Expansion Mode

About That New Project from the Saint Bread Team

Yasuaki Saito's new restaurant, the Wayland Mill, will serve Americana by way of Japan.

06/07/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Field Notes

Atoma Makes Fine Dining So Much Fun

A Canlis alum fills a storied restaurant space with stunning food, tiny cocktails, and housemade Cheez-Its.

02/27/2024 By Allecia Vermillion

Coming Soon

A Canlis Alum Plans a New Spot in the Tilth Space

Chef Johnny Courtney's seasonal menu at Atoma will channel influences from Melbourne to Mexico.

07/28/2023 By Allecia Vermillion

$1 Million Showdown

Price Point: Quirky City Craftsman vs. Tidy Suburban Midcentury

These two houses are the same price and around the same size—but with incredibly different energies, aesthetics, and locations.

02/14/2022 By Sarah Anne Lloyd

Best in the biz

Tiffany Gwin Lights Up Wallingford at Harold's Lighting

She has bright new ideas for the business her family's been in since the Great Depression.

06/04/2021 By Zoe Sayler Photography by Kyle Johnson

THE CARBS ISSUE

Wallingford's Secret Congee Gives Comfort Food a Clandestine New Look

Hold the chili crisp—this takeout operation treats rice porridge as a canvas for invention.

03/18/2021 By Allecia Vermillion

Enclaves

Wallingford Has a Reinvention Streak

The neighborhood abounds with landmarks that used to be other things.

02/19/2021 By Stefan Milne

Wallingford Neighborhood Guide

16 of Wallingford’s Best and Funkiest Shops

This North Seattle neighborhood has it all, from sock shops and rubber chickens to rare plant purveyors and chic boutiques.

02/19/2021 By Zoe Sayler and Seattle Met Staff

WALLINGFORD NEIGHBORHOOD GUIDE

Where to Eat in Wallingford

This part of town doesn’t get nearly enough credit for all its great food.

02/19/2021 By Allecia Vermillion and Seattle Met Staff

Cubic Changeups

Cubes Baking Company Changes Dessert Direction

...and its name, too. The Wallingford bakeshop—soon-to-be Tres Lechería—will trade its signature cube-shaped pastries for the titular old-fashioned Mexican treat.

08/15/2019 By Lily Hansen

Coming Soon

Sibling Wine Bar Claret Opens Next to Thackeray in April

The soon-to-be wine bar will share walls with the Wallingford kitchen and bar on Stone Way.

03/29/2018 By Rosin Saez

The Newness

A Flood of Japanese Restaurants Recently Opened—Including These 6 Spots

None of which are sushi bars.

03/06/2018 By Rosin Saez

Review

The Pastries Are On Point at Cubes Baking Company

It may seem gimmicky—everything here is square?—but a bite from one of these angular treats is a visual and flavorful delight.

12/19/2017 By Rosin Saez

Pastry Dispatch

Wallingford, Say Hello to Cubes Baking Company

Landing right next door to 45th Poke Stop and Shop, find baked goods in the form of, yes, cubes and squares. It opens today.

05/23/2017 By Rosin Saez

Dessert Dispatch

Seattle Pops Will Open a Wallingford Shop This Summer

The popsicle purveyor expands from a farmers market stall to a brick-and-mortar spot on 45th Street.

03/29/2017 By Rosin Saez

Bar Stool Dispatch

Watering Holes: Bar Charlie Lands Safely on Stone Way

How Wallingford's seaplane bar balances its theme while keeping things casual.

03/28/2017 By Darren Davis

Review

Harvest Beat Is Seattle’s New Vegan Standard-Bearer

The stunning talents of the team from Sutra are in evidence in its larger reincarnation up the street.

04/22/2016 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

The Past Few Weeks in Restaurant News: Queen Tea

To paraphrase a recently closed coffee shop, Shifts and Shakeups does not require explanation, only documentation.

01/09/2015 By Caroline Ferguson

Restaurants

Bodrum Bistro's Turkish Delights

Wallingford hosts a classic old-country cafe.

06/02/2014 By Kathryn Robinson