Origin Stories

Edouardo Jordan Will Close Salare Permanently

The chef's original restaurant served as a proving ground before he wowed the nation with Southern food.

06/08/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Ticket Alert

Edouardo Jordan's Soul of Seattle Feels Bigger, But More Personal This Year

Like so many other events, the now-annual celebration of Black chefs went virtual in 2021.

02/10/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Comfort Food

Seattleites Step Up to Feed the Community

Restaurants and organizations are working hard to ensure no one goes hungry—here's where to find meals, and how you can help.

04/20/2020 By Marisa Comeau-Kerege

Recommendations

Celebrate Seattle’s Black-Owned Restaurants

15 favorites that enliven our food scene with ancient grains, jerk chicken, and French bistro classics.

12/23/2019 Edited by Nicole Pasia

Hop On the Grain Train

Edouardo Jordan's New Bar, Lucinda, Is an Ode to Glorious Grain

...both in your bowl and in your tumbler. It opens December 8 in—where else?—Ravenna, next to his award-winning JuneBaby and just blocks from Salare.

12/07/2018 By Rosin Saez

Opening Dispatch

Edouardo Jordan's JuneBaby Arrives in Ravenna

The wait is over.

04/24/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Whoa!

Salare Chef Edouardo Jordan Plans a Second Restaurant

It's called JuneBaby and will be all about the food (and drinks and hospitality) of the American south.

10/19/2016 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Speakeasy in the Sky, California Beer Is Coming to Seattle, and Russell Wilson Loves Juice

Plus, Tilth toasts to 10 years in Seattle.

08/26/2016 By Rosin Saez

Critic's Notebook

Which 2 Seattle Restaurants Showed Up on This National List?

Plus: Throwing a little gas on the age-old Portland vs. Seattle rivalry.

07/28/2016 By Kathryn Robinson

Critic's Notebook

A Whole New Type of Restaurant Emerges in Seattle

And why it’s happening now.

11/05/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

The Restaurant Issue

Salare and Vendemmia: Destination Neighborhood Restaurants

As the city leaps and bounds, villagelike neighborhoods like Ravenna and Madrona give the city small-town character, potential for additional density—and now, destination restaurants.

10/28/2015 By Kathryn Robinson

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Chicken, Waffles, and Einkorn

Salare adds brunch, the Central District adds chicken and waffles, and three neighborhood spots close abruptly.

09/11/2015 By Greg Young

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Patio Revamps and a Prideful Farewell

Plus: A new Mighty-O Donuts location, family friendly burgers in Madison Valley, and Beacon Hill's first brewery.

06/19/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

Opening...Now

Edouardo Jordan's Salare Opens in Ravenna

This could be big.

06/10/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Pasta, Altruistic Chocolate, and Family-Owned Meats

Seattle Chocolate Company opens its first designer chocolate shop in Bellevue, a family-owned and family-operated butcher shop moves into the A&J building in Queen Anne, and Salare will start taking reservations.

05/29/2015 By Jeanny Rhee