When the big boys like Oceanaire and Todai shut down, they get all the attention. Here's to the little neighborhood guys. Whym, now shuttered 24 hours a day. How it lasted even six weeks, we'll never know. Saito's, gone at last; Yukata Saito had been trying to sell for years. Asian noodle bar in its place, they say. Cucina De-Ra dark. One partner (Rafaele Calise) already at Picolinos in Ballard, leaving Jim Maleviitsis to lock up. Hope springs eternal, though. Opening soon where Rockin' Burrito once rolled (4th and Wall) comes Petra Mediterranean Bistro, project of Falafel King's Khal Beleh. more ›

Easy to make fun of this place, what with its silly name (no connection with South Carolina radio station WHYM or the New York restaurant Whym) and Fifties decor, but hard to ignore its pride of place: the clean, well-lighted prow of Belltown sailing northward, 24 hours a day, into the intersection of First & Denny. more ›