Stefan Milne

Mackles'mores, Ahoy

Hello Robin's U Village Location Could Open in July

The bakery is launching another storefront—and walk-up window—with our new normal in mind.

05/26/2020 By Nicole Martinson

Oeno Files

Bar Ferdinand Will Become a Wine Bar Called Light Sleeper

Even amid all this, three somms and a chef with a hell of a bar pedigree remake Matt Dillon's former restaurant in Chophouse Row.

05/11/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: The Red Door Closes (But Fair Isle Opens)

Your Friday dispatch from Seattle Met’s food team.

01/24/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Dragons and Highballs

Rondo Japanese Kitchen Opens on Broadway

The neighborhood's izakaya master translates his sense of fun to lunchier fare. Don't worry, there's still a highball machine.

01/03/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

You Guyyyyyyyssssss

Melissa Miranda's Musang Is (Softly) Here

Filipino food "authentic to our childhood memories" finds a home on Beacon Hill.

01/02/2020 By Allecia Vermillion

Milk Drunk Love

Beacon Hill's Homer Spins Off a Fast Casual Spot Called Milk Drunk

Soft serve. Cocktails. Fried chicken sandwiches!

12/22/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Retail Wire

5 Recent Topsy-Turvy Changes in Seattle's Retail Landscape

A one-minute guide to some of Seattle's recent retail happenings: a new downtown Sephora, not so Forever 21, and what's an Anko?

10/10/2019 By Rosin Saez

Opening Dispatch

Former Seattle Sounder Fredy Montero Opens Santo Coffee Co.

The shop, a block south of Roosevelt High School, will focus on very fresh Colombian beans.

08/07/2019 By Stefan Milne

In With the New

Here Are All the New Restaurants and Shops Coming to U Village

Spoiler alert: One is a Shake Shack.

07/03/2019 By Sam Jones

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Protest at Slate and Poke in Kirkland

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

06/28/2019 By Courtney Cummings and Philip Kiefer

Expansion Mode

Brendan McGill Plans a Roman-Style Pizza Bar Downtown

Bar Taglio will sell sturdy squares of Roman-style pie and offer "a little oasis" at First and Marion.

06/27/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Wild Life

Ballard's Ascent Outdoors Is Back from the Dead

The sudden April closure was a shock, but a local mountain guide is resurrecting the outdoor retail shop.

06/26/2019 By Allison Williams

From Web to Walls

Online Clothier Armoire Fashions a New HQ in Pioneer Square

The rapidly growing clothing rental service’s new home is a boutique, warehouse, and office all in one.

06/24/2019 By Lily Hansen

Opening Updates

Melissa Miranda's Filipino Restaurant Will Take Over the Travelers Thali House Space

Musang officially has a home on Beacon Hill.

06/12/2019 By Rosin Saez

Pie Dispatch

Pagliacci Pizza Will Open a New Spot on East Pike This Fall

The Seattle pizza chain is planning a multipurpose space in a renovated building on Capitol Hill.

06/11/2019 By Rosin Saez

Bar Stool Dispatch

Locust Cider Has a West Seattle Taproom in the Works

Expect beach views, the same great cider, some wacky beers, and an extended gluten-free menu.

05/28/2019 By Rosin Saez