Resolution 31380 will let bars serve liquor past 2 a.m. Is this awesome, or a recipe for vomit-covered streets and a city that never sleeps? more ›

As we reported this last month, Mayor Mike McGinn, along with Seattle Police Chief John Diaz and other city officials, are pushing for later last calls as part of the Mayor's Nightlife Initiative. Yesterday the City Council put its seal of approval on the measure, putting it in the hands of the Washington State Liquor Control Board. They have until September 23 to respond. more ›

Pretty much says it all. Ba Culbert and her business partner Paul Dormann, along with GM Derin Madia, all Palace Kitchen alums, have set out on their own. This morning they opened their brand new breakfast-lunch-dinner coffee-house cum bistro overlooking the Chief Sealth statue at Fifth & Cedar, named, what else, Tilikum Place Café. The beans on toast come with a fried egg and seared tomato, ten bucks. Yeah, the frou-frou Belltown stuff (cheese & charcuterie, duck confit, crab cakes) are there, too, to scare off folks looking drunkenly for the 5-Point two doors down. more ›