Seattle Mag
Vote Local: Food & Wine’s People’s Favorite Chef
The contest for the People’s Best New Chef in Food & Wine magazine was such a hit (remember Canlis’s all-out campaign to get Jason Franey the win last year? Alas, Jason Bissonnette of Boston’s Coppa took the prize) that they’re doing it again this year. Several Pacific Northwest nominees hail from Portland, Idaho and Hawaii,…
Vote Local: Food & Wine’s People’s Favorite Chef
Last year’s polls were such a hit–remember the all-out campaign Canlis put on to get Jason Franey his win?–that again this year, Food & Wine Magazine has come up with a list of nominees and is asking “the people” to vote for their favorite chef. This year’s nominees from the Pacific Northwest include several from…
Monarch’s Tales: Luly Yang Couture’s Cutest Gown Fittings
With designer Luly Yang’s couture show just eight weeks away (tickets are now on sale for the April 27 event), we continue our behind the scenes journey with Yang’s smallest fittings. And by smallest, we don’t mean the task at hand: As the show’s beneficiary, Seattle Children’s Hospital plays a huge role in event, and…
The Must List, featuring Playing with Clay and Pina in 3D
MUST PLAY-DOHOpen for Construction Opens Thursday (3/1–4/14) – In conjunction with the NCECA conference (read: ceramics storm) coming to town this month, SOIL art gallery has transformed itself into an interactive clay-making “office,” where you can can get your hands dirty helping artists build an evolving landscape out of one ton of clay. Check out…
W Seattle’s TRACE to Open This Week
Earth & Ocean, the W Seattle Hotel’s restaurant, was for many years a sort of culinary finishing school; John Sundstrom left E&O to open Lark; Maria Hines cooked there previous to opening Tilth. More recently, though, the restaurant has struggled to find a local audience. So this month, the W reopens its restaurant with a…
Where to Get a Good Cup of Tea in Seattle
On a dark winter’s day, there’s nothing better than a hot cup of tea or hot cocoa served with dainty sandwiches and sweet treats. Special events or spur of the moment outings, frilly to casual – we’ve got a list of Seattle’s best tea houses fit for every occasion. If you’re feeling experimental, and want to…
New Vietnamese-Filipino Food Truck Coming
What do you get when Vietnamese food and Filipino food get married and make babies? Banh mi with chicken Adobo filling, of course! Husband-and-wife team Cathy and Romano Basilio are rolling out their gastronomic love child, Xplosive Mobile Food Truck, sometime in late spring or early summer. In addition to Adobo, their foot-long banh mi…
Viaduct for Dummies: Another SR99 slowdown coming; 520 taking shape
There’s a lot of discussion today about the fate of tolling on the soon-to-exist SR 99 tunnel, on the heels of yesterday’s “tunnel tolling committee” meeting. Seems something interesting is happening around here since the 520 tolls went into effect: People are surprisingly willing to sit in terrible traffic to avoid paying tolls. Tell me…
Update! Seattle Center’s Food Court Transforming into The Armory (Now with MORE Tenants!)
February 29, 2012 update: Skillet is confirmed for Armory take-out counter After much humming, hawing and are-they-or-aren’t-they confusion, Skillet Street Food has officially signed on as an anchor tenant in the Seattle Center’s newly-renovated food court, The Armory. While a handful of heavy-hitting Seattle restaurateurs have been seemingly waiting for the first one among them…
Tales from the Social Scene: I’ve Got a Crush on You
It was my absolute pleasure last week to attend the seven year anniversary at Nicole and Jason Wilson’s Madison Valley restaurant Crush. The fact that we were celebrating such a milestone was reason enough to raise a glass; add to that the reality that many restaurateurs and their investors breath a collective sigh of relief…
Seattle Business Magazine Weighs in on the City’s Fashion Status
Nationally, we take flack for our supposed lack of fashion sense here in the Emerald City (cue the fleece and socks n’ sandals jokes). But as we’ve seen over the past five years of our Seamless in Seattle fashion design competition here at Seattle mag, the city is fairly bursting with talented designers out to…
House Meets Hound: How to Add Canine Charm to Your Abode
Early spring’s crisp air and afternoon sunshine lure us outdoors for fun with our four-legged friends. From Marymoor to Magnuson, a plethora of dog-friendly parks offer options for open running and playtime: and leashed, leisurely strolls through the neighborhood are a daily delight. The Brits have long brought doggie love elements into their dwellings. Want…