Friday Feed

This Week's Food News Includes Lots of Tasty Openings

Bossam in Bellevue, a Hong Kong cafe in Capitol Hill, and seven more exciting new restaurants.

11/15/2024 By Naomi Tomky

Opening Dispatch

Now Open: One of the Year's Most Promising New Restaurants

At Ramie, the siblings behind Ba Sa take Vietnamese food in a new direction.

05/22/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Popular Overnight Food Cart Mama Sambusa Goes Brick-and-Mortar

The Rainier Valley favorite spotlights Somali cuisine in a new space.

11/22/2022 By Sophia Struna

Transitions

Seattle's First Women's Sports Bar Takes Over Sawyer's Space

We're nowhere near done mourning this recently departed Ballard restaurant. At least Rough and Tumble will write a cool new chapter for its address.

10/25/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Fall Favorites

Say Hello to Three Big-Deal Restaurant Projects

Shota Nakajima does pizza. The year's best popup goes brick-and-mortar. By Tae comes back, and goes big.

09/08/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Sushi Intrigue

A 10-Seat, Michelin-Starred Sushi Bar Is Coming to Seattle

Dinner involves a whiskey bar antechamber and 17-course nigiri tasting.

08/01/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Eric Donnelly's Bar Sur Mer Opens in July

Small seafood plates, Spanish influences, and a briny bar program define the compact bar behind FlintCreek Cattle Co. in Greenwood.

06/29/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Write On

Little Oddfellows Reopens Inside Elliott Bay Book Company

Once again, you can sip a steaming cappuccino while reading a book just purchased a few footsteps away.

05/27/2022 By Sophia Urabe

Expansion Mode

Susu Dessert Bar Spins Off a Bothell Bakery

The pastry program will head north, so this buttery gem in Chinatown–International District can get back to its original plan.

05/10/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Bloom Plants a Vegan-Friendly, No-Dairy, Gluten-Free Flag in Denny Triangle

The new lunch counter lets you assemble your own bento box.

05/09/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Ox + Panda = Frog 

Money Frog Brings Grown-Up Energy to the Former Vios Space

Owners behind Taurus Ox and Hangry Panda will serve up cocktails, casual vibes, and chicken-fried frog legs with a side of ranch. 

04/01/2022 By Ann Karneus

Opening Dispatch

The New Chuck's Hop Shop Is Here...and It Has Bagels

Seward Park is now home to a new kind of Chuck's. One that balances beer with bagels and noshes from Muriel's All Day Eats.

01/24/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

9 Seattle Restaurant and Bar Openings for the New Year

Bring on the xiao long bao and queso and Peruvian fare. Plus some specific details on takeout, because the world.

01/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

November Is for New Bars, Fried Chicken, and One Fancy New Grocer

Meet five cool spots that just opened their doors.

11/19/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Ba Bar Opens Vegan Walk-Up, Ba Bar Green, in South Lake Union

The takeout window goes beyond Vietnamese fare with plant-based dishes from across Southeast Asia.

11/12/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

The Wandering Goose Flies South

Plus five more restaurants that just opened in Seattle—it's a banner week if you like fried chicken.

11/04/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Kricket Club, Meesha's Upscale Sibling, Opens in Ravenna

Royal recipes and street food inspire Preeti Agarwal's new restaurant in the former Salare space.

10/12/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Some Great Bars and Restaurants Opened Over the Weekend

Shellfish. Speakeasies. Soft serve.

10/04/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Seattle Dining Guide

Seattle’s Best New Restaurants (and Bars)

This year’s been full of adjustments. But also beautiful bars, grilled meats, and the occasional aloo slider.

09/24/2021 By Allecia Vermillion Photography by Amber Fouts

Big Cheese

Oaky's Tex-Mex Arrives on a Wave of Queso

Wood Shop BBQ's taco- and burrito-focused sibling returns as a proper restaurant in the Central District.

09/23/2021 By Allecia Vermillion