May 2015
Where to Go for Sunday Supper
No longer reserved for family night at Grandma’s, Sundays are now for special restaurant dinners out
BALLARDCafe Munir This unassuming restaurant in an equally unassuming commercial strip in Loyal Heights, north of Ballard, puts on a spectacular Sunday supper: a family-style Lebanese feast that features a parade of shareable dishes ($25 per person). The chef’s-choice menu is always different, although it starts with an assortment of mezes, such as smoky baba…
Food We Love: Tartines at Cafe Barjot
This neighborhood Capitol Hill escape is perfect for spring days
On sunny spring days, the petite patio in front of Cafe Barjot (the sibling restaurant to Wylie Bush’s Joe Bar, just up the hill) beckons. There, I meet a friend for tartine (open-faced sandwiches) made with toasted Grand Central Bakery peasant bread—my favorite of which is the sweet shrimp salad with garden carrots and seaweed…
Is it Time to Kill the Death Penalty in Washington?
With momentum building to end the death penalty, Knute Berger says he’s not sure it should go
Is it time to kill the death penalty in Washington? That question has been brought to the fore in the last year. Governor Jay Inslee has let it be known that no prisoner will be executed on his watch. The state Legislature has held hearings on a proposal to end capital punishment in the state,…
In Search of Spot Shrimp
Hit the water with just the right mix of timing, skill and tools
This is the time of year when I take inventory of my friends with boats—and start buttering them up with gifts from the pantry or freezer. Here’s a side of smoked salmon just for you…no really, take this pint of pickled fiddleheads.… If I’m lucky, I might earn myself a crew position for one of…
Madrona’s Live/Work Project Features an Eco-Friendly Design
With loft living above and office/retail space below, Madrona’s Pike Station embraces the community
For decades, an adobe filling station sat on the corner of 34th and E Pike streets in Madrona’s tiny commercial thoroughfare. Long after its life as a gas station was over, property owner Tom Flood, a high school teacher and artist, turned the building into a community art space, where students from the Coyote Central…
Music in Seattle Restaurants is Groovier Than Ever
The food in Seattle’s best restaurants is eclectic, personal and surprising—and now so is the music
During my early 20s, I worked in the kitchens of several Seattle restaurants. It was sweaty work, tiring but satisfying. The kitchen staff wasn’t tipped where I worked; a cook’s perks were free food, a shift drink or two, and, because we worked in closed-off kitchens, listening to whatever music the chef chose. When it…
12 Awesome Old Prom Photos
Feast your eyes on photos of Seattleites who dressed up and went to the big dance in style
’Tis the season of limos and corsages, lines out The Cheesecake Factory door and reminiscing about proms past. But while memories can be tricky, and we may fudge a detail here and there, the prom photo never lies. Have a look at these Seattleites decked out in their high school best. Hail to prom season!…
The Local Artists Behind These 4 New Arts Venues
Transforming old, forgotten spaces into promising new venues
While shiny new buildings crowd the Seattle skyline, local artists are moving into old forgotten spaces—and transforming them into promising new arts venues. 1. Ballard Homestead6451 Jones Ave. NW in Ballard, built in 1923, open since MarchMost recently: Church of the Nazarene Who’s behind it: Abbey Arts, the people behind Fremont Abbey Arts CenterFocus: Live…
Recipe for Dungeness Crab and Shrimp Gumbo
Stock 1–2 Tablespoons vegetable oil 1/2 onion, diced 1 rib celery, diced 1 small carrot, diced 1 Tablespoon tomato paste 1 pound shrimp, shelled (reserve the meat for later) 1 large or 2 small Dungeness crabs, cooked and cleaned (but not peeled) 2 quarts chicken stock 3 bay leaves Sauté the shrimp shells in oil…
Three New Children’s Books by Local Authors
A determined ninja girl, a self-important otter and an intrepid 6-year-old star in these stories
Arrow to Alaska: A Pacific Northwest AdventureBy Hannah Viano Six-year-old Arrow has often dreamed about the voyages taken by boats traveling through the locks near his Seattle home. Thanks to an invitation from his Aunt Kelly—a salmon boat captain—he gets to tag along on a trip to Alaska to visit his Grampy Lightning. Along the…
Mark Your Calendars for the Modern Home Tour
This self-paced, self-driven, home-viewing circuit takes place on Saturday, May 2
For the fourth year in a row, Austin, Texas–based Modern Home Tours is bringing its road show to Seattle. A self-paced, self-driven circuit—from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, May 2—features total access to between five and eight private Seattle-area residences chosen for their unique modern design aesthetics. “The entire Northwest corridor, from Portland…
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