Ronald wants to keep everyone abreast of what's happening out there. Check out his pun-tastic comment on the recent closure of Seattle's underloved Hooters restaurants. more ›

Will you kids please, please sit sill and eat your goddamn carrots and not try to kill each other? Can I not leave town for five effing minutes without the house burning down? Here I am in Nice, on the French Riviera, in a freaking thunderstorm, and I get word that Christina's, the restaurant that put Orcas Island on the map, food-wise, is gone for good. Damn! more ›

Hope springs eternal, and a good thing, too. Over on Slog, Bethany Jean Clement takes attendance in the cemetery, counting off the headstones of restaurants dead or mortally wounded. Familiar names; we bow our heads and shed a tear. And then, our moment of silence over, Life Goes On. more ›

The gauzy curtains on Lower Queen Anne didn't conceal the lack of customers. Veil, opened three years ago by chef Shannon Galusha and managing partner Erik Lindstrom, will serve its last dinner on Thursday, reopening for a quick brunch over the weekend. And a farewell toast on Saturday night. more ›