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| University District
Burgers and Fast Food
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July 09, 2008 -
When I think of the University Village Burgermaster, I think of my late grandfather-for two reasons: 1) His daughter...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +87%
| Capitol Hill
Seafood
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July 09, 2008 -
When it comes to tracking food trends, the "retro" column in my ledger filled up years ago. Blame it on meatloaf...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Greenwood/Phinney
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|
July 02, 2008 -
In many ways, Ed's Kort Haus is a quintessential Seattle dive. It's dark and spacious, with a pool table and...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Georgetown
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July 02, 2008 -
In a world that faces a growing hop crisis, in a time when craft beer gets more attention than ever, two men make the...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +80%
| Wallingford
Italian
|  
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June 25, 2008 -
When my friends and I looked over Bizzarro Italian Cafe's menu last week, we spotted Mama Lil's peppers and cherry...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +100%
| Madrona
Turkish and Middle Eastern
|  
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June 18, 2008 -
Sometimes a great first date is as troublesome as a bad one. You talk excitedly about yoga and childhood pets, you...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Pioneer Square
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June 18, 2008 -
Why is it that all firefighters have mustaches, pose topless for charity calendars, and smoke 12 packs of cigarettes...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +90%
| Columbia City
Filipino, American and Family Fare
| 
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June 11, 2008 -
These days, every chef talks about her food as if it were more than an expression of her unique palate. It's also a...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +75%
| Ballard
Coffee
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June 11, 2008 -
What does $13 get you? Swedish toast with butter and Kalles Kaviar ($2.65); Swedish toast with butter, cheese, and...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Belltown
American
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June 04, 2008 -
Contrary to popular opinion, the Catholic Seamen's Club is neither: (a) a sperm bank for believers in the Holy...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Greenwood/Phinney
Greek and Mediterranean
| 
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May 28, 2008 -
While most Mexican restaurants in the U.S. serve mole, it's generally Puebla-style--a deep brown, sweet-spicy sauce...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +57%
| Downtown
Seafood
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|
May 28, 2008 -
This market stand basically sells fish sandwiches and chowder, which means it has one cook doing nothing but grilling...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +92%
| Ballard
Burgers and Sandwiches/Subs
| 
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May 14, 2008 -
Opening the door to Ballard's Lunchbox Laboratory, I spotted my lunch date just on the other side, huddling back from...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| West Seattle
Pub Food
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May 14, 2008 -
There are three Triangle bars in Seattle, which is fitting, given that there are three sides to a triangle. What's...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +95%
| Eastlake/Lake Union
American and Burgers
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April 30, 2008 -
Joshua Henderson and Danny Sizemore have two things going right for them today: The sun's out, and they haven't been...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Mount Baker
Vietnamese
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April 16, 2008 -
By the time Tamarind Tree opened on Jackson Street in 2004, Seattle had already cultivated a special fondness for...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
Coffee
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April 09, 2008 -
I've always wondered why local restaurants don't offer a coffee menu as they would a list of teas, giving guests the...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Georgetown
American and Burgers
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April 09, 2008 -
Last Chance co-owner Michael Lucas is the thinking carnivore's hero. While some burger purveyors brag about the fact...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +88%
| West Seattle
Pizza
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April 02, 2008 -
The neighborhood spaghetti house was once as American a staple of every-night life as Little League, peach pie, and...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Georgetown
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March 19, 2008 -
Seattle is a hotbed of Asian-American cuisine, beginning and ending with the can't-miss International District, where...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
Bakery
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March 12, 2008 -
Official Tasting Notes: I know it's not fair to compare the Gruyère panini at Macy's new co-branded cafe to the one I...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +78%
| Wallingford
Northwest, American and International
| 
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March 05, 2008 -
Simply walking into Elemental@Gasworks can cause a little anxiety. With only five tables, a few bar stools, and a...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +86%
| Pioneer Square
Italian
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March 05, 2008 -
In October 2006, Seattle Weekly announced the first recipient of the Angelo Pellegrini Award to honor someone for his...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +78%
| Lake City
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February 27, 2008 -
Enjoy the Rimrock Steakhouse while you can: The Lake City institution is up for sale, and has been for months. After...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| -34%
| International District
Japanese
| 
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February 20, 2008 -
