NEW OPENINGS & RETURNS
El Gran Taco Restaurant & Bar
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This family-run Mexican meals enterprise, which operates places within the Central District and Wallingford, opened a brand new location in White Middle earlier this month. Choices embrace tacos, quesadillas, burritos, tortas, sopes, mulitas, tamales, enchiladas, and flautas.
White Middle
Fremont Brewing City Beer Backyard
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Right now, Fremont Brewing
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debuts its extremely anticipated “city beer backyard” in Columbia Metropolis. The brand new location includes a meals menu from the favored sandwich purveyor Mammoth and can provide $1 off pint purchases all weekend lengthy to rejoice the opening.
Fremont
Gyro Grasp
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This informal spot serving a mixture of American and Mediterranean staples, together with burgers, fries, shawarma, falafel, and gyros, and kebabs, launched in Inexperienced Lake earlier this month.
Inexperienced Lake
Yopparai
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You may discover sushi rolls, nigiri, Korean fried hen wings, and udon at this new bar and restaurant, which opened within the former Alibi Room
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area in Greenwood a couple of week in the past.
Greenwood
FUTURE OPENINGS
DeLille Cellars
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The Woodinville-based vineyard introduced this week that it plans to open a 6,700-square-foot location with a tasting room and “Bordeaux-inspired restaurant serving seasonal PNW fare” at College Village in summer season 2025.
College District
Sew Cafe
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Co-owners Sarah Chae and Shimon Masaki plan to open this fiber arts-themed cafe quickly within the former Poco Bar & Lounge
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area. The espresso store will provide crafting supplies, lessons, and a full menu of espresso drinks and tea. Aa an obsessive knitter and crocheter, my pleasure about this can’t be overstated.
Capitol Hill
CLOSURES
Homegrown
The sustainable sandwich store chain introduced final week that it’ll shut 10 of its 12 shops on September 15. The downtown and Mercer Island places will stay open.
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Samara
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On Monday, Ballard’s “wood-fueled neighborhood bistro” shared in an e-mail publication that it has closed completely. Chef/proprietor Eric Anderson wrote, “We’ve got labored onerous to attempt to rebuild our enterprise and diminish our struggles for the previous 4 years, however the bumpy street has taken fairly a toll and over the previous few weeks issues have been coming aside too rapidly for us to have the ability to get well and proceed.”
Ballard
OTHER FOOD NEWS
Mr. Gyros launches fundraiser
In the event you recall the 2016 pure fuel explosion that destroyed a number of buildings in Greenwood, you might keep in mind that the family-run neighborhood favourite Mr. Gyros
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was one of many casualties. Brothers and co-owners Sammy and Joni Arsheed just lately launched a GoFundMe marketing campaign within the hopes of elevating $25,000 to reopen the Greenwood location and have raised over $5,000 thus far.
Ethan Stowell plans Mexican restaurant
Capitol Hill Seattle stories that chef and restaurateur Ethan Stowell plans to open a Mexican restaurant on Capitol Hill in area previously dwelling to the longtime dive The Canterbury
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(and which most just lately housed the short-lived restaurant Meliora
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). Additional particulars concerning the challenge are unknown.
POP-UPS AND EVENTS
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A weekend stuffed with meals, wine, and chill indie performances amongst the ocean mist on idyllic Orcas Island seems like a dream come true, and that is precisely what author and podcast producer Dylan Tupper Rupert has curated for the inaugural version of her eponymous pageant, Dylanfest. Hop on the ferry and luxuriate in a killer lineup that features Phil Elverum’s iconic experimental indie rock challenge Mount Eerie, Pittsburgh singer-songwriter Merce Lemon, “comfortable enby rock” duo Bloomsday, nation musician Dougie Poole, guitar and pedal metal participant Nicole Lawrence, and Sub Pop favorites Dude York. Earlier within the day on Saturday, the bakery pop-up Seabird Bakeshop will sling scrumptious pastries on the restaurant Houlme, and later, Houle chef Jay Blackington will serve a particular menu for the fest, complemented by a gradual stream of pure wine and adopted by an “completely fucking silly” after-party. If you need, you may also camp, barbecue, and take a dip within the Sound—all of it sounds just like the makings of a divine summer season journey to me.
