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The latest rumors on Belltown's meat-up 23 Aug 2013 | 10:30 pm
Here's what we know for sure: longtime Seattle restaurateur Marco Casas-Breaux started the Buenos Aires Grill at 2nd and Virginia Streets, way back when. A decade ago, he took the churrascaria steakho...
Once more into the brioche, my friends! 21 Aug 2013 | 08:30 pm
Above: the exquisite brioche at Le Pichet in Seattle. Below, baguettes at Boulangerie Nantaise. Those pesky Parisians are back in the news. On the front page of the Wall Street Journal, an article cl...
Burrito Wars: Chipotle adds vegan sofritas 16 Aug 2013 | 07:00 pm
Twenty years ago, a chef named Steve Ells opened an unassuming Mexican grill in a 30-by-30 space in Denver. He called it Chipotle, for the smoked and dried jalapeño pepper; it was the first in a pione...
Whisky Bar, yes. Black Bamboo, not yet. 15 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Back in Belltown, time to range along the recently completed Bell Street park (disappointing new Chinese restaurant), follow the beat at the Croc, drop in at an old standby on Second (ahhh). Yes, in ...
Tequila Fest: celebrating the noble agave 14 Aug 2013 | 07:30 pm
The succulent agave, a spikey, self-sufficient plant, seemingly eternal, was given its name by the founder of modern botany (phylum, genus, variety, etc.), the great Swedish scientist Carlos Linnaeus....
France wants to know: What makes Seattle special? 13 Aug 2013 | 11:30 pm
Pleasantly outgoing French guy, Dominique Krauskopf, 40-ish, toussled hair and friendly smile, is visiting Seattle with a biggish microphone and smallish voice recorder, interviewing French-speaking l...
Outlook for & from Seattle's "top" restaurants 12 Aug 2013 | 09:00 pm
Above: a selection of views from Seattle restaurants: below, views from Kirkland. OpenTable, the national reservation service, has bought Rezbook, the reservation system offered through Seattle-based...
Farm to Table at Steelhead Diner 9 Aug 2013 | 05:30 am
Top row: Chef Kevin Davis, housemade burrata with fresh tomatoes, halibut smothered with morels; center: sunset view; bottom: lamb chops, berries & cream, market baskets with fresh flowers. Below: Ang...
Enza's gluten-free cannoli 7 Aug 2013 | 09:30 pm
You've probably never seen anything like this. Cannoli, sure. Ricotta-filled, senza dubbio. But gluten-free, betcha not. Reason being that gluten-free flour doesn't act like "regular" flour. The most...
Everything's just peachy, thanks! 6 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
It's a summer tradition in Seattle, the annual Peach-O-Rama promotion at the Metropolitan Market stores, For 17 years now, Metropolitan has been seeking out peaches that are "measureably" sweeter. Mea...
