Critic's Notebook

Dining by Firelight

Candlelight is so November. This month, go for some serious flames.

12/07/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Rainy Season

49 Things Every Seattleite Must Do This Winter

Where to skate, soak, drink, dine, and, yes, swim all season long.

12/05/2015 By Seattle Met Staff

Party On

Private Party Spaces to Eat, Drink, and Be Merry

Cellar rooms, mezzanines, and party spots for every occasion.

12/03/2015 By Sophia Lizardi

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I Got Coffee Delivery from Starbucks…

…and here’s what happened.

12/03/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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How Is Jason Stratton Changing Mamnoon?

Hint: He’s been thinking a lot about Bruce Naftaly.

11/30/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Morning Matters

4 New Brunches to Try This Month

Israeli shakshuka, curries and biscuits, and plenty of hollandaise.

11/12/2015 By Sophia Lizardi

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Seattle Bars with Killer Food

The three best of a very good year.

11/12/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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Go to a Seattle Restaurant, Feed the Hungry

Just in time for Giving Season: a most charitable restaurant app.

11/09/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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A Whole New Type of Restaurant Emerges in Seattle

And why it’s happening now.

11/05/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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What It's Really Like to Work in a Seattle Restaurant

New survey gives it to us straight.

11/02/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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Okay Frequent Diners: Name Seattle’s Cuisine of the Year

We just did in Seattle Met’s Restaurant Issue. Can you guess?

10/26/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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And the Seattle Met 2015 Restaurant of the Year Is…

…a place where 148 lucky diners ate very, very well last night.

10/23/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

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Don’t Miss This Dinner at Mamnoon

Jason Stratton’s cooking. One hundred percent of proceeds to benefit Syrian refugees.

10/19/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Boulangerie in Magnolia and Major Props for Canon

P.S. They sell craft beer at Chevron now?

10/16/2015 By Karin Vandraiss

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Which Restaurants Belong on a Seahawks Party Barge?

Find out here.

10/15/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Food & Drink Events

Nosh Pit Weekly Planner: October 14–20

The week in which: Cafe Nordo's cocktail theater returns, Mar y Montaña pops up, and we learn to cook with cannabis.

10/14/2015 By Agazit Afeworki

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Vegetables Grow Huge in Seattle Restaurants

In this year’s freshman class of new restaurants, plants are taking center stage.

10/12/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Morning Matters

Here Are 5 New Brunch Spots

Bloody mary mussels. Torta benedict. Oatmeal cobbler french toast.

10/09/2015 By Karin Vandraiss

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Seafood, Cyclists, and a Neil Young Sighting

Plus "elevated, new Northwest hippie food" in Fremont.

10/09/2015 By Karin Vandraiss

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Stateside and Kraken Congee Make Weird Cheesecake

And by “weird” I mean “stunning.”

10/08/2015 By Kathryn Robinson