Food & Drink

Best of the City: A Triumph of Taste
He cooks. He brews. He distills. Now John Howie tops Seattle magazine’s Readers’ Choice awards.
Despite the well-documented struggles of the restaurant industry, celebrity chef and restaurateur John Howie is not pining for the days prior to the pandemic. He does, however, fondly recall the end of 2021, when cooped-up diners again began filling tables at restaurants…

Starbucks Dubbed a ‘Loser’ for Recent Performance
Problems are ‘deep-seated and multi-faceted’
Restaurant Dive (one of the many Dive verticals) cited an unfocused menu, a brand identity crisis, and political perceptions related to the war in Gaza and unionization efforts as reasons for a 10% drop in foot traffic and a 6% plunge in sales…
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