Food & Drink
Winter is the Perfect Time for Locals to Visit Pike Place Market
9 places for Seattleites to check out at the market when the sky is dark and the lines are short.
It’s bone-chilling cold, dark way too early, and rainy for weeks, but guess what? Winter is the absolute best time for locals to visit Pike Place Market. No tourists, no lines! Here are a few of my favorite places — new and old — at this iconic landmark that we’re so fortunate to have right…
Must List: Crosscut Festival, America’s Largest Antique & Collectible Show, Seattle Boat Show
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MUST DEBATE Crosscut Festival (2/2-2/3) Journalists and public figures converge for in-depth conversations on topics ranging from politics to social justice, climate change to immigration at this inaugural festival, presented by Crosscut, the online, nonprofit publication covering Northwest news. Hear from Washington state Governor Jay Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, former Obama administration officials…
Local Theatre Legend on August Wilson’s “Two Trains Running” and Leaving Seattle
After 16 years in Seattle, most recently as associate artistic director at Seattle Repertory Theatre, Marya Sea Kaminski says farewell to Seattle with an August Wilson play.
That wailing you heard rising from Seattle’s theater community last Dec. 5 was a cry of pain at the announcement that Marya Sea Kaminski would be leaving Seattle Repertory Theatre after three years as associate artistic director to take the position of artistic director for Pittsburgh Public Theater. Losing her as an administrator was only…
Valentine’s Day Dining Guide: Seattle’s Restaurants Have Menus For Everyone—And Every Budget
Whether it’s Champagne and caviar or Netflix and chill, Seattle’s restaurants have you covered for Valentine’s Day.
Valentine’s Day can be a polarizing holiday. For those not in a relationship, it’s a reminder or celebration of singledom. For couples, it can be a fun excuse to celebrate one another or a budget-busting, cringe-worthy corporate scheme. Whether you love it or hate it, want to spend some serious dough or settle in with…
The Holy Union of Beer and BBQ Has Arrived on the North End
A beer icon and a self-taught pit master team up for a solid new barbecue spot in sleepy Maple Leaf.
Top: Beer guru Chuck Shin and Jason Jacobs bring barbecue and beer together in their new Maple Leaf restaurant, Barbecue Smith. Shin swears the chicken is the best he’s had. Above: the barbecue chicken plate with collard greens and mac ‘n’ cheese.
5 Cool Cocktails to Toast the End of Dry January
Cheers to making it through the month!
Congrats! You’ve made it through a whole month without a drop of booze. So many calories not consumed, not one hangover or drunken text to apologize for, but, boy, oh, man. You’ve got a powerful thirst for something fresh and spiked, right? Here are five that should hit the spot. Now, go get your drank…
Classical Music and Pancakes: Together At Last on Capitol Hill
Erin Jorgensen's "Bach & Pancakes" at Studio Current is the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning in Seattle.
In a grungy but cheery white-walled basement on Capitol Hill—the kind of space that’s been hosting DIY arts events for decades, but which is becoming one of the casualties of the ‘hood’s gentrification—Erin Jorgensen has a large concert marimba set up in front of about three dozen chairs, almost all full. One woman is knitting,…
This Century-Old Noodle Maker is a Chinatown Pillar
For a century, a Chinatown/International District manufacturer has been turning out a singular product that feeds the community and fuels the multi-generational family business.
The 100-year-old last remnant of the Chinatown/International District’s once-thriving food manufacturing industry, a thin layer of flour coats every surface and a heavenly cookie scent wafts through the air. Ribbons of dough stack up hypnotically on machines that stretch the length of the room and transform raw ingredients into 17 different kinds of noodles and…
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