NEW OPENINGS
BORI Korean Kitchen
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This Korean vacation spot tender opened in Factoria final week, with a menu of rooster wings, quick ribs, japchae, bossam, scorching pots, and extra.
Bellevue
El Camion
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Excellent news for denizens of Ballard: The beloved El Camion meals truck has reopened within the neighborhood, this time a block away from Ballard Excessive College. (Beforehand, the enterprise operated a brick-and-mortar down the road from the brand new location, but it surely closed to yield to a brand new improvement in 2019.)
Ballard
Ms. Helen’s Soul Bistro
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For years, the Central District icon Helen Coleman, higher referred to as “Ms. Helen,” served the neighborhood at her legendary institutions Helen’s Diner and Ms. Helen’s Soul Meals. Two years in the past, her daughter Jesdarnel “Squirt” Henton deliberate to hold on her legacy by opening Ms. Helen’s Soul Meals Bistro in August within the Central District’s Midtown Sq. constructing, however these plans had been sadly placed on maintain final 12 months. Now, I am delighted to report that Ms. Helen’s is again finally, albeit in a stunning location: the higher degree of a Harley-Davidson retailer in Renton. (Helen’s daughter Nicole works for the shop’s web gross sales workforce.) Followers might be overjoyed to know that comforting favorites like brisket and shrimp and grits are again on the menu.
Renton
Orange Bakery
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This cafe and bakery made its debut in Burien final Saturday, serving treats like fruit tartlets, beignets, and banana cream pie alongside savory fare like focaccia sandwiches and shakshuka.
Burien
Tutta Bella
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The native Neapolitan pizzeria chain closed its Westlake outpost earlier this month and has moved right into a extra spacious location contained in the close by REN high-rise condominium constructing, the place it is going to supply an expanded menu. The brand new spot may even function the enterprise’s R&D kitchen.
Denny Triangle
FUTURE OPENINGS
Eldr
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Chef Brian Clevenger’s Normal Harvest restaurant group plans to open this new live-fire cooking restaurant, named for the Outdated Norse phrase for “fireplace,” within the former Samara
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area subsequent month.
Ballard
CLOSURES
Bebop Waffle Store
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After over a decade of enterprise, Bebop proprietor Corina Luckenbach introduced on Instagram this week that she might be closing her gem of a restaurant on December 31, writing, “I hate to shut a protected area for queer individuals presently however the cash simply isn’t there after the minimal wage improve (which I absolutely help). I additionally want a while to maintain my physique and psychological well being. Brunch life positive isn’t straightforward on the 46 12 months outdated physique and it’s time to pivot. As any an entrepreneur does!” She plans to transform the area into an occasion venue and can proceed to supply catering companies.
West Seattle
POP-UPS AND EVENTS
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Simply in time for Thanksgiving (and the following holidays), City Craft Rebellion will host this specialty meals present for the sixth 12 months in a row, promising over 100 native distributors hawking the whole lot from CBD candies to wine and from spirits to artisan scorching sauce (and sure, there are free samples). If you happen to work up an urge for food whereas purchasing, a number of meals vans might be on web site to gas your searching journey with delicacies like bubble waffles and sushi burritos. This 12 months may even characteristic cookbook signings with a number of authors.
Magnuson Park Hangar 30, 10 am-5 pm
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You would possibly already know the boisterous, tattooed, foul-mouthed Canadian chef Matty Matheson for his function as handyman Neil Fak on FX’s The Bear (which he additionally government produces) or for his joyfully chaotic cooking channel on YouTube. His newest cookbook Soups, Salads, Sandwiches entails all three of the holy consolation meals triad, with recipes like crab congee, “Everybody’s Mother’s Macaroni and Tuna Salad,” and Cubanos. Better of all, the guide’s commentary stays true to his signature raucous, jovial voice. He’ll chat with “Little Fats Boy” meals author and photographer Frankie Gaw concerning the launch.
