Eating Our Way Through the Seattle Wine and Food Experience

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One of the best things about tasting events is getting to try new restaurants or ones that have been on your fantasy list (but for whatever reason have never been to). This year’s line up of restaurants for the Seattle Wine and Food Experience is the best yet and we have a preview of the [...]

The Chefs Pick: Up-And-Comers 2012 – Part 3

Kamala, Owner, Marination Station

So far, we’ve learned what Seattle chefs consider their best meal of 2011 as well as their favorite restaurant. Today, we find out whom they’re tapping as the next up-and-comer of 2012 and why. Here are their picks for the New Year: Kamala Saxton, Owner, Marination “Catherine Calleja who helped design our menu. She’s an absolute [...]

The Chefs Pick: Best Meals of 2011 – Part 2

Jason Franey - Executive Chef, Canlis

In part one of our Best of 2011 blog post trilogy, we asked Seattle chefs what their favorite meal was of the year with answers ranging from lobster pot pie at Michael Mina to chickpea and squid pancakes at Revel. In part two, we’ve once again cast the net wide asking local chefs what their [...]

The Chefs Pick: Best Meals of 2011 – Part 1

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Guest Post By Julien Perry As many of us shake off the holiday hangover and begin a new year, we remember the best of what 2011 had to offer, and that includes food. Out of curiosity, we put out the call to some of Seattle’s favorite chefs and taste-makers who were happy to divulge their [...]

Dining Around Seattle

Dine Around Seattle Dinner #1: Monsoon

Guest Post by Taryn Miller, Sips and the City FOOD. It’s what’s for dinner. I enjoy food (and dinner) so my November task was an easy one: eat. Last month, Dine Around Seattle came rushing back into the Seattle scene at full speed, offering 3 courses for just $30 at several of Seattle’s high-end restaurants. [...]

Thanksgiving Made Easy

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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, people are starting to make there holiday plans. Looking for a different way to celebrate the holiday? We’ve got a list of the best places to dine in the area: Best Place for City Dwellers: Kaspar’s The Queen Anne restaurant will be hosting its annual Thanksgiving buffet featuring chef’s [...]

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (or How I Spent Restaurant Week)

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Guest Post by Taryn Miller “It’s the most wonderful time of the year…” is usually what I get stuck in my head about the time I see my first Seattle Restaurant Week menu. This time around was no exception, as 150 Seattle area restaurants opened their doors to diners offering a 3-course dinner for just [...]

Eat, Drink and Dine Around Seattle

Eat and drink your way through Seattle

Get a taste of Seattle in October and November with three food and drink themed weeks (and month) with Seattle Restaurant Week (October 16-27), Seattle Cocktail Week (October 27-30) and Dine Around Seattle (November 1-30). Although each week is a little different, all allow eaters and drinkers to discover (or rediscover) restaurants and bars throughout [...]

Revel Restaurant Revealed

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I was getting tired of hearing all these comments from friends and foodies…“Have you been Revel?”, “You haven’t been there yet?”, “You have to go”, “The food is so good.”, “It’s my favorite new place.” It wasn’t that I didn’t want to go folks; it was that I just couldn’t get there. This week a sliver [...]

Summertime and the lunching is easy

With the summer harvest in full swing, what will you do with all that fresh produce and great ingredients?  Some of the area’s top chefs are coming to your rescue, in the form of free cooking demos every Thursday at the Pike Place Market Express at South Lake Union. Every Thursday from 10:30 a.m. -  [...]