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.
Information We Like to Hear
Radiator Whiskey heats up: Pike Place Market cocktail bar Radiator Whiskey will probably be increasing to the area previously occupied by the Ballard Minimize (which relocated just some blocks up the road final 12 months). Radiator’s new location makes for a little bit of a reunion, as neighboring Gracia is owned and led by Chester Gerl—the chef behind Radiator proprietor Dan Bugge’s 2007 buy and reimagining of Matt’s within the Market.
Bugge hopes to open in April or Could, with the brand new location’s model matching the previous; an enormous barrel hanging behind the bar and taxidermy on the partitions. The menu will evolve, maintaining classics like brisket and loaded tots, however acquire a bit extra seafood and greens. (The Market location’s menu will get a refresh as nicely.) Maybe essentially the most vital change is cultural, although: Radiator Whiskey Ballard will probably be all ages. “I’ve a 16-year-old that has by no means been in a position to eat at Radiator Whiskey,” says Bugge. “He’s stoked!”
Make your meat appointments: One of many many eating places that expanded to Bellevue from different cities and sprung limitless traces final 12 months, Daeho Kalbijjim and Beef Soup, has made it a little bit simpler to get in for the well-known braised brief ribs: Final week, the restaurant began taking reservations.
So Many Openings!
Türkiye trot: Barbecue pop-up Outsider BBQ opened this week as a full-fledged restaurant with a beer backyard (and children play space) within the former Frelard Pizza Co. area. Proprietor Onur Gulbay made his approach to Seattle from Istanbul through Austin and the menu displays that journey, with Turkish flavors woven into the Texas-style barbecue and facet dishes.
Greenwood, nonetheless going sturdy: Two new eating places opened final week, persevering with the neighborhood’s development towards filling empty storefronts. Ray’s Rice and Noodle Bar opened within the Satay Bar area on Greenwood, with an enormous menu of Thai specialties. On 85th, Magic Masala took over the previous Chef King spot, with a good bigger menu of Indian delicacies, together with chaat and 16 various kinds of biryani.
Drumming on: Shoreline’s Drumlin returns, revamped with a brand new chef and a brand new idea. Adjoining to extra informal sibling Ridgecrest Public Home, it reopens this week with cocktails and a small menu below the management of longtime native chef Zephyr Paquette (most not too long ago chef/proprietor of Le Petit Paquet in Richmond Seashore), with an expanded farm-to-fork menu coming quickly.
Veg out: After a protracted lull, the previous FogRose Atelier area in Bellevue is buzzing once more, this time with upscale plant-based Vietnamese restaurant Chay Idea. Whereas the Downtown Bellevue weblog studies it comes from the identical homeowners as Renton’s wonderful Blossom, the menus overlap solely minimally.
Parlour is now open for espresso, pastries, wine, and snacks in Pioneer Sq..
Growth Alerts
An even bigger room: Espresso and pastry within the mornings and bar serving the elegant drinks within the night appears to be the development nowadays (see Laurel, final week) and Madison Park’s Parlour Wines reveals the way it’s accomplished with a brand new Pioneer Sq. area. Mornings are for Pufftown Bakehouse pastries and Stamp Act Roasters espresso (and retail wine buying), then afternoons and evenings function Italian “apero fare” with cured meats, cheeses, salads, and sandwiches (on Pufftown’s focaccia bread).
Rolling in dough: Bellevue-born Dough Zone has expanded to a dozen areas throughout California, Oregon, and Texas, nevertheless it additionally seems to be nearer to dwelling, opening its 15th location in Washington this week when it bestowed its soup dumplings on Lynnwood.
Information We Don’t Like to Hear
Sadly, with so many openings come the inevitable closings, too. Right here’s what we misplaced this week:
- Belltown comfortable hour favourite Record shuttered this week, nevertheless it seems like this was a lease nonrenewal challenge and thus sibling spots Barolo, Cinque Terra, and Mamma Melina are nonetheless going sturdy.
- Fishermen’s Terminal favourite Highliner Public Home stated goodbye this week after 37 years.
- One other longtimer, the Queen Anne Cafe, shuttered on the finish of January, and rumor has it the situation will probably be taken over by Capitol Hill pizza and pasta specialist Cornelly. Whereas they haven’t confirmed this, a current Instagram submit instructed followers to remain tuned for large information.
Oh, BTW, right here’s what you missed final week.