Houlme, Orcas Island, 2-10 pm
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College could also be out for summer season, however you may search out some extracurricular edification on the junior high-turned-adult playground Anderson College’s all-ages beer pageant, with 34 handcrafted ales and ciders from Washington and Oregon, barbecue specials, and whiskey tastings. Plus, take a look at stay music performances from soul pop singer Brittany Danielle, revivalist rockers Dain Norman and The Chrysalis Impact, and duo Lizzie Clauss and Clayton Coleman.
McMenamins Anderson College, Bothell, 12-9 pm
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Native vendor Gochiso will sling their craveable artisan Asian-inspired snack mixes—suppose Chex Combine however with pleasant flavorings like furikake, matcha, and Sichuan peppercorn—at this pop-up. Wander over, seize an ice-cold Vietnamese espresso or tasty bánh mì from Voi Cà Phê, and top off on munchies on your subsequent film evening.
Voi Cà Phê, 10:30 am-3 pm
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Fortunate Envelope co-owner and director of operations Raymond Kwan is taking a visit to Paris to observe the 2024 Summer season Olympics in individual. In the event you’re not as fortunate, be part of the remainder of the Fortunate Envelope crew to rejoice the video games with 4 new internationally impressed releases, together with a French Pilsner, Vienna Lager, Thai Spiced Tea Bitter, and HRC-003 West Coast IPA, plus Mexico Metropolis-inspired delicacies from the meals truck Los Papi’s Comida Mexicana beginning at 4 pm. The Olympics shall be on all day, so you may seize a brew and tune in.
Fortunate Envelope Brewing, 12-10 pm
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Pista sa Nayon is a Filipino phrase that loosely interprets to “city pageant.” This annual Seafair group occasion highlights the richness of Filipino tradition within the Seattle space with meals, artwork, and efficiency. I anticipate that at the least one sales space will serve halo-halo, a chilly dessert which means “mix-mix” in Tagalog and consisting of shaved ice, evaporated milk, and quite a lot of toppings like crimson bean, ube ice cream, chewy jellies, and dried coconut. Seward Park is already a beautiful place to be on a summer season Sunday; I am unable to watch for it to be stuffed with much more colourful sights and sounds than normal. SHANNON LUBETICH
Seward Park Amphitheater, 11 am-7 pm
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You might not be a world-class athlete, however you may nonetheless showcase your feats of bodily prowess at Flatstick Pub’s Olympics, held in honor of the indoor mini golf vacation spot’s tenth anniversary. Play to win with offbeat competitions like beer pong, Jenga stacking, stein holding, mini golf relay races, blind beer tastings, cornhole, lengthy putt, Mario Kart 64, and extra. Each time you buy a drink, you will additionally get to roll the cube in a “Beat the Beertender” contest to compete for the very best streak of the day. First place winners in every occasion will obtain 50% off all drinks for the rest of the 12 months.
Flatstick Pub, Moss Bay, 12-6 pm
SPECIALS
Paper Cake Store
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Rachel Yang and Gabby Park’s Wallingford bakery revealed the lineup for its new ice cream cake collection, which is able to characteristic a special taste every weekend by way of the tip of August. The primary taste shall be a Thai tea ice cream cake with brown sugar mousse and tamari caramel, out there this weekend solely, adopted by yuzu (August 3-4), kinako Heath Bar (August 10-11), chocolate semifreddo (August 16-17), and ube pandan (August 24-25).
Wallingford
Sea Wolf Bakers
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The acclaimed craft bakery launched a brand new seasonal savory croissant with snap pea, ricotta, roasted garlic, and Calabrian chili this week, in addition to a savory lye roll with roasted carrot, honey mustard and Swiss and a pizza with summer season squash, ricotta, summer season savory (a peppery herb), lemon, and paprika.
Fremont
Windy Metropolis Pie
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The proper pizza to enrich your brat summer season has lastly arrived: The Chicago deep dish specialist Windy Metropolis Pie simply dropped a brat-themed pie laden with white sauce, mozzarella, beer cheese, white onions, stone-ground mustard, crimson sauce stripes, and (in fact) bratwurst, served with a facet of pickles. It stays to be seen whether or not consuming it is going to make you’re feeling so Julia.
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