Sunday dinner, the ritual, is what restaurants like to do. Saturday nights are from hell (most places), Monday's dark (many places), so Sunday's when the chefs strut their stuff. At Tavolata, for example, they do $65 "feasts" that feature suckling pig or whole goat around their communal table. Emmer & Rye does Sunday dinners in their lofty upstairs space. Le Pichet does Sunday afternoon events, Harvest Vine does special Sunday menus. more ›

In case you missed it, last Monday featured the Food Network crushing on Fremont's Revel for the 'Messy' episode of their series, The Best Thing I Ever Ate. The premise of this show is the Food Network featuring various culinary dignitaries waxing poetic on what they think is the best thing they've ever ate. And this past Monday was Revel's turn to be celebrated. But this restaurant gem isn't the only place in Seattle that they've considered for the best thing ever eaten; there are a solid group of restaurants famously noted by people talking about their food, famously talking about our city's food. more ›

Mainstream media outlets have written about the history of teriyaki in Seattle, one writer for the New York Times going so far as to call it Seattle’s signature food. But there’s another version of the story as well—and behind it, other stories about Japanese and Japanese American food in Seattle. We found these stories at the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington (JCCCW). more ›

In this atrocious economy, we're all struggling to make ends meet. We've taken on second jobs, moving back in with our parents, and doing all kinds of things we never thought we'd do, just to get by. It seems like no one is immune to it. more ›

The James Beard Foundation today narrowed down its long and inclusive list of semi-finalists to no more than five nominees in each category for its prestigious culinary awards (yes, if you must, the Oscars of the restaurant set). more ›

We received word today that Kylen McCarthy left his post as chef at Marjorie this weekend and is training to become a server at Ethan Stowell spot How to Cook a Wolf. McCarthy first made a name for himself at Harvest Vine before joining Marjorie owner Donna Moodie last summer when she reopened her beloved Belltown restaurant in a new jewelbox space in the Chloe building at the nexus of East Madison, Union and 14th. more ›

As you probably know, an additional Serious Pie has opened in South Lake Union, joining the neighborhood’s growing selection of dining alternatives to Jimmy John’s and warehouse demolition dust. more ›

The restaurant, perched on the hillside of this isolated town of Tofino on the Pacific Coast of Vancouver Island, is called SoBo, for Sophisticated Bohmeian. It takes hours to get here, overland from Nanaimo, a bit faster by air (floatplane or puddle-jumper from the mainland); there's no direct ferry. The town feels a bit like LaConner or Coupeville, touristy yet working-class. When Artie and Lisa Ahier settled here a decade ago, their criterion was simple: no pizza delivery. Not because they intended to start a Domino's franchise, but because they wanted to live in a remote and out-of-the-way community. more ›

There's a burger movement afoot in Seattle. Lunchbox Laboratory formally reopens in its giant new South Lake Union space this weekend (check out these great preview shots from frequent Seattlest Flickr pool contributor february 22). Local patty purveyor BuiltBurger recently opened a Pioneer Square storefront, offering downtown lunchers their signature burgers with toppings and flavors embedded inside the patty rather than on top. more ›

Those of you who follow the restaurant happenings of our neighbor to the south might be familiar with the Eater Portland blog, where editor Erin DeJesus keeps tabs on openings, closings, rumors, and The Oregonian's relentless gutting of its dining section. more ›

OK, the amount of restaurants opening on Capitol Hill is getting ridiculous. more ›

Despite its $1 happy hour drink menu, Spanish-Italian Tidbit Bistro on Capitol Hill is not a "let's-get-smashed kinda place," warns Tan Vinh. As for food, stick to the "simple, crunchy bar bites," many priced between $2 and $4. A dollar bill buys you well drinks and surprisingly good table wines. [Seattle Times] more ›

Back in December we mentioned the opening of a new spot on Ballard's main drag, in the old Lombardi's space. 5 Corner Market Bar & Kitchen's chef, Sam Crannell, has cooked at Oddfellow's and Quinn's, setting the bar high for gastropubby food with stellar seasonal ingredients. more ›

Comes word that Campagne, the fancy-pants restaurant in the courtyard of the ideally located Inn at the Market, will close starting Sunday for several months of renovations (much-needed, if truth be told). If you're the sort of fancy-pants person who frequents Campagne even once or twice a year, this is grim news, because January is 20-Buck Duck month. Where are you gonig to get your fix? First course: poached duck egg atop potatoes fried in duck fat. Second course: duck confit with lentils. This is gastronomic heaven, people! more ›

New Year's Eve dinners are often an overpriced yawn of a set menu. However Madison Park Conservatory was so new that the restaurant didn't have time to plan anything other than its regular menu (though the regular menu changes frequently). more ›

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In mid-November, Tilth chef de cuisine Larkin Young left Maria Hines’ kitchen to pursue his own restaurant. While he doesn’t yet have a space, Young does have investors, a business plan, the full support of his former boss, and a notebook full of ideas for dishes at his new spot. He also has a name and a hope of opening his doors “some time in early spring.” more ›

Marination Mobile goes the restaurant route, Tilth chef Maria Hines selects her second location and 1 million things happen on Capitol Hill. more ›

Yesterday we mentioned the opening of The Blue Glass in the former Tigertail spot where Lower Phinney runs into Ballard. I dropped in to the open house that evening and found the space got a significant makeover, into a comfortable hang that's dimly lit in all the right ways. more ›

After a relatively quiet week when everyone was busy roasting turkeys and getting stuck in the snow, restaurant news is piling up since our return from the long weekend. more ›

Matt Janke's newest restaurant at the Harbor Steps serves up a great menu, local ingredients, and plenty of amazing food. more ›

Yes, there is a regular a la carte menu at Staple & Fancy Mercantile, Ethan Stowell's new spot in Ballard's renovated Kolstrand Building (also home to newcomer The Walrus & the Carpenter). But we say you're a fool if you pass up the four-course $45 chef's choice meal, served family style. It's a tremendous value for a hit parade of dishes not on the regular list. more ›

Dick's, the Seattle burger institution, will open a new restaurant for the first time in 36 years, but where? Says the company: within 20 miles of the University of Washington. Vote on the location at www.dicksdrivein.com. more ›

The recent opening of Staple & Fancy Mercantile got us thinking about trends in restaurant names. more ›

An Incredible Feast returns Sunday night to offer up dishes made by local chefs, from ingredients grown, caught, foraged or fermented in the Pacific Northwest. Tickets are still available but you probably want to act fast for this one. more ›

After a reportedly hectic opening night, Ballard oyster bar The Walrus & the Carpenter is dishing out Kumamotos, cocktails and superbly seasonal small dishes to crowds of patrons in its tucked-away spot in the back of the Kolstrand Building. Chef Renee Erickson (of Boat Street fame) is hard at work alongside her crew in the efficient open kitchen. more ›

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 ›

It's a lively block, this stretch of Madison Valley: takeout pizza, takeout teriyaki, a dry cleaner's, a French bistro (Voilà!) a French creperie (La Côte), a fancy French dinner house (Rover's), an Asian cafe (Chinoise). There's vegetarian (Cafe Flora) a block in one direction, Spanish tapas (Harvest Vine) a block in the other. Good bread, too (Essential Bakery). There used to be a frame shop at the corner of East Madison and MLK; and you'd drive past it thinking it would be the perfect spot for a bar. more ›