City Corridor Seattle, 7:30 pm
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Radio character Rachel Belle, host of the James Beard-nominated meals podcast Your Final Meal and the Cascade PBS TV sequence The Nosh, will host this playful occasion that includes trivia, visitor chef appearances, meals challenges, and prizes, akin to Belle’s new cookbook Open Sesame: 45 Candy & Savory Recipes for Tahini & All Issues Sesame. Spherical up your most gastronomy-obsessed friends to type a trivia workforce of three to seven gamers and flaunt your culinary savvy.
Cascade PBS Constructing, 7-8 pm
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Two-time James Beard Award-winning pastry chef Christina Tosi, identified for her famed Milk Bar bakery empire and its related treats like cereal milk tender serve and cake truffles, will cease by E book Larder on her tour for her newest cookbook Bake Membership: 101 Should-Have Strikes for Your Kitchen, co-authored with author and hospitality business vet Shannon Salzano. Loads of Tosi’s recipes are elaborate, multi-day initiatives, however Bake Membership as a substitute goals to be accessible for all ages and expertise ranges, with “with modifications allowed, and no complicated substances or elaborate tools required.” Count on pleasant treats like glazed pumpkin pie bars, Ted Lasso-inspired biscuits, and chocolate peanut butter diamonds. Frankie Gaw will be a part of Tosi in dialog.
City Corridor Seattle, 7:30 pm
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Combining parts of meals, artwork, and neighborhood activism, this occasion from Hugo Home will discover the guts of Asian American meals tradition with performances, dialog, a meals trivia competitors, and extra. Artist Yixuan Pan will kick issues off with a video referred to as “The way to Make an ASMR Dumpling” adopted by a “reside efficiency highlighting the labor of immigrants and collective therapeutic by way of meals.” Subsequent, Seattle Occasions critic Tan Vinh will reasonable two panels: one on the native meals scene with Melissa Miranda of Musang, Rachel Yang of Joul and Revel, and Karuna Lengthy of Sophon, and one other on “meals’s connection to identification, neighborhood, and the rising affect of social media in meals tradition” with cookbook creator Kat Lieu of Delicate Asian Baking and content material creator Ken Tran of Feed the Pudge. Poet Jane Wong may even do a studying reflecting on cultural identification. Earlier than and after the occasion, scope out a market space with neighborhood companions, native meals distributors, and sponsors.
Hugo Home, 6-9:30 pm
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Cannot select between the exaggerated cheeriness of a Hallmark Christmas film and the trashy delight of a dive bar? Now you do not have to—this seasonal cocktail pop-up positioned at The Woods will present a “festive and unpretentious vacation expertise.” Take pleasure in kitsch-tastic decor (together with classic Christmas lights, quirky ornaments, and a photograph wall adorned with actually hundreds of bows) and a playlist with all of the Christmas requirements, plus a menu of drinks like spiked scorching cocoa and retro snacks like Beanie Weenies and popcorn in vacation tins. Additionally, hold your eyes peeled for upcoming occasions akin to ugly sweater events, an après-ski-themed social gathering, and “Soiled Santa” photograph ops.
Pike/Pine
SPECIALS
Coffeeholic Home
The Vietnamese-inspired cafe will introduce three new wintry drink specials on Saturday: peppermint mochas, pecan cookie butter latte, and scorching egg espresso.
Columbia Metropolis, Greenwood, Bellevue
Little Tin
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Alexa, play “Pink Pony Membership”: The Ballard cocktail bar Little Tin is placing a tropical spin on the frothy Forties traditional cocktail “Pink Squirrel.” Theirs is made with French vodka, coconut water-infused rum, crème de cacao, Amarena cherries, almond liqueur, and coconut milk.
Ballard
L’Oursin
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In a enjoyable French tackle fish and chips, L’Oursin is now serving fried smelt with a tartar sauce seasoned with capers, dill, and cornichons.
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