Restaurant Review

Brimmer & Heeltap's Delish Garlic-flavored Tapioca Chips

Brimmer & Heeltap’s Delish Garlic-flavored Tapioca Chips

If you love pork rinds, then you've got to try these chips from Brimmer & Heeltap

If you like fried pork rinds, you have to try the tapioca puff chips ($6) at Brimmer & Heeltap, the Ballard bistro known for its inventive, Korean-inspired fare. Executive chef Mike Whisenhunt’s version may be vegan, but it’s every bit as savory and crunchy (read: addictive) as the piggy kind. He fries dehydrated, garlic-flavored tapioca…

Seattle's Latest Romantic Restaurant, Ernest Loves Agnes, is Lovely

Seattle’s Latest Romantic Restaurant, Ernest Loves Agnes, is Lovely

The new eatery in the former Kingfish spot is laced with literary influences and lovely pastas

What defines a romantic restaurant? Candlelight and tablecloths? Cheesy. Soft music? Yawn. Nowadays, it’s more about telling a story; using intimate spaces, thought-provoking art and, of course, delicious, memorable food to create a meaningful mood. Ernest Loves Agnes, the 49-seat Italian restaurant (formerly Kingfish Cafe) on North Capitol Hill, achieves this beautifully. The name refers…

Apples, Clams & Pinot Noir: Belltown's Shaker + Spear

Apples, Clams & Pinot Noir: Belltown’s Shaker + Spear

Walter Pisano serves seafood chic at Shaker + Spear in Belltown

With picture windows overlooking Virginia Street and clean, crisp, modern lines, Shaker + Spear, the newly opened restaurant in the new Palladian Hotel, serves chef Walter Pisano’s take on seafood. And it’s a restrained one; Pisano, best known for his famed gnocchi and Tuscan plates at Tulio in the Hotel Vintage, takes an almost spa-like…

Kraken Congee: Your New Pioneer Square Pit Stop

Kraken Congee: Your New Pioneer Square Pit Stop

Pioneer Square’s new lunch stop bowls us over with congee and pork buns

After securing funding on Restaurant Startup, a CNBC reality show, chefs Garrett Doherty and Shane Robinson were able to create a permanent home for their 2-year-old pop-up concept, Kraken Congee, in early spring. The chefs took over a basement space in Pioneer Square from the owners of Little Uncle, and the hidden place has “best-kept…

Le Grand Bistro Americain: A Summertime Destination

Le Grand Bistro Americain: A Summertime Destination

Allison Austin Scheff tells us why stunning food with stellar views make dining at this restaurant a

They’ve stacked the decks at this Carillon Point newcomer, which opened last December. Owned by Ted Furst, who, together with Peter Lewis, opened Campagne in 1985—and with Scott Emerick of Madrona’s once-grand Cremant at the stoves—it would only be surprising if this roomy bistro wasn’t a hit. And I’m here to tell you, it is….

Revel: Genius Food In a Silvery Sleek Space

Revel: Genius Food In a Silvery Sleek Space

Allison Austin Scheff gives nod to another spectacular winner from Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi.

Sometimes, it’s easy to fall into “other city” envy. What’s not to like about Portland’s utopian indie scene, Vancouver’s dim sum and Japanese food, Chicago’s thrilling modern cooking, New York’s delis, bagels—everything? But when a restaurant like Revel comes along right here at home, it’s one more notch in our belt, and the competitive food…

Elliott's Oyster House Pleasantly Surprises

Elliott’s Oyster House Pleasantly Surprises

Does Seattle’s premier tourist-friendly seafood restaurant deserve a better reputation?

Every August, our guest room fills up with friends from out of state betting on seeing the Seattle I swear exists: the one that doesn’t require an umbrella. Planning their itinerary, they ask the inevitable: “Where should we go for the best seafood?” And…hmm. For the seafood-focused Best Restaurants issue of Seattle magazine in April,…

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