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Seattle’s Unhealthiest Neighborhoods Dubbed Food Deserts
Our area is home to 17 so-called “food deserts,” or places where healthy food is hard to find. Here'
When the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) launched its online Food Desert Locator last summer, Seattle’s gourmets and locavores were horrified to see nutritional wastelands encroaching upon the city. In all, more than 125,000 people, in neighborhoods everywhere from West Seattle to Renton, live in places where fresh, healthy food is difficult to find—so-called “food…
Belle Epicurean’s Coconut Cake
’Tis the season to visit the glass case up front at this beloved French bakery.
Who would blame you if you never got past the heavenly butter croissants, warmed in the oven to order, at the tony new Belle Epicurean in Madison Valley? The seductive scent of butter reaches your nose as a server whisks the croissant to your table, a linen napkin and cutlery placed alongside; quite civilized. But…
Seattle’s Best Restaurants for Family-style Dining
More Seattle restaurants are offering family-style service. Here's our our recommended weekly meal p
With the excellent exception of Chinese food, family-style meals traditionally get a bad rap, thanks to those cheesy chain restaurants that dish out enormous platters of subpar pasta. But over the past two years, a host of Seattle restaurants, including some of our most acclaimed spots, have adopted this collegial, collective approach to dinner. Unlike…
Bar del Corso: Perfect Pizza
Beacon Hill’s beloved new eatery features the best margherita pizza in Seattle.
First things first: This place makes the best margherita pizza in Seattle. Its chewy crust is spread with a luscious, almost creamy tomato sauce and milky-soft mozzarella melting softly on top, with basil strewn about ($9). It’s really no mystery when you know the back story: Chef Jerry Corso built a pizza oven in his…
Poquitos is a People-Pleaser
The insanely popular Capitol Hill restaurant serves stylish Mexican fare in a warm, noisy room.
It’s hard to believe the prime location of the insanely popular Poquitos—10th and Pike—was home to anything other than Poquitos so very recently; the place, with its soaring ceilings, blue and white patterned tiles, wrought-iron fixtures and soft terra-cotta-hued lighting, recalls privileged hotel lobbies in touristy Mexican cities. Seattleites crave a hint of warmer climes…
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Dot’s Delicatessen Surpasses Expectations [CLOSED]
This Fremont deli has a happy hour and cheap meats selection that exceeds expectations.
Oh, hello, little glass ramekin of chicken liver parfait ($5) with a sweet, sticky port glaze: You’re coming home with me. And my, oh my, that sausage sandwich—in this case, merguez with harissa, on special ($7). But really, all of the sausages I’ve taken home or eaten for lunch (like the smoky, snappy Polish sausage…
Merlot’s Big Comeback
After its reputation was decimated in the movie Sideways, this Washington variatel is reclaiming its
Back in the 1990s, Merlot was the Lady Gaga of Washington wines: red hot and showing no signs of cooling. Along with Riesling, this Bordeaux varietal was the state’s future. Then, fickle tasters turned away, looking for the next big thing, and a line tossed off in a movie—Miles (played by Paul Giamatti) in the…
Splitboarding, the Hottest New Winter Sport
Snowboarding is great for going downhill. But next-gen splitboards let boarders take to the backcoun
If you were on Mount Rainier or Mount Baker this past spring and summer—when the snow just wouldn’t melt—you probably saw the latest craze in backcountry snow travel: splitboarding. Local Alpine touring and telemark skiers have been accessing trackless backcountry runs for years, using removable traction “skins” that allow them to climb up and then…
Zonal Heating for the Home
Wait out Seattle winter in an efficient oasis of warmth.
Beth Evans-Ramos doesn’t want to ignite your envy. But on winter’s frostiest days, the 2,000-square-foot house in Shoreline where she lives with her husband is as cozy as a thick Irish sweater, and it comes with a heating bill that rarely rises above $55 a month—even in the middle of winter. “It’s like magic,” she…
Postcards from the Edge
Seattle artist Joe Parks' new work draws viewers into a mysterious underworld.
You may not be able to afford an oil painting by esteemed local artist Joe Park, but you surely can pick up I Am Yours (Chronicle Books; $9.95), a new pack of postcards featuring his richly atmospheric work. Evoking animation stills, Edward Hopper–style ennui and barely remembered dreams, Park’s work draws viewers into mysterious tableaux—a…
Sarah Rudinoff, Cinderella’s New Wicked Stepsister
Seattle singer and actress is playing Prunella, one of two wicked stepsisters (with Nick Garrison) i
BD: What’s the best part about being a wicked stepsister? Sarah Rudinoff: I get to be wicked with a friend who I have been wicked with in real life! Nick and I have worked with each other in countless plays, cabarets and rock shows, and now we get to be “sisters.” Like a good sister,…
Seattle’s Own “Christmas Story”
Local filmmaker Sue Corcoran makes a holiday movie in Seattle’s own backyard.
“Make the world you want to see” is a refrain that runs through Ira Finkelstein’s Christmas, the new family holiday movie directed and cowritten by Sue Corcoran. It also happens to be a theme that carries significant personal resonance for the Seattle filmmaker. In the comedy, Ira Finkelstein—a California-based, Christmas-obsessed 11-year-old Jewish boy—is on a…