Hungry for information? Welcome to our Friday Feed, the place we run by all of the native meals and restaurant information this week—and possibly assist you determine the place to eat this weekend.
Pizza Makes the World Go ‘Spherical
It’s been a busy month within the crust mines right here in Seattle, notably on Phinney Ridge, the place minichain Stevie’s Well-known will open its third location (Beacon Hill, Burien). Apart from the large slices and creamy burrata on the signature Normie 2.0, it makes a platonic splendid of a Caesar salad and dreamy housemade pistachio ice cream. The plan is to have the previous Zeek’s house close to the zoo open by subsequent summer season, stories The Seattle Instances.
Fellow Phinneyian (is {that a} factor?) Ben’s Bread runs a Wednesday night time “Pizza Pals” pop-up that obtained a shoutout in a distinct Seattle Instances article, this one concerning the neighborhood being the very best consuming avenue within the metropolis. Um, guys, I advised you as soon as, I advised you twice!
This week, we additionally realized extra about Roma Roma, a pizza al taglio restaurant within the former Rachel’s Ginger Beer house on Capitol Hill, which is hoping to open by January. In contrast to Central District Roman-style pizza spot Sacro Bosco, Roma Roma plans to really promote the pizza by the load, as they do in Rome. The counter-service spot comes from once-and-again Seattle chef Forrest Brunton, his spouse Renee, and his brother Colin, and the menu will embody flavors like heirloom pumpkin and carnitas nacho.
Altering Fingers
It’s closing, it’s not, it’s lacking an indication, it’s a chook, it’s a aircraft, it’s the Virginia Inn. After the 122-year-old Pike Place Market restaurant appeared doomed resulting from lease points, a quartet of staff stepped in to purchase it and can maintain the place operating in a lot the identical spirit as earlier than.
Many blocks additional north on First Avenue, Bake Store (dwelling of fabulous desserts) proprietor Krista Nelson introduced she shall be stepping away from the enterprise as of this week, saying, “I simply haven’t been capable of finding the steadiness between motherhood and enterprise possession as some folks can.” No phrase on the brand new possession but.
Not That Form of Hearth
Final week, we ran a narrative that famous Seattle’s Thai meals was “on fireplace.” However this isn't in any respect what we meant: Early final Sunday morning, a fireplace broken one of many metropolis’s finest Thai eating places, Bangrak Market. Although the restaurant managed to shortly reopen inside just a few days, the blaze was decided to be arson, and the homeowners are hoping to seek out any data concerning the incident.
Skillet Is Fried
The pioneering avenue meals trailer that advanced right into a minichain introduced that it has closed two of its three stand-alone areas, with the third to shut in a month. The Capitol Hill and Submit Alley areas closed Wednesday, with the Regrade to observe on December 12. Solely its two SeaTac Airport areas and the one contained in the Seattle Heart Armory will stay. The farewell put up places the truth of Seattle's trade in concise phrases: “We've got been unable to outlive the steadiness of what we will cost for a meal with the rising prices of what it takes to supply a meal.”
Friday Nights, No Lights
Come late December, a Seattle basic will say goodbye: The Shanty Tavern, on Lake Metropolis Method, posted that they are going to be closing up for good on December 19, 2025. One of many final of Seattle’s roadhouses, it opened in 1932, has been in its present location since 1948, and has been run by John Spaccarotelli since 1961. Although solely open as soon as per week for Friday night time reveals, the nonagenarian says it’s nonetheless an excessive amount of for him and he plans to retire. “Though the Shanty is my sweetheart, she does require a whole lot of time and a focus.”
Not One other Adiós?
Simply weeks after close by Oh Solar Banchan shuttered, Peruvian restaurant Señor Carbon introduced that it's going to shut on the finish of November. “This isn't a goodbye, however merely ‘Hasta luego’ till we meet once more,” the restaurant writes, sounding hopeful that it's going to present up elsewhere quickly.
Oh, BTW, right here’s what you missed final time.