November 2012

Little Uncle: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
You’ll be a born-again Thai food fan after tasting the bright, fire-cracker version cooked by husband-and-wife chefs Poncharee (aka “PK”) and Wiley Frank at their takeout window on Madison Street across from Healio. Inspired by a life-changing visit to Thailand, the duo (he previously cooked at Lark) spent two years ironing the kinks out of…

Altura: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
It’s hardly a surprise that the high-end dining market has struggled these past few years. Not only have diners’ budgets taken a hit, their tastes have shifted ever more toward casual, neighborhood restaurants with come-as-you-are appeal and a “no reservations necessary” policy. But when the time comes to dust off the heels and skirt—when the…

Hot Cakes: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
Holy sweet tooth heaven! That’s not Hot Cakes’ tagline, but we think it should be. When the urge hits to skip dinner and go directly to dessert, this Ballard cutie is our first stop. Autumn Martin has serious dessert-making chops—she was pastry chef at Canlis before leading the chocolatier team at Theo in Fremont—and her…

Ellen Forney’s “Marbles”: A Fine Madness
Diagnosed with bipolar disorder, the Seattle cartoonist wonders if ‘crazy’ is crucial to creativity.
If you ever find yourself crying at work, take Ellen Forney’s advice: “Don’t wipe your tears. Don’t change your posture. Just keep working until you get to the point where your nose is running and you’re kind of a mess—then get up, go to the bathroom, blow your nose and wipe your face. Take a…

Restaurant Zoë: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
After a dozen destination-worthy years in Belltown, Restaurant Zoë closed shop (its old locale now houses The Coterie Room) and reopened on Union Street and 14th Avenue on Capitol Hill, which longtime locals will remember as the old La Panzanella space. It’s risky to up and move a neighborhood icon, but owner Scott Staples’ reinvented…

LloydMartin: Best New Restaurant 2012
This year’s batch of Best New Restaurants adds new depth to our lively, layered restaurant scene.
Sam Crannell’s kitchen handiwork helped Quinn’s become the great gastropub that it is today. Now, along with his team of canny cooks at LloydMartin (named for Crannell’s two grandpas), he’s revealing how remarkably resourceful he can be. Much like the old Matt’s in the Market (before the remodel), Crannell and company make do with just…

The New MOHAI
From a new home at the center of Seattle, the Museum of History & Industry bridges past and present.
There’s something ironic about a museum devoted to documenting a city’s progress getting booted out of its home in the name of progress. Then again, the team at Seattle’s Museum of History & Industry (MOHAI) understands better than most that civic progress does not happen without demise and demolition. Housed for the last 60 years…

Home Plate: Previewing the November 2012 Issue
Editorial director Rachel Hart reflects on the bigger picture of our latest issue.
The discussions we have as we select images for our food covers are always a little amusing—and maybe a little less than appetizing. “We can’t put that on our cover—it’s foaming at the mouth.” “Is that a cell phone under that food?” “Are those ears on that plate?” The dish that ultimately lands on our…

Seattle’s Vertical Land Rush
The Viaduct’s downfall will redefine Seattle's waterfront. But how, exactly?
The waterfront has become the new blank slate upon which planners and urbanists can sketch out their fantasy futures. It’s the new Seattle Commons, the new monorail, the new Westlake, the new SoDo, the new South Lake Union, the new World’s Fair, all rolled into one. It’s a transportation project, a safety project (the sea…

Are Apodments Ruining Seattle Neighborhoods?
Weighing the pros and cons of microhousing, the newest trend in affordable living in Seattle.
Brent Gunning has something in common with Henry David Thoreau: Both have lived in dwellings so small they could open their front doors while sitting at their desks. Thoreau built his own 150-square-foot cabin, while Gunning, a 24-year-old Microsoft software engineer with close-cropped hair and a chill demeanor, has been living for several months in…

Local Farmers Going Against the Grain
Skagit Valley grains are better than grains from other states. Why don't we start acting like it?
When you’re in the Skagit Valley, it feels like you’ve gone to the very source of what it means to “eat local.” Many of the goods we buy at Seattle farmers markets comes from this valley—from producers such as Skagit River Ranch and Samish Bay Cheese—and its towns are dotted with quirky bakeries selling freshly…

Magnuson Park’s $13 Million Makeover
After an 11-year, $13 million overhaul, Seattle's Magnuson Park has been given new life.
November’s dark, gray days are no excuse for staying indoors—especially now that Seattle’s second-largest park has undergone a major, $13 million overhaul. Long known mostly as a boat launch site and a swimming beach, Warren G. Magnuson Park, (named for “Maggie,” the U.S. senator who served from 1944 to 1981), is now a year-round recreational…
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