Who's the fan base for the Kiana's Special? "The girls like it. They like something that tastes good. And I'm from...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +61%
| Bellevue
|  
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February 20, 2008 -
Not unlike the meandering Danube River itself, the peripatetic menu at Danube Bistro starts in the Czech Republic...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +88%
| University District
Sushi
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February 20, 2008 -
Three weeks ago, a new sushi spot replaced Tibet First, the little Tibetan place in the University District that...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +93%
| Downtown
Ethiopian/Eritrean
| 
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February 13, 2008 -
There still aren't many reasons to venture into the morass of the Denny Triangle without a map, a compass, and a St...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +81%
| Madison Park
American
| 
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February 06, 2008 -
How hungover does the wait staff look? Very. Our waitress groused about ever having to work Sunday morning, and her...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +89%
| West Seattle
Sandwiches/Subs and Coffee
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February 06, 2008 -
I'm having a love affair with Husky Deli. This could be because you don't see many classic beauties of Husky Deli's...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +58%
| Downtown
Seafood and Sandwiches/Subs
|  
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February 06, 2008 -
A friend of mine, a one-time bellman at the Four Seasons (now the Fairmont), introduced McCormick to me when I was...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +58%
| Queen Anne
Italian
|  
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January 30, 2008 -
If there's a chef who can read the zeitgeist, at least when it comes to dining in Seattle, it's Ethan Stowell. He...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +94%
| International District
French and Japanese
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January 30, 2008 -
Don't come here for Nutella, because Unicorn doesn't serve your run-of-the-mill Parisian varieties. Here, the crepes...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
Italian
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January 23, 2008 -
The cuisine at Bruno's, a 33-year-old Old Seattle institution located in the heart of downtown, defies all convention...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +68%
| Fremont
Burgers, American and International
| 
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January 23, 2008 -
Official tasting notes: I'm sure many food freaks were waiting for Thomas Hurley, chef-owner of beloved Hurley's in...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +83%
| West Seattle
Seafood and American
| 
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January 16, 2008 -
Is it a bad sign when the lamb sliders are your favorite dish at an oyster bar? Clearly, a rhetorical question. But...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Eastlake/Lake Union
Sandwiches/Subs and Vegetarian
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January 16, 2008 -
Bar notes: The Victory Lounge used to be the Lobo Inn, a dismal dive with a sticky floor, shady characters, and punk...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Georgetown
Burgers, American and Pub Food
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January 09, 2008 -
A dramatic departure from "$2 wells" and "half-priced pitchers," "free ice cream" is not a marquee phrase normally...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +68%
| Downtown
American and Seafood
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December 19, 2007 -
The dim lighting, hushed voices, and expensive menu at the Icon Grill worked in sweet harmony to raise my hopes about...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +90%
| Capitol Hill
Pub Food
| 
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December 12, 2007 -
Even before Scott and Heather Staples opened Quinn's Pub on East Pike and 10th Avenue East, the press identified it...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +56%
| Downtown
Thai
| 
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December 12, 2007 -
What's in a Belltown Passion: Bombay Sapphire gin, Parfait Amore, and fresh lemon. Per Lee, the drink was invented by...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +72%
| West Seattle
American
| 
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December 05, 2007 -
Less than a block from the most SoCal strip of seashore in Seattle sits the city's most Midwestern restaurant, the...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| -46%
| Downtown
Northwest, Burgers and Seafood
|  
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December 05, 2007 -
Entering Cutters Bayhouse for happy hour (3:30-6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m.-close daily), my group received an enthusiastic...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +88%
| Kirkland
American
|  
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December 05, 2007 -
Last month, the publishers of the New Oxford American Dictionary put out a press release announcing that their "word...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +87%
| Capitol Hill
Northwest and Mediterranean
|  
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November 28, 2007 -
The surest recipe for failure in the restaurant industry is well-funded food lovers with no restaurant experience who...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +68%
| West Seattle
American
| 
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November 28, 2007 -
I was a little skeptical walking into Black Bird Bistro for a midweek happy hour. The bar was stained a deep red, and...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +100%
| Downtown
Donuts
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November 28, 2007 -
The appeal of these tourist-friendly doughnuts is in their diminutive size. It's all about the cuteness factor. Tiny...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +83%
| Belltown
Seafood, American and Asian
|  
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November 28, 2007 -
Two weeks ago I sidled up to the bar at Flying Fish, which was not as packed as I'd expected. Apparently, as the...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
