Off Alley Ends Reservations and Thai Siam and Pam’s Are Again

Hungry for information? Welcome to our Friday Feed, the place we run by way of all of the native meals and restaurant information this week—and perhaps assist you determine the place to eat this weekend.

Toodle-oo, Tasting Menus

In the beginning of this month, White Heart’s Tomo introduced that it could now not provide its tasting menu and would transfer fully to à la carte ordering. The transfer aimed to make the restaurant extra informal and fewer restricted by provide. This week, Off Alley says they’ll do the identical beginning August 1—the restaurant’s five-year anniversary. Equally in quest of extra informal vibes, Off Alley will cease providing both the tasting menu choice or reservations at that time. They’re hoping to decrease the worth of entry, and the general worth, but in addition, says chef and co-owner Evan Leichtling, attempting to make the area extra enjoyable once more, extra just like the raucous Lyonnaise bistro it was all the time meant to be.

Resurrection Watch: Typically the Information Is Really Good!

• Thai-ed down: In the event you heard an enormous sigh of reduction come from Ballard on Wednesday, it was as a result of the beloved Thai Siam is again. The restaurant had closed two weeks in the past as the owner moved to promote the constructing. A mix of a worth drop and supportive group made it doable for the restaurant proprietor to buy the constructing.
• Overtaxed: Pam Jacob has all the time been very open and trustworthy concerning the struggles of operating Seattle’s solely Trinidadian restaurant, Pam’s Caribbean Kitchen, which she opened in 2006. Earlier this month, she introduced an indefinite closure, due partially to the restaurant falling behind on tax funds. Since then, Phinney Ridge Metal Band stopped by to assist spruce up the area and Jacob says they’ll reopen on Could 22.

New to You

• On the case: I bought a voice memo Instagram query final week asking why there is likely to be a line down the road outdoors of what was once SZN—however now had a big LED display screen on the surface. So first: Be like this, ask me questions; I really like a bit restaurant thriller. Second: It seems to be Kouyou Sushi, which claims to be the town’s first “double-track” sushi, with each a conveyor belt and mini-train delivering sushi. And the road? They provided free sushi for the smooth opening that day.
• Matcha watcha: Vietnamese espresso store Phê earned itself a fairly ferocious following by way of markets, occasions, and pop-ups, so when it softly opened two weeks in the past in its Capitol Hill location, it was mobbed. After a while to regroup, the matcha specialist will strive once more this weekend to serve its viral banana pudding matcha latte, phô mai que (which the menu calls Asian-style mozzarella sticks), and conventional Vietnamese-style espresso—with choices to boost, like including phở spice cream.
• Regal transform: The house owners of Regent Bakery (and its constructing) have revamped the area and idea and reopened as Raku Shabu Shabu Home, reviews Capitol Hill Seattle. The new pot restaurant features a veggie bar and free ice cream, per Instagram. Issaquah and Factoria places of Regent stay open, and a Bellevue location is opening quickly.
• Ballard blooms: A brand new “community-focused espresso and music pop-up” will open quickly in Ballard known as Backyard Membership Cafe.
• Ballard builds: The previous Parish NW area on Ballard Ave will change into a Moroccan restaurant known as Andalucia, reviews My Ballard.

In Their Enlargement Period

• One other spoonful: Sugar Bakery, which has places on First Hill and Queen Anne, will add a 3rd on Capitol Hill, it introduced this week on Instagram.
• One other soup bowl: Kayava, which opened its ‘artisan ramen’ store in Fremont in 2024 seems to have picked up the area left empty by Checklist in Belltown.
• One other scoop: Molly Moon’s Selfmade Ice Cream will open its lately introduced waterfront scoop store to the general public subsequent Friday, Could 23.
• Going south: Everett’s Momi Indian Kitchen will open a Inexperienced Lake location this Saturday with a menu so giant it has a search button that will help you discover what you’re on the lookout for.
• Going north: Tacoma’s Secret Burger Kitchen has opened a brand new location in Capitol Hill, serving its smashburgers from the previous Bonchon location on Broadway.

Oh, BTW, right here’s what you missed final week.