Seattle Mag
Madison Park Conservatory
A sophisticated addition, current enough to draw food obsessives, approachable enough to bring the p
Tucked away in the tony enclave of Madison Park in the old Sostanza space is a restaurant where the chefs, managers, bartenders and servers all seem to genuinely enjoy each other’s company, a vibe that spills over into the elegant dining room, now pared down with a spare Mediterranean vibe. Owners Bryan Jarr and Cormac…
Reviewed: Skillet Diner
Toddlers and hipsters are equally at home at this upbeat, affordable diner
Skillet Diner may share a name with owner Josh Henderson’s popular Skillet Street Food Airstream, but the brick-and-mortar version has a personality all its own. Though it’s hardly a greasy spoon, Skillet is a diner in the truest sense of the word: The avocado-green booths are vinyl; stools at the long counter swivel. Doors open…
Where Ya At Matt
The Louisiana native that pilots this popular food truck is almost as much of an attraction as his b
Not just anyone could convince Seattleites to eat gumbo and po’ boys out on the sidewalk in the rain. Even really, really good gumbo ($5/$8) and po’ boys ($9). That’s the thing about Where Ya At Matt, the roving Creole truck that Louisiana native Matt Lewis opened last summer. If it weren’t for the ever-boisterous,…
Bar del Corso
A Beacon Hill restaurant good enough to lure folks to this underrated corner of the city.
Jerry Corso may not be a household name quite yet, but to the tight-knit chef crowd, he’s well known and much loved. Chef Corso long worked for someone else—at Betty and The Harvest Vine (among other local spots)—but not anymore: Now, he’s got his eponymous place in his Beacon Hill neighborhood. Wood-fired pizzas cooked hot…
Hitchcock: Best New Restaurant 2011
Finally, there’s a definitive restaurant on Bainbridge Island that highlights the best of the region
Chef Brendan McGill worked at Seattle restaurants Il Bistro, The Harvest Vine, the now-defunct Cremant and for the Via Tribunali group. But when it came time to open his own restaurant, he was drawn to Bainbridge Island, where his wife’s family has lived since 1890. Hitchcock takes its name from McGill’s wife’s family tree, and…
Fuji Bakery
This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year.
There are people in this world who love sweet baked goods, and there are people who get more excited about savory tastes. Both types unfailingly rave after a visit to Fuji Bakery. This French-meets-Japanese bakery opened in the International District last year (the bakery has been in Bellevue since 2009). Owner Akihiro Nakamura found pastry…
Seattle’s Cutest Dog is…
Saxon! How can you not fall in love with such a goofy, blissful redhead (shown above and below)? In case you missed it: we asked readers to share pictures of their own dogs to complement our October story about “Seattle’s Dog Obsession.” We then decided to choose the cutest dog from those submissions. Settling on…
Pie Takes the Cake Again
Cake versus pie? Judging from the responses I’ve gotten since finding out that I would have the privilege of judging the epic rematch of last year’s Cake vs. Pie competition last night, people are not wishy-washy on this matter. I’ve heard many a definitive statement to the effect of “Pie. Duh”; or “Clearly pie.” And…
The Book Larder, a Food-Lover’s Destination, Open Now in Fremont
The Book Larder, a new cookbook store and events space (and the only store between San Francisco and Vancouver, BC to sell cookbooks exclusively), opened this week to much fanfare. My friend, Lara Hamilton, is the owner, and her eye for quirky, useful, esoteric and lesser-known cookbooks is impeccable: I spotted a copy of Ruth Reichl’s out-of-print cookbook Mmmmmmm:…
Viaduct for Dummies: Occupy the Viaduct
I was driving into Seattle mag’s SoDo world HQ this morning, gazing up at the Viaduct in all its splendor, when it hit me with a jolt: A huge chunk of that hulking concrete leviathan that has framed my view of Elliot Bay since birth will cease to exist in less than two weeks. Like…