Pre-Game Guide

Best Restaurants and Bars Near Lumen Field and T-Mobile Park

Where to eat if you’re headed to the stadiums.

03/26/2026 By Naomi Tomky and Allecia Vermillion

Quote Unquote

Baso Fibonacci Believes in Seattle Art

The downtown painter documents his city in paintings, murals, and a little bit of renegade street art.

02/05/2026 By Allison Williams

Love Letter

There’s No Place like Pioneer Square Habitat Beach

An ode to Seattle’s most unlikely spot for humans (and young salmon) to chill.

02/02/2026 By Eric Nusbaum

Friday Feed

Renee Erickson’s New Restaurants Open Sunday and More Food News

Plus details on closing dates for Cook Weaver, Slim’s Last Chance, and Copine.

12/12/2025 By Naomi Tomky

In Memoriam

Prince of Pork, Scion of Charcuterie, Armandino Batali Dies at 88

The founder of Salumi turned his retirement project into a beloved local business.

12/08/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Skillet Closing, Stevie's Famous Opening, and More Food News

The Virginia Inn is so back, baby.

11/14/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Know Your Place

Pioneer Square’s Historic Cadillac Hotel Is Also Its Tiniest National Park

This working-class hotel is now a museum—and one of four units that make up the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in Alaska.

10/06/2025 By Meg van Huygen

Local Rooms

Pioneer Square's Newest Hotel Is Almost Too Cool for Us

Populus Seattle gives the Railspur development a killer rooftop bar.

07/28/2025 By Taylor McKenzie Gerlach

Expansion Mode

Renee Erickson's Restaurant Group Plans a Beer Hall and Pizza Bar in Pioneer Square

The former FX McRory's will make way for Lowlander Brewery, Un Po Tipsy Pizzeria, and a full-service restaurant that's more classic Erickson.

04/24/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

National Pastimes

Who Were Seattle’s All-Star Festivities Really For?

On the ground in and around T-Mobile Park for baseball’s biggest party.

07/13/2023 By Eric Nusbaum

HAPPY 10TH

Frederick Holmes Celebrates 10 Years of Expanding Seattle’s Art World

The Pioneer Square art gallery brings culture, and a whole lot of heart, to the local art scene.

06/23/2023 By Zoe Sayler

Fresh Chapters

Marcus Lalario and Ben Kirschner Will Take Over the London Plane Space

The project in Pioneer Square doesn't yet have a confirmed name. But it does have sneakers, streetwear, and pasta by Jason Stratton.

03/14/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

Noooooooo

The London Plane Will Close in December

Seattle's loss is both culinary and civic.

11/18/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Feature

Proofing the Pastry Project

Even before our current restaurant worker shortage, Seattle’s needed more pastry cooks. Two women built a free training program in Pioneer Square; the experiment doesn’t end there.

08/29/2022 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Quote Unquote

Avery Barnes Brings African Style to Pioneer Square

"This is not just a gallery or retail space, but more of a creative space."

08/15/2022 By Allison Williams

Feature

Lou Graham, Seattle's Misunderstood Madam

Is everything we know about one of Seattle’s most notorious historical figures true, or just the masterful storytelling of one garrulous newspaperman?

08/09/2022 By Hanna Brooks Olsen

Currents

What Downtown Seattle Says about Downtown Seattle

Those who live or work at street level share their experiences about the most discussed, and mythologized, part of our city.

03/30/2022 By Benjamin Cassidy

Enclaves

Chief Seattle Club Builds a 'Home' to Combat Indigenous Homelessness

The nonprofit's ?ál?al project, a culturally attuned affordable housing development, is set to open soon in Pioneer Square.

09/21/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Prohibition Punch

Never Have I Ever: Had Drinks Atop Smith Tower

A new identity helps our vintage skyscraper persevere. The speakeasy-style bar on the 35th floor helps too.

09/16/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

On View

Pioneer Square’s Martyr Sauce Has Grown into a Street Level Gallery

You can still step inside the underground art space, but now it has a candy-colored sibling: MS PAM.

05/07/2021 By Stefan Milne