Coronavirus Chronicles

Our Vaccine Mobilization Races Against a Coronavirus Mutant

The variant has arrived in Western Washington just as our big companies try to help. Is it too late?

01/25/2021 By Benjamin Cassidy

Green is the New Black

This Year, Seattle Is Relearning How to Recycle...We Hope

We see ourselves as a green city in more ways than one. But when it comes to recycling, we've got some work to do.

01/14/2020 By Nicole Pasia

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Maximalist Sandwiches and Hood Famous Cocktails

Your Friday dispatch from Seattle Met's food team.

10/25/2019 By Allecia Vermillion

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Pizza Robots and Coffee Woes on Capitol Hill

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

10/04/2019 By Annika Lindburg and Rosin Saez

Caffeine Craze

Seattle Is America's Top Coffee City—Again

We may have dipped below number one shortly, but we are back, and it's about damn time.

09/26/2019 By Courtney Cummings

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Sake for Days and Starbucks on Demand

Six dining developments on our radar this week.

05/03/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Thackeray Evolves and Stumptown Shreds

Five dining developments on our radar this week.

02/22/2019 By Philip Kiefer

Fun with Listicles

11 Seattle Eateries That Expanded to Other States

Seattle-born bars, restaurants, and coffee shops so good, we had to share them.

01/14/2019 By Nosh Pit Staff

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: A Whole Day of Edouardo Jordan, a Whole Airport of Beecher's

Five dining development that hit our radar this week.

11/30/2018 By Allecia Vermillion

Cup Monster

Starbucks Has a Garbage Problem

Starbucks distributes six billion cups a year. Many end up in landfills. Protesters are pissed. What’s a coffee giant to do?

08/14/2018 By Stefan Milne

Going Green

Starbucks Promises to Ditch Plastic Straws Worldwide by 2020

The company estimates the move will mean a billion fewer plastic straws in its stores a year.

07/09/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Super Market Sweep

How to Do Pike Place in 30 Minutes or Less

Got out-of-town visitors? We've got the guide to showing them the sites.

06/19/2018 By Allison Williams Illustrations by Mike Holm

2020 Presidential Election

Howard Schultz Totally Wants to Run for President

"Let's just see what happens," he told CNBC.

06/06/2018 By Hayat Norimine

Society by Starbucks

Is Starbucks Still America's Town Square?

It's what the coffee giant set out to be—but its racial bias fiasco may place that in jeopardy.

05/22/2018 By Allison Williams

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Celebrity Couture Pops and Uber Fresh Seafood

Plus, Standard Brewing debuts cocktails and sandwiches in the Central District.

09/08/2017 By Jaime Archer

Brew News

The New Starbucks Cold Brew with Beef Jerky Is Not That Weird

It debuted this week—to the gasps of food and drink blogs everywhere—but this exclusive Starbucks Roastery drink is pretty tame. It could use *more* beef jerky, really.

08/02/2017 By Rosin Saez

Shifts & Shakeups

This Week in Restaurant News: Bagels and More Pizza

Plus, Starbucks is revamping its lunch and Stoup Brewing has a new space.

07/28/2017 By Amber Wright

Sandwich Alert

Wash Down That Latte with Starbucks's New Lunch Menu

Seattle cafes will have new hearty salads and sandwiches starting August 1. Also new: Starbucks will donate any surplus eats to Food Lifeline at days' end.

07/27/2017 By Seattle Met Staff

Siren Song

Seattle's Evolution Fresh Stores Will Close This Spring

Farewell simmer bowls and avocado smoothies: These were the last two locations of Starbucks' juice bar concept.

02/22/2017 By Allecia Vermillion

Conspiracies

There's More to the Howard Schultz News Than You Think

The clues are right in the photo.

12/02/2016 By Matthew Halverson