Desserts/Ice Cream
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November 28, 2007 -
Seattle may not be as deeply entrenched in the frozen yogurt "cold war" as Los Angeles, but we might not be far...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +87%
| Belltown
Tapas and Spanish
| 
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November 28, 2007 -
Thought you were done with the whole fast/feast thing? Think again. Txori (pronounced cho-ree) is finally opening...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +64%
| University District
Japanese
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November 21, 2007 -
University Way (aka "the Ave") has long been something of a paradox. On the one hand, there's not a street in Seattle...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +60%
| Ballard
Tex-Mex
| 
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November 14, 2007 -
"Hey, that's Explosions in the Sky," Heather exclaimed, lifting up a finger as if to point to the sound waves...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +85%
| Georgetown
American
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November 07, 2007 -
When I think of truck stops, I think of fried bologna sandwiches, nicotine-addicted waitresses, puffy mesh hats...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +85%
| West Seattle
Pizza and Italian
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November 07, 2007 -
High up on the back wall at Giannoni's Pizzeria, across from the TV and the graffiti-style mural, invisible to anyone...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Rainier Beach
Vietnamese
| 
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October 31, 2007 -
I'd warned my friends that I wasn't sure what we'd find at Saigon Pearl on MLK and Orcas. I'd stopped in at this...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Eastlake/Lake Union
European
| 
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October 31, 2007 -
The brilliant idea behind Venik Lounge-to offer a little nip and nourishment after hours of peaceful sweating-is...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +73%
| Capitol Hill
Seafood and Asian
|  
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October 24, 2007 -
Peer inside Kurrent Restaurant and Bar on a Friday night, and the crowd flanking the cocktail bar is four deep. Women...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Ballard
American
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October 24, 2007 -
The Waterwheel Lounge doesn't look like the sort of place that serves up delicious home-style food. It looks like the...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +85%
| University District
Italian, Mediterranean and Northwest
|  
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October 17, 2007 -
The waiter brought our appetizers with an easy flourish, seemingly unconcerned with gravity. The plates floated down...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +81%
| International District
Vietnamese and Sandwiches/Subs
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October 10, 2007 -
Many Seattleites love Vietnamese delis for their banh mi, but I'm both obsessed with and mystified by the stacks of...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Rainier Beach
Southern & Soul
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October 03, 2007 -
I grew up in Wedgwood and attended parochial schools in northeast Seattle for my first 18 years. Translation: My...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +57%
| Capitol Hill
Diner and American
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October 03, 2007 -
In the 1950s, back when tiki was classy and Ray Kroc was hatching his Napoleonic plots, the pancakes of the world...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +83%
| Ballard
American, Bakery and Vegetarian
|
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October 03, 2007 -
In the 1950s, back when tiki was classy and Ray Kroc was hatching his Napoleonic plots, the pancakes of the world...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +51%
| University District
Japanese and Sushi
| 
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September 26, 2007 -
Where sushi-go-rounds are concerned, there are two major camps: those who loathe the idea of their spicy tuna roll...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +84%
| Belltown
Steakhouse, Northwest and Seafood
|   
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September 26, 2007 -
What will $13 get you? You can eat like a king but never go back, since the only way to get anything for $13 is to...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +84%
| Bellevue
Indian
| 
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September 26, 2007 -
It was a Wizard of Oz moment: My friends and I had been sitting at our table in Spice Route Indian Cuisine in...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| West Seattle
Pub Food
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September 19, 2007 -
With a roadhouse interior, simple food, hog-centric decor and a playlist tending toward classic rock, the Alki Tavern...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +81%
| Ravenna
Asian, Indonesian and International
|
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September 19, 2007 -
If the newspaper saw is true that three of anything makes a trend, then Indonesian restaurants in Seattle are hot...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +81%
| Belltown
Greek, Mediterranean and Vegetarian
|  
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September 12, 2007 -
Right now, pork is the iPod of the food world, more of a social movement than a trend. Every culinary magazine and...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +85%
| Capitol Hill
French and Wine Bar
| 
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September 06, 2007 -
Seattle's newest all-purpose hangout, Café Presse, looks great at breakfast. Morning light gushes through its wall of...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Sodo
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|
|
September 06, 2007 -
When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +72%
| Central District
American
|
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|
September 06, 2007 -
When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +93%
| Madison Park
American and Sandwiches/Subs
|
