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3 First Impressions of Bar Noroeste Taqueria
The bar brims with Mexican-inspired cocktails, tacos with all the fixings and corn husks lit on fire
One of the latest outposts from the Huxley Wallace Collective, Bar Noroeste sits in Amazon’s downtown Doppler building next to burger haven sibling Great State and across the street from Amazon’s amazing in-progress biospheres. Here are three impressions of the bar. The Drinks: The house cocktail list isn’t extensive, just six (plus one non-alcoholic drink)…
Kraken Congee’s new and expanded happy hour rocks
Pioneer Square hot spot unveils more tasty bites, new drinks at discounted prices
One of the most original and exciting Seattle restaurants of the past few years has unveiled an expanded happy hour that makes us love them even more. To their fantastic menu, Chefs Garrett Doherty and Shane Robinson of Kraken Congee in Pioneer Square have added new items including marinated cucumbers ($4) to start with larger…
Music Video Festival and More April Happenings
Events in the Seattle area worth checking out this month
Sync Music Video Festival Remember MTV? Remember when MTV was good? (It used to play music video after music video.) Well, imagine if there was a night where you could sit in a majestic theater with your friends and watch high-quality music videos from all of the local talent in one of the world’s premier…
New Foundation Seattle Shutters Headquarters, Gallery Space
Its inaugural prize recipient's exhibit 'If You Lived Here Still..." will be on display through May
In January, The New Foundation Seattle announced both the creation of its 100K prize—an award of $100,000 given to a distinguished U.S. woman artist—and its first recipient, New York artist and social activist Martha Rosler. In conjunction with the award, Seattle would be treated to Housing is a Human Right, a year-long series of exhibitions…
What’s Being Done to Keep Restaurants Safe for Diners?
With a number of bacteria outbreaks at local eateries, is it safe to eat out in Seattle?
I’m standing on a corner in Seattle’s Belltown neighborhood on a sunny afternoon, waiting for Chris Skilton, a health inspector and trained epidemiologist with the food and facilities program of Public Health–Seattle & King County. In the wake of recent health scares like the E. coli outbreak at several Chipotle restaurants, I’ve arranged to shadow…
The Malheur Occupation and the Evolution of the Wild West
What the Malheur occupation in Oregon says about living today in the Pacific Northwest
The occupation of eastern Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge by right-wing extremists is over. Bird watchers are eager to reclaim their right to access this beautiful locale, which hosts rare migrating birds, such as sandhill cranes. Flocks of binoculared birders will descend this spring in a show of support for public ownership, conservation and cooperation….
Dream Views Wow on Seattle’s Lake Washington
Expansive glass brings nature's glories inside this contemporary home
This article originally appeared on Houzz.com. These Seattle homeowners once lived in a traditional home without a close connection to the outdoors; they dreamed of a house on Lake Washington with a view of Mount Rainier and indoor spaces that flowed outside. And now they have it. Architect John DeForest, project architect Ted Cameron, and…
Recipe of the Week: Dark Chocolate Macadamia Nut Magic Bars
These gluten-free, vegan and Paleo sweet treats will hit the spot
Seattle baker Rachel Conners, she of the scrumptious baking blog Bakerita, has made some serious magic with these dark chocolate- and vegan caramel-filled goodies. The bars not only have a healthy twist—Conners crafted them so they’d fit gluten-free, Paleo and vegan lifestyles—but a tropical one as well. Inspired by a trip to Costa Rica, she…
The Best Thing Our Senior Editor Ate This Week
Mamnoon's take on the hot dog is all Seattle
Here’s the grub our senior editor Lara Hale is raving about this week: “Full disclosure: I love Mamnoon. I live about a block away, and I take full advantage year-round, but it’s a firm favorite in warm weather, when I can walk my dog over and grab a spot on the tiny patio out front….
Seattle Superheroes: Dina Martina
The brash, screechy-voiced singer is a treasure
Seattle Superheroes is a regular series on seattlemag.com wherein artists depict standout people in our community as superheroes. While we’ve taken some artistic license with the narratives, the sentiment behind them is very real. There’s that adage about art that it has no certain definition, but that you know it when you see it. Well,…
A Guide to Gratuity in the New $15-An-Hour Era
When even food writers are confused about what to do when the bill comes, help comes in handy
Sticker shock. It’s not a feeling I experience often after 17 years of working as a restaurant critic and food writer. My idea of value is likely different than most. I long ago became inured to the idea of spending a significant chunk of the rent for a blowout omakase experience at my favorite sushi…
4 Culinary Superstars for 2016
This year's tastemakers
Jason StrattonGeneral manager and executive chef, Mamnoon Photographed February 9, 2016, at Mamnoon on Capitol HillMamnoon co-owner Wassef Haroun compares Jason Stratton’s culinary prowess to his epic karaoke chops. “He puts everything into it,” Haroun says. “When you see him perform songs, you realize he likes to do things very, very well.” It’s certainly true…
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