Friday Feed

Renee Erickson’s New Restaurants Open Sunday and More Food News

Plus details on closing dates for Cook Weaver, Slim’s Last Chance, and Copine.

12/12/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Friday Feed

Culinary Empires on the Move with Openings from Brendan McGill and Renee Erickson

Plus an intriguing correction and six more new restaurants to get excited about.

10/31/2025 By Naomi Tomky

Feature

Renee Erickson's Accidental Empire

The unusual dynamic between the chef and her partners has given Seattle some of its most essential restaurants—and a lot of surprises along the way.

07/08/2024 By Allecia Vermillion Illustrations by Jonny Ruzzo

South by Northwest

Renee Erickson's Opening a New Bar

King Leroy is definitely the first Erickson project to make its own jalapeno poppers in house.

05/12/2022 By Allecia Vermillion

Hard Winter

As Seattle Reduces Contact, Restaurants Are Hurting

Chinese restaurants took the first coronavirus business hits. Now, others' sales are starting to drop.

03/06/2020 By Stefan Milne

Brunching Out

5 New Seattle Brunches Just in Time for Summer

Breakfast tacos packed with smoked meat, spicy cornbread pancakes, and egg-topped pizzas to cure your weekend hangover.

05/17/2019 By Lily Hansen

Review

At Willmott’s Ghost, Renee Erickson Brings Square Pizza to the Spheres

The Italian menu inside one of Seattle's most stunning dining rooms substitutes Roman-style pizza for traditional pasta dishes. And you know what—it works pretty well.

04/23/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Changeups

Mean Sandwich's New Owner Has an Oyster Pedigree

A surprising turn of events for one of the best sandwich shops in town.

04/12/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Revamps

Renee Erickson Will Transform Saint Helens into Bistro Shirlee

The new iteration of her Laurelhurst restaurant is a tribute to Erickson's mom, and a return to the space's French bistro and wine bar roots.

04/01/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Ticket Alert

A New Festival Dedicated to Radicchio Is Peak Seattle

And we are here for it. So, too, are the London Plane, Palace Kitchen, and myriad other pro-chicory restaurants participating in the inaugural Sagra di Radicchio (Nov 2–4).

10/22/2018 By Rosin Saez

Marine Life

More Details on Sea Creatures' Big Acquisition

The most prosaic of reasons convinced Renee Erickson and Jeremy Price to take on a slew of Josh Henderson restaurants.

07/16/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Wow

Three of Josh Henderson's Restaurants Will Migrate to Renee Erickson's Group

And now for some seismic restaurant news...

07/12/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Sea Creature Comfort Foods

General Porpoise Doughnuts Is Coming to Pioneer Square

If all goes to plan, it opens later this March.

03/05/2018 By Rosin Saez

Local Eats

Washington's 2017 Good Food Award Winners

A culinary bucket list if you will.

02/17/2017 By Cassandra Calderson

!!!

Next from Renee Erickson: Bar Melusine, Bateau...and a Doughnut Shop

More details on her forthcoming Capitol Hill bar and restaurant. But first let's talk about doughnuts.

07/17/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Semilocal Vodka and Sea Creatures' Surcharge

A micro distillery opens in Ballard, a Spanish chef and luxury hotel to converge in 2017, and Renee Erickson's nautical-themed eateries opt for a surcharge.

04/24/2015 By Jeanny Rhee

Minimum Wage

Renee Erickson's Restaurants Will Abolish Tipping

Instead, diners pay an 18.5 percent surcharge.

04/21/2015 By Allecia Vermillion

Big Effing Deals

Renee Erickson Plans Two New Restaurants on Capitol Hill

Beef, oysters, and surprises.

01/14/2015 By Allecia Vermillion