Hello Wednesday.
April 17 2024
Hope you worked up an appetite. Seattle Restaurant Week (SRW) is back, running from now through Nov. 6 (so essentially two full weeks). 🍽️
In case you need a reminder, SRW is when restaurants across the city offer special meal deals, which can include $20 lunches or multi-course $35/$50 dinners. It’s a great opportunity to try out a new place or rediscover old favorites.
MARKET Seattle is trying out new items for SRW, including chili true cod. | Photo via MARKET Seattle
There are over 200 restaurants and food trucks participating in SRW’s fall edition, with takeout and delivery options, as well as a charitable component.
Begin the search here, but in case you want some highlights, we noted some must-tries below.
Buzzworthy spots
- Autumn: Phinney Ridge destination with top notch pasta and seafood 🍝
- Communion Restaurant & Bar: “Seattle soul food” restaurant in the Central District that recently got a major shout out from the New York Times
- Karachi Cowboys: Pakistani fare meets Tex-Mex
- MARKET Seattle: Downtown outpost of Edmonds’s mega-popular crab and lobster roll purveyor, featuring a few newer items 🦞
- Taku: “Top Chef” star Shota Nakajima’s Japanese fried chicken sensation on Capitol Hill
Taku offers a “F*ck It Bucket” with bento or kabocha gratin, plus drinks, for $50. | Photo via Taku
Potential bargains (three-course meals typically run well over $35)
- Bamboo Sushi: Sustainable sushi in the U District 🍣
- Kokkaku: Tender steaks that melt in your mouth 🥩
- Osteria La Spiga: Italian dishes with plenty of PNW flair
- Salty's on Alki: Well-known West Seattle mainstay with spectacular views and soothing seafood chowder 🌊
- Sawyer: Upscale comfort food, including a fancy Dilly Bar
Date night ideas
- Cafe Munir: Sharable Lebanese plates in an intimate space
- Nirmal’s: Critically lauded Indian restaurant in Pioneer Square
- Omega Ouzeri: Refined takes on Greek classics, with grilled lamb and a heavenly baklava 🇬🇷
- Revel: Modern Korean street food in Fremont, including amazing short rib wontons
- The Lounge at DeLille Cellars: Chill-but-romantic Woodinville winery, with highly acclaimed Syrah 🍷
Pro tip: You can search restaurants with vegan offerings, environmentally friendly practices, and ownership from underrepresented groups.
Share this list with your foodie friends, family, and anybody else you’d love to share a fantastic meal with.
Today
- Brandy Clark | Tues., Oct. 26 | 8 p.m. | Neumos | $30 | The Grammy-nominated country music singer-songwriter plays for her home state of Washington. 🎤
Wednesday
- Boren Banner Series | Wed., Oct. 27 | 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | Frye Art Museum | Free | Check out the striking landscape images from Seattle-born photographer Sadie Wechsler