Seattle Mag
Carnivore’s Guide: Best Steakhouses in Seattle
The mouthwatering promise of really good meat at a steakhouse
There is nothing quite like dinner at a steakhouse. The sense of occasion, the mouthwatering promise of really good meat, tip-top service and splurging on that excellent bottle of red—it all adds up to a special night out. Lucky us, we went to them all so you can better decide which fits your style. The…
Carnivore’s Guide: Beef
We have embraced them all, but beef is our first true love
We’ve embraced pork, lamb—even goat—but beef is our first true love. It’s what we crave the most. We wanted to find locally raised beef that we could feel good about eating, and, boy, did we ever. Try it out: Our favorite restaurant beef dishes Beef tartare: Generous quenelles of lush, freshly hand-chopped Oregon sirloin, mixed…
Carnivore’s Guide: Beef
We have embraced them all, but beef is our first true love
We’ve embraced pork, lamb—even goat—but beef is our first true love. It’s what we crave the most. We wanted to find locally raised beef that we could feel good about eating, and, boy, did we ever. Try it out: Our favorite restaurant beef dishes Beef tartare: Generous quenelles of lush, freshly hand-chopped Oregon sirloin, mixed…
Carnivore’s Guide: Pork
The taste of locally raised pork whether it's tender and lean or striated with rich layers of flavor
The taste of locally raised pork—whether tender and lean or striated with rich layers of flavorful fat—is about as far as you can get from the slabs of meat stacked in the supermarket’s discount cooler. While it’s not always economically feasible to buy only the top-grade local stuff when you’re feeding a family, consider these…
Best of 2010
From fabulous food to thoughtful theater, we present some of our favorite moments, people and things
Even in a bad economy, celebrating the best of Seattle is actually pretty easy. The hard part is whittling down the best of the best—from the hottest new indie rock band to the coolest new flower shop—so that it all fits into a finite number of pages. This year, we also wanted to give a…
Most Influential: Attorney Thomas Ahearne
Lead plaintiffs' counsel in McCleary v the State of Washington, Thomas Ahearne is proved to be a for
As the lead plaintiffs’ counsel in McCleary v. the State of Washington, Thomas Ahearne, an attorney with Seattle-based Foster Pepper PLLC, proved to be a force of nature. Undertaking the biggest education-finance lawsuit in three decades, Ahearne and his team shined a glaring spotlight on the state’s failure to provide—in the words of King County…
Most Influential: Partners on the Cascadia Center
Partners Miller Hull Partnership, Point 32, Schuchart, and The Bullitt Foundation collaborate to dev
The adage “If you build it, they will come” is in full experimental application at the corner of 15th Avenue and E Madison Street on Capitol Hill, where the city’s largest Living Building project is beginning to show signs of life. A collaboration among the Miller Hull Partnership (architect), Point32 (developer), Schuchart (general contractor) and…
Most Influential: Consultant Mike Donlin
Program consultant for Seattle Public Schools' prevention-intervention services, Mike Donlin spearhe
The Pew Research Center reports that 30 percent of U.S. teens say they have been affected by hurtful text messages, Facebook posts and the like. Mike Donlin wants to cut that number to zero. A program consultant for Seattle Public Schools’ prevention-intervention services, Donlin spearheaded creation of a new cyberbullying curriculum this year for Seattle…
Person of the Year: The Police Officer
We are not accustomed to seeing police officers as victims
We are not accustomed to seeing police officers as victims. Or as villains. But the past year in the Puget Sound region has focused our attention on law enforcement personnel so relentlessly, so vividly, that no year in recent memory can compare. Between October 31 and December 28, 2009, six officers—one from the Seattle Police…
Weekly Must List: December 9 – 15
Our top to-do's for the week
Our top to-do’s for the week Must Get a WhiffWilly Wonka in Smell-O-Vision Friday – Sunday (12/10 – 12/12) • See the classic 1971 film the way it was meant to be experienced: in Smell-O-Vision. Courtesy of kooky film-enhancement team The Action Pack, the treats on screen leap to life in the form of goodie…
Cheap Eats: Big Mario’s
Big Mario's brings a touch of the East Coast to Cap Hill
Wicked Slice: Another NYC-style pizzeria joins the fold Need proof that the Neapolitan pizza craze is being supplanted? Last month, we heralded Fatty’s Corner Pizzeria in Greenwood; this month, it’s BIG MARIO’S, another New York City–style pizza joint, which opened in mid-July next to Caffé Vita on Capitol Hill. (Vita’s Mike McConnell is a co-owner.)…
Food News: Marination Station to Open, Plus Pie!
Kimchi quesadillas and a free parking spot: Marination sets down roots on the Hill. Plus news on the
It’s no secret that we here at Seattle Mag are huge fans of Marination Mobile; we put them on the cover of last year’s Best Restaurants issue, after all. So imagine our excitement when we found out that Roz Edison and Kamala Saxton are setting up a stationary shop to sling their Korean-Hawaiian vittles which they’re calling (what…