Seattle Mag
Harbor City: Our Choice for Dim Sum
The restaurant that changed our editor's dim sum loyalty.
One cold morning last winter on the way to our usual International District dim sum haunt, my family and I had to zigzag our way through the crowd waiting outside Harbor City, a stone’s throw from our destination. And so we decided to change course and wait alongside the shivering throng to see what all…
Grub: A Great Lunch Spot
Perfect for drop-in lunches and dinner with the kids, this Queen Anne spot is friendly and inviting.
There’s a sunny feel to Sharon Woo Fillingim’s new Queen Anne eatery, Grub, in the former Ototo Sushi space on Queen Anne Hill. Perfect for drop-in lunches and dinner with the kids, it’s friendly and inviting, much like Le Rêve (the bakery Fillingim helped open a couple of years ago). At Grub, everyone sits on…
Cheese and Company
The cheese plate at Matt's in the Market will change your posture on dessert.
When it comes to people’s tastes in dessert, some lean sweet, others lean salty and a few, like me, lean cheesy. So when I’m hoping to stretch the night for one more drink and I’m in the mood for a little “dessert,” the cheese plate at Matt’s in the Market does the trick. Five artisanal…
The Joy of Jam
Rebecca Staffel sweetens everything with Deluxe Foods’ preserves.
“Try us on toast,” reads Deluxe Foods’ preserve jars. But how about the spiced plum jam stirred into your tea, Russian style, or shaken in a gin cocktail? What about the pear butter with vanilla mixed in with steel-cut oats? Deluxe Foods’ Rebecca Staffel has a long list of uses for her award-winning preserves, and…
Best Asian Noodle Dishes in Seattle
Our favorite warm, savory noodle dishes from Chinatown and beyond.
ChineseHouse Special Barley Green Hand-shaven Chow Mein (shown above, left)at Shanghai Garden in Chinatown-International DistrictThe wide, tender green noodles (made with barley green powder) in Chinatown-International District’s most famous noodle dish are fresh—and taste as spring green as they look. They’re dressed in a light sauce with softly scrambled eggs, carrots, tender chicken, squiggly hunks…
Truffle Hounds
Renowned food forager Langdon Cook joins the dogs at the Oregon Truffle Festival.
I should have known this wouldn’t be a typical food festival. There were dogs everywhere: riding the Hilton Eugene elevators, pacing the lobby, even practicing in a park across the street. Luckily, they were trained only to find gourmet edibles, not eat them. These are truffle dogs, the working animals of choice for truffle hunters…
A Shoe-shining Legacy
Seattle’s shoeshine legend hands the reins to his heirs apparent.
“You know how James Brown says he gets ants in the pants and he needs to dance?” Morgan Perkins asks the customer sitting in the shoeshine chair. “Well, I’m the same with shoes.” The smartly dressed 72-year-old has been putting his famous military shine on Seattle’s shoes for 41 years—ever since he first walked into…
The Artist’s Guide to Seattle
A new guide to exploring Seattle paints the city through the eyes of its artists.
Who knew that esteemed local choreographer Donald Byrd—famed for his serious, often political pieces—is a big fan of Seattle’s Ride the Ducks tour? Or that Seattle Symphony conductor Ludovic Morlot has season tickets to the Sounders? These are a couple of the many surprising insights about our city’s prominent artists revealed in The Artists’ Guide…
Exploring Stairways in Seattle
A new walking guide maps out Seattle’s best public staircases.
If it seems like you can’t take a walk in Seattle without encountering an enormous set of stairs along the way, there’s good reason: Our hilly city features approximately 600 publicly accessible outdoor stairways, many of which have been around for more than 100 years. A new guidebook, Seattle Stairway Walks (Mountaineers Books, $15.95), celebrates…
MakerHaus: Members Only Design
A new design studio helps make creative dreams real.
Say you have a brilliant concept for a new lampshade or laptop bag or xylophone. All of your friends agree it’s a terrific idea, but you have no clue as to how to turn your napkin sketch into a prototype. Enter MakerHaus, a membership-based design studio and idea incubator scheduled to open early this month…
Winter in Lake Chelan
Lake Chelan Winterfest offers chills and thrills.
THINGS TO DO: The Lake Chelan Winterfest (1/11/2013–1/13 at Manson Bay Marina, 195 Wapato Way, Manson, WA, and 1/18–1/20 in downtown Chelan, 217 E Woodin Ave. Times and prices vary. 800.424.3526; lakechelanwinterfest.com). Two weekends of winter fun include an ice-sculpting competition, live music and snow tubing. Bundle up: Brews and ice collide in the ice…
Top Chef Seattle Stinks!
Hey, Top Chef! How about you pack up your knives and go home? Really, I’m over it, aren’t you? This season, shot last summer in Seattle, is a big bust. It hurts my eyeballs to watch and stabs at my civic pride. It’s not just the usual trumped up drama or the lame challenges. It’s…