Food & Drink

5 Seattle Chocolate Shops You Must Visit

5 Seattle Chocolate Shops You Must Visit

Consider these next-level chocolate shops when you’re looking for that next cacao fix

EDIBLE ARTWORK: Though self-taught, chocolatier Kevin Morton makes masterpieces of his truffles.

Best of 2019: Seattle's September Lighting Storm

Best of 2019: Seattle’s September Lighting Storm

More than 2,000 lightning strikes occurred between 6 and 11 p.m.

This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue as part of our Best of 2019 cover story. Click here to subscribe. Move over Snowpocalypse, our favorite storm-watching came on September 7, when Seattle saw the most electrifying lightning storm in recent memory. Many of us watched like little kids as lightning strikes—more than 2,000 between 6 and 11…

Best of 2019: Our Favorite Seattleites

Best of 2019: Our Favorite Seattleites

In a year full of awful news, the stories of these everyday heroes helped keep the joy alive

Muralist Desmond Hansen

Must List: Winter Solstice Night Market, Wa Na Wari, Crackle Crème Pop-up

Must List: Winter Solstice Night Market, Wa Na Wari, Crackle Crème Pop-up

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Love the Must List? Get it right in your inbox. Subscribe. MUST LAST MINUTE SHOP Winter Solstice Night Market (12/20-12/21) Enjoy the winter night sky and more than 150 artisan booths and food trucks at this annual night market. Toast to the start of longer days with hearty pints from local breweries at the winter beer…

Best of 2019: Favorite New Hotels

Best of 2019: Favorite New Hotels

Many new hotels in Seattle use artful decor to liven up their lodgings

A fireplace framed by a circular mirror and teal tile hearth rounds out the Wes Anderson vibe in this cozy lobby lounge

Armoire Founder Shares Her Style Inspirations and Next Steps for the Startup

Armoire Founder Shares Her Style Inspirations and Next Steps for the Startup

Ambika Singh helps outfit women in designer threads, but her aspirations—like her closet—continue to evolve

This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue. Click here to subscribe. The brainchild of Eastside-raised, Dartmouth- and MIT-educated trendsetter Ambika Singh, local startup Armoire was launched three years ago as a kind of virtual closet and outfit rental service for savvy professional women. Singh wanted to save women “some serious time and frustration in the…

Best of 2019: Favorite Retail Experiences

Best of 2019: Favorite Retail Experiences

Who's ready to shop 'til they drop?

PATIENCE, PATIENCE: For the duration of Glossier’s pop-up, the line stretched down the block

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Best Indian Food, Carrot Cake and High Tea

Your Seattle Restaurant Questions Answered: Best Indian Food, Carrot Cake and High Tea

Plus: Where to find Thai desserts

A few menu items from Kathakali in Kirkland

Best of 2019: Seattle Museum and Art Space Openings

Best of 2019: Seattle Museum and Art Space Openings

The Burke Museum’s modern makeover celebrates transparency

HELLO, THERE: This massive mastodon skeleton greets visitors in the Burke’s new entrance hall

5 Seattle-made Manhattan Cocktails We Love

5 Seattle-made Manhattan Cocktails We Love

Keep warm this winter with this classic drink at a Seattle bar near you

Seattle’s creative bartenders are continually making enchanting new cocktails. It can be easy to forget most are also amazing at churning out classic cocktails—and often make tweaks, adding a personal touch to the drink. Take the Manhattan, for instance: A true classic with a strong and simple beauty, and a wonderful warming choice during the…

Best of 2019: 'Real Change' Turns 25

Best of 2019: ‘Real Change’ Turns 25

'Real Change' celebrates a quarter-century of making a meaningful difference

This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue as part of our Best of 2019 cover story. Click here to subscribe. The literal meaning of Real Change was impossible to ignore at a gala breakfast celebrating 25 years of our city’s street paper this fall. “Real Change got me out of homelessness, and I can’t ask for more…

Best of 2019: Favorite Seattle-area Innovations

Best of 2019: Favorite Seattle-area Innovations

Seattle is a city chock-full of mavericks, so it comes as no surprise that 2019 was a big year when it came to inventions

Courtesy of StixFresh

A Year's Worth of Laughs: The Needling's 2019 Year in Review

A Year’s Worth of Laughs: The Needling’s 2019 Year in Review

Warning: What you are about to read is not true, accurate or representative of Seattle magazine’s professional opinion, but it sure is funny

This article appears in print in the December 2019 issue and is part of our of the Year in Review feature. Click here to subscribe. For the past few years, these annual features—where we look back on the best, and worst, headlines of the past 12 months—have gotten more and more outrageous. For the most part, news has…

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