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|
September 06, 2007 -
When I finish a Philly cheesesteak sandwich, I don't want to feel even remotely healthy-I want to feel like John...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +88%
| University District
|
|
|
August 22, 2007 -
Something about Tibet First in the U District reminded me of a guesthouse half a continent away, a tiny hostel in...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| International District
Chinese
|
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August 15, 2007 -
Official Tasting Notes: A few months ago, a friend took me to Homestyle HK Cafe for the "stone bowl steamed rice...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +84%
| Queen Anne
Northwest
|   
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August 15, 2007 -
"Corn four ways" could be the subtitle of Opal's striped bass, a dish that sums up the kitchen's determination to...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +93%
| University District
Vegetarian
|
|
|
July 26, 2007 -
If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +82%
| Shoreline
Korean
| 
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|
July 26, 2007 -
If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +82%
| Capitol Hill
Spanish, Latin American and Tapas
| 
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|
July 26, 2007 -
If there's ever a reason I won't do hot yoga, it's the memory of a summer night, years ago, when a blackout knocked...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +71%
| West Seattle
American
|
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July 19, 2007 -
There are no real surprises on the plate at the Chelan Café, an all-American, family-owned diner just off the West...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
|  
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|
July 11, 2007 -
Great art is no longer the only thing required of a first-tier museum. A first-tier restaurant is de rigueur, too...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +71%
| Queen Anne
American, Family Fare and Northwest
|  
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July 04, 2007 -
This week marks the one-year anniversary of my move from San Francisco. It's no sad occasion. And yet there's a type...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Downtown
Burgers, Breakfast/Brunch and Sandwiches/Subs
|
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July 04, 2007 -
In the lunch halls that serve our halls of justice, the objective is similar to that of a defense attorney: acquittal...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Pioneer Square
Sandwiches/Subs
|
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July 04, 2007 -
In the lunch halls that serve our halls of justice, the objective is similar to that of a defense attorney: acquittal...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +83%
| Capitol Hill
Asian and Vegetarian
|
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June 27, 2007 -
In a city where most households can pick three or four places to walk to for pad see ew, perhaps it's time to start...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +64%
| Pioneer Square
Burgers and Fast Food
|
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|
June 21, 2007 -
Love it or hate it, through its 30-plus years of pigeon-shit magnetism, the concrete-roofed Kingdome was as...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +79%
| University District
Spanish and Tapas
|  
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June 21, 2007 -
Spent a good chunk of March in Spain, standing at chest-high tables, drinking little glasses of beer and scarfing...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Rainier Beach
|
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June 13, 2007 -
Helen Coleman is a master cook. She can stew oxtails so lovingly, the memory of them will make your eyes moist. And...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +82%
| West Seattle
Italian
|  
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June 06, 2007 -
It's taken me a couple of weeks to figure out where I come down on Beàto Food & Wine, a tiny bistro on the northern...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Greenwood/Phinney
Latin American
|
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May 30, 2007 -
When I go back to Mi Chalateca, a Salvadoran restaurant on Aurora and 97th Avenue, it won't be for the pupusas. It...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +66%
| University District
Indonesian
|
|
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May 30, 2007 -
If the Ave's Padi Indonesian Cafe was an American diner, it'd be the kind that served chicken-fried steak and eggs...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +60%
| Downtown
Latin American, Caribbean and International
| 
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May 23, 2007 -
Something happened to George Lucas between the first Star Wars trilogy and the second. I know I'm dog-paddling in...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +80%
| Ravenna
Vegetarian, American and Middle Eastern
|
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May 16, 2007 -
I am not comforted by comfort food. I do not like meatloaf. I do not crave macaroni and cheese. Fried chicken isn't...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +67%
| Green Lake
Hawaiian and Barbecue
| 
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May 09, 2007 -
Consider the BLT: so spartan, so delicious, so unafraid to feature fatty strips of taboo. Now consider how one might...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +85%
| Downtown
Northwest, Diner and Seafood
|  
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May 09, 2007 -
As Kevin and Terresa Davis have designed it, Steelhead Diner, their two-month old Pike Place Market restaurant, is...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
| +95%
| Sodo
Burgers, American and Seafood
|
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May 02, 2007 -
My friend Porterhouse was, is, and always will be a south-side girl. Her Rainier Valley residence isn't so much a...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |
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| Bellevue
Pizza
|
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May 02, 2007 -
Explaining Indian pizza to the uninitiated is about as easy as fielding your 4-year-old's questions about where...
full review at Seattle Weekly | |