The Week in Restaurant Reviews

Broccoli at Blackboard Bistro.

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West Seattle's Blackboard Bistro and its frequently shifting menu get some review love from Providence Cicero. She gives chef Jacob Wiegner props for the fantastic (and free) bread service, and praises everything from roasted broccoli to veal tongue gnocchi to an open-faced smoked tuna Reuben. Though she notes the front of house needs work, can we stop talking about this address being cursed now? [Seattle Times]

Tan Vinh's Happy Hour writeup of taco Tuesdays at Licorous, "maybe the best Taco Tuesday in the city," makes me want to race to 12th Street for $1 fresh-fried masa tacos "folded and filled with tender, herbaceous pulled pork, with some sour cabbage to play off the salted cotija cheese." [Seattle Times]

Reporter Nancy Bartley gets up early for a Dining Deals at Auburn's Sun Break Cafe, "one of the best family breakfast places around. Baked goods are stellar, egg dishes are Paul Bunyan-sized and by 7 a.m. weekend lines are reportedly out the door. [Seattle Times]

Sheehan's Book Bindery review actually focuses on the food from paragraph one--and includes a recap of each of his plates. He finds chef Shaun McCrain's kitchen "leans heavily on the Thomas Keller Playbook of confounding expectations." The dishes may look dull and customer-friendly on the menu but each one, says Sheehan, is in fact, "a pirouette on the grave of that wheezing classic." [Seattle Weekly]

Books editor Paul Constant takes over this week's Stranger food feature, a return to the sandwich district otherwise known as Pioneer Square. There he finds Calozzi's, serving a cheesesteak sub that rivals Tat's, and BuiltBurger's new bricks-and-mortar outpost, which puts an "insane and delicious twist" on the classic by incorporating the toppings into the patties themselves. Around the corner, the Berliner, serves doner, a Turkish kebab usually served in a pita, that's "a lunch experience unparalleled in the city." [The Stranger]