Seattle Dining Guide

The Best Seafood in Seattle

Where to find the oysters, the crab rolls, and the sustainably sourced delicacies that define our waterbound town.

07/21/2025 By Naomi Tomky, Allecia Vermillion, and Seattle Met Staff

Turkey Time 2019

Where to Get Your Thanksgiving Dinner Fix This Year

From turkey feasts to plant-based meals to takeaway pumpkin pies, these spots in or beyond the city have you covered this holiday.

11/14/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner January 30–February 5

The week in which: A festivus convenes for Belgian beer, "totchos" are a thing, and burgers become romantic date fare.

01/30/2019 By Haley Gray

Food & Drink

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner January 16–22

The week in which: Love City Love combines brunch and books, Lost Lake Cafe puts a beefy spin on happy hour, and Ray's throws a shellfish fest.

01/16/2019 By Rosin Saez

Recommendations

Don't Wait to Dine at These 12 Classic Seattle Restaurants

Iconic spots that serve nothing but the hits.

09/11/2018 Edited by Rosin Saez

Drinking Holidays

St. Patrick's Day Goings-On: From Refined to Rowdy

Whether you prefer shotgunning green beers or savoring 25-year whiskey.

03/11/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: 2 New Breweries

Get this: one of them is gluten-free.

02/06/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: April 9–15

This week: a Moroccan cooking lesson, some seafood feasts, and a bona fide taco wizard makes a birthday party debut.

04/08/2014 By Caroline Ferguson

Cough Cough

6 Dishes to Eat (or Drink) When You're Sick

As they say, starve a fever, feed a cold—and feed it well.

01/22/2014 By Meredith Barrett

Weekly Planner

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: June 19–25

Tons of rosé, cooking with Jim Drohman, and a food bank-inspired culinary competition.

06/17/2013 By Brianna Lantz

What a Catch

30 Years of Love for Copper River Salmon

We don't know why, but Jon Rowley ends up as our romantic lead when it comes to seafood stories.

05/17/2013 By Cassandra Callan

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Alaskan Spot Prawns at Ray’s Boathouse

Chef Wayne Johnson talks us through one of his new seafood creations.

04/17/2013 By Allecia Vermillion

Action Items

Restaurants Shifts and Shakeups: Week of Jan 28

A wandering chef lands in U Village, two new joints from Skillet's Josh Henderson, and a Bavarian beer hall readies itself for Capitol Hill.

02/01/2013 By Danielle Zorn

Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

First Look: Ray's Boathouse, Rebooted

One of Seattle's most iconic restaurants undergoes an extensive remodel.

01/28/2013 By Christopher Werner

Critic's Notebook

Restaurants That Look Like “Before” Pictures

Ray’s Boathouse reopening reminds us of a few other restaurants screaming for a remodel.

01/22/2013 By Kathryn Robinson

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups: Week of Jan 11

Cassis is coming back, an owner from the Lookout looks to Belltown for his next move, and a new pasta destination in Pioneer Square.

01/11/2013 By Danielle Zorn

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

This week: Shanik finally opens, Bakery Nouveau is coming to Capitol Hill, and new spots from Maria Hines and the McCracken-Tough team.

11/30/2012 By Sabina Cao

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Best Restaurants 2012

For our annual guide to the top dining in Seattle, we bring you both innovators and classics with strong culinary vision and deep reverence for seasons, local ingredients, and a sense of place—in short, the very best places to eat right now.

10/29/2012 By Kathryn Robinson

Action Items

Restaurant Shifts and Shakeups

This week: Tom Douglas plans four new eateries, Il Corvo scouts a bigger home, and a long-awaited food truck makes it debut.

10/12/2012 By Sabina Cao

On the Menu

New Small Plates at Ray’s Cafe

The venerable destination for seafood and views has some changes in store.

06/01/2012 By Allecia Vermillion