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3 Seattle Wine Clubs To Help You Obtain Oenophile Status
Learn from the best—join a wine club from the city’s most-loved wine purveyors.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed by wine. It’s a category that’s thousands of years old, speaks many different languages, and increases by the minute. In Washington state alone, the number of wineries has almost doubled over the last decade. However overwhelming picking the right bottle may be, there is a better way to buy one…
Q&A with 2018 MoPop Sound Off! Champion Micaiah Sawyer
Singer and songwriter since she was 12 years old, Micaiah Sawyer offers a glimpse into her career and what’s next after Sound Off!
Micaiah Sawyer was this year’s winner of the Museum of Popular Culture’s “Sound Off!” competition, the region’s top under-21 battle of the bands. Runners-up include Strawberry Mountain, Misundvrstood and Maiah Wynne. Following her win, Sawyer talked with Seattle magazine. Here’s what she had to say. When did you fall in love with music?It wasn’t just…
The Daughter of Immigrants Shares Authentic Indian Dishes Through New Delivery Startup
Mitra Raman started The Buttermilk Company last year, and is giving back profits to every family whose recipe she uses
This article appears in print in the March 2018 issue. Click here to subscribe. Mitra Raman gathered family recipes from the Indian communities in Seattle and beyond to create authentic Indian dishes that she offers through her startup, The Buttermilk Company. The daughter of Indian immigrants, Raman—who started Buttermilk last summer—knows what it’s like to miss the…
Discover Inventive Japanese-Influenced Food and Drinks at New Capitol Hill Spot Tamari Bar
With intricate Japanese whiskey cocktails and creative sushi dishes, it's no surprise this place is already packing people in
Just a bit west on bustling Pine Street from sibling restaurant Suika, Tamari Bar (500 East Pine) opened on Valentine’s Day styling itself as a “new-style Izakaya.” An Izakaya is a neighborhood Japanese pub of sorts, a spot for more relaxed, often after-work, drinking and eating. And Tamari Bar definitely has an informal, friendly vibe,…
Vote: The Seattle Magazine 2018 Readers’ Choice Washington Wine Awards
Cast your votes for the best Washington wine experiences!
This August, Seattle magazine is publishing the winners of our 13th annual Seattle magazine Washington Wine Awards. Winners of the tasting portion will be selected by a panel of local wine experts, including Seattle magazine wine writer Paul Zitarelli. But we’re also looking to our readers to help us determine winners of a couple of…
You Need to Go Try the Japanese Buckwheat Noodles at Kamonegi
One of Seattle's few makers of soba has a new restaurant in Wallingford
Most soba dishes at Kamonegi are available as cold noodles to swipe through a warm dipping sauce (as shown here) or in a bowl of hot soup broth. (And yes, that’s a fish fin in the sake.)
Road Trip: Whale Watching and Surfing in Westport
Watch whales, catch some waves and feast on the catch of the day in this coastal town, just a two-and-a half-hour drive from Seattle
Surfers head to Half Moon Bay to catch some powerful waves; charter boats take tourists out for a day of fishing or whale watching; at Loge Westport, you can spend the night and rent outdoor gear