Jason Sheehan, we already miss you and your meandering, pointless memoirs masquerading as Seattle Weekly restaurant reviews. The Surly Gourmand's got your back this week, with nary an effing expletive. But leave it to newly minted editor-in-chief Mike Seely to jump the shark (as it were) with a cover story, no less, about a fictitious "chef" named Lou Kohl and his imaginary restaurant, The Dirt Farm. more ›

First there was last week's now-infamous "Ragin' Asians" cover story, in which noted lush Erika Hobart got her bosses to pay her for getting trashed with local Seattleites of the Asian persuasion, some of whom were underage. more ›

Seattle Weekly's Mike Seely has a book on dive bars out. The Weekly's Erika Hobart went to see "Walking with the Dinosaurs" stewed. And now the Stranger has a new Happy Hour iPhone app: Cocktail Compass. Interesting features: searches for "patio" if you want, offers one-touch cab dialing. Competition for GoTime's Happy Hour app. This recession could turn out to be toughest on the liver. more ›

We don't really have to look any farther afield than the Stranger to get more than our fill of Seattle Weekly bashing in any given week, but right now there's an article in a Phoenix daily about the New Times Media vs. Village Voice Media culture war that jettisoned Weekly longtimers out the Weekly's door (and into something yet to be seen). The gist of the article is that across the country the left-leaning, axe-grinding, political alt-weekly veterans have been replaced with ass-kicking, name-taking whipper-snapper upstarts who don't much care for politics or other traditional alt-weekly stomping grounds. more ›

--USS Mariner convinces us that Richie Sexson must go. more ›

An article in today's Seattle Weekly indicates that the so-called "no-build" viaduct replacement option won't be an option put in front of voters in November. Mike Seely reports that the City Council received a letter from Transportation Secretary Doug MacDonald saying that a surface road would "not be what the Legislature had in mind." It matters what the state transportation department thinks, remember, because all of the proposed plans count on the $2 billion that they intend to chip in. more ›