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

Work-Life Balance

Ballard Mainstay Sawyer Will Say Farewell in October

This is shaping up to be a rough year for choco taco fans.

09/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

That's Cold

The Choco Taco Lives On—At Least in Seattle

Klondike has retired its classic novelty ice cream. Console yourself with a labor-intensive (dare we say, better?) local version.

07/27/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Let's Dish

31 Restaurants Reimagining Seattle Brunch

A dish-by-dish guide to the only weekend meal that really matters.

12/23/2019 By Rosin Saez and Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Brunch at Sawyer and a Curtain Call at Tango

Six dining developments on our radar this week.

07/12/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Year in Review

Seattle Met's 12 Bites of Christmas

Our favorite food memories from restaurants that came onto the scene in 2018, rounded up in the form of a classic Christmas carol.

12/25/2018 By Allecia Vermillion and Rosin Saez

Review

Sawyer Is an Elegant Funhouse

Step right up to the Ballard restaurant that turns childhood memories into destination dining.

12/18/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Opening Dispatch

Hear Ye, Hear Ye: Sawyer Opens in Ballard

Mitch Mayers brings oxtail nachos, rotisserie porchetta, and fancy choco tacos.

08/01/2018 By Cassie Sawyer

Popups

Lark Alumni Reunite for a One-Off Collab Dinner

Three former Lark chefs—Aaron Tekulve, Ben Campbell, Mitch Mayers, whose new Ballard restaurant is forthcoming—are teaming up for a popup dinner in Queen Anne on June 16.

06/11/2018 By Rosin Saez