Ah, summer. You can smell the smoke from ten thousand backyard barbecues (wait, unless those are the BC wildfires), so why would you even think of going inside? Wrong answer. There are more new restaurants this summer than in the past two years, so what are you waiting for? A fatter wallet? Fat chance. Here's a (partial) survey of what's new...and what's closed. more ›

Belltown dining news has been dreary of late, what with Flying Fish moving to South Lake Union and a gangland-style murder on Second Avenue. So it's good to see the Belltown Pub returning to First Avenue. more ›

• First we thought it was just Capitol Hill's little old men that were accident-prone. Now we hear about another elderly 81-year-old man who is suffering life-threatening injuries after being hit by a delivery truck this morning in the International District.
• Yesterday, U.S. Soccer announced Seattle's Qwest Field and Husky Stadium as the venues under consideration as part of their bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022.

A while back, we mentioned that Trace Lofts on 12th Ave would soon be home to the unfortunately named "Mexican-inspired" restaurant Barrio. Well, don't worry Eastside, you're getting a ghetto too! Purple Cafe and Wine Bar owners Larry and Tabitha Kurofsky have announced that they'll be opening a second Barrio in downtown Bellevue sometime next year. more ›