Food & Drink

Congee Is Our New Favorite Comfort Food

Congee Is Our New Favorite Comfort Food

An Uwajimaya food stall is dishing up soul-warming bowls of rice porridge

It’s nothing fancy, but congee is comfort food at its core; spruce it up with peanuts, pickled vegetables and soy sauce. Full size image below.

Chelsea Lin

Tom Douglas Teams Up With Nordstrom, Stepping Out of Seattle for the First Time

Tom Douglas Teams Up With Nordstrom, Stepping Out of Seattle for the First Time

Department Bento is the latest concept for Nordstrom at the Bellevue Square location

A teriyaki skirt steak bento box with charred broccoli, red beet and shiitake mushroom onigiri and pickled accompaniments

Daria Kroupoderova

How to Go Foraging for Thimbleberries

How to Go Foraging for Thimbleberries

Plus: a recipe for a delicious homespun thimbleberry jam

Though the thimbleberry is fragile and anti-commercial in nearly every way, its flavor punches way above its weight.

Langdon Cook

11 Best Things To Do in Seattle in July 2018

11 Best Things To Do in Seattle in July 2018

Our hand-picked list of best bets for entertainment this month

Mickalene Thomas’ 2008 chromogenic print, “La Lecon d’amour” at the Henry Art Gallery

Gavin Borchert

Seattle's Best New Patios

Seattle’s Best New Patios

The new (and new-ish) restaurants you need to add to your summer bucket list for outdoor dining

Take it all in from Ascend’s unreal new patio

Chelsea Lin

Must List: Pride Celebrations, Shake Shack Pop-Up, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’

Must List: Pride Celebrations, Shake Shack Pop-Up, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’

Your weekly guide to Seattle's hottest events.

MUST CELEBRATE Pride Parade and Seattle Center PrideFest(6/22–6/24) Pride hits its peak this weekend with a culmination of block parties, marches, festivals, performances, and of course, the parade. The 44th annual Seattle Pride Parade kicks off at 4th and Union 11 a.m. Sunday,  proceeding on to Seattle Center where the celebration continues with PrideFest, featuring…

Daria Kroupoderova

The Canned Cocktails Your Summer Picnic Needs

The Canned Cocktails Your Summer Picnic Needs

Folks used to laugh about pre-made booze in a can, but these will change your mind (and your drinking game)

Summertime, and the living is easy… with these drinks.

A.J. Rathbun

Seattle Is for Beer Lovers

Seattle Is for Beer Lovers

This month's Editor's Note from Rachel Hart

This article appears in print in the July 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. I most definitely picked the wrong time in Seattle history to cut back on carbs. It’s hard enough to take only a bite or two (instead of my customary one piece—OK, two) of that shatteringly gorgeous crusty artisanal bread set in front of me…

Rachel Hart

Best Brewpubs and Taprooms in Seattle

Best Brewpubs and Taprooms in Seattle

Plus: See who won the award for Most Iconic Washington Beer Brand

LAGER THAN LIFE: Elliott Bay Brewing has three pub locations, but our favorite is still the West Seattle original

Kendall Jones

Seattle Magazine's Second Annual Beer Awards

Seattle Magazine’s Second Annual Beer Awards

What—and where—you should be drinking right now

RAISING THE BAR: A plate of legendary herb-seasoned fries from Best Brew Pub winner Elliott Bay Brewing begs for a pint of their Alembic Pale

Kendall Jones

Best Beer in Seattle

Best Beer in Seattle

The best brews from the Puget Sound region and beyond

Wild Warehouse Farmhouse Ale by Wander Brewing (left) won in the Best Saison category and Mosaic Pale Ale by Seapine Brewing (right) won in the Best Pale Ale category.

Kendall Jones

2018 Brewery of the Year: Seapine Brewing Company

2018 Brewery of the Year: Seapine Brewing Company

The SoDo brewery topped two of our best beer categories and there's so much more to love

BROTHERS IN BREW: Owners and brewers Drew Colpitts (left) and Mike Hutson, at the bar of their winning brewery, Seapine, in SoDo

Kendall Jones

Check out Seattle Photographer Mike Hipple's Portraits of '80s Stars Today

Check out Seattle Photographer Mike Hipple’s Portraits of ’80s Stars Today

Ever wonder what your favorite artists from the era of jelly shoes and scrunchies are doing today?

“If you can remember the ’60s, you weren’t there,” runs the famous quip. But the iconic acts that followed 20 years later have aged a lot more gracefully, as Seattle freelance photographer Mike Hipple proves in his new book 80s Redux: Your Favorite Musicians Today. Punk, New Wave and the gray area in between are all represented;…

Gavin Borchert

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