Recommendations

The Best Thai Restaurants in Seattle Right Now

In a city with Thai restaurants aplenty (and a growing Lao presence), these favorites sidestep Americanized sweetness for a bolder harmony of flavors.

08/20/2019 Edited by Jaime Archer

Of Broth and Bowls

13 Places to Hit the Soup Spot in Seattle

Cold climes call for warming bowls of chowder, pho, or gumbo.

12/18/2018 By Seattle Met Staff Edited by Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

So, You’ve Got Just One Meal in Seattle?

Oh, the places you’ll (be told to) go.

09/08/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

The Heartbreak of the Awful Restaurant Recommendation

And the joy of the terrific one

06/25/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Nosh Pit Reading List

The bars of our future, My Drunk Kitchen, and why you're not allowed to say your food tastes like crack.

08/29/2013 By Seattle Met Staff

Dance Review

Recommended: Coppélia

Pacific Northwest Ballet gives a fresh coat of paint to Balanchine’s comic story ballet.

06/08/2010 By Laura Dannen

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Where to Eat Dinner Before the Paramount?

It’s a popular question

10/19/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater…

…wants to order pumpkin dishes

10/12/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Restaurants Open Monday?

Just trying to find a lousy plate of food tonight. Better yet, a great plate of food.

09/28/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Indian Summer Supper

Where to enjoy the last of Seattle’s alfresco dining?

09/21/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Quick Weeknight Dinner?

School’s on, soccer season’s here, can’t find the toe shoes…and who has time to make dinner?

09/09/2009 By Kathryn Robinson

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Need a Restaurant Recommendation? Step into my Parlor…

This week’s dilemma: Visitors who need brunch

07/24/2009 By Kathryn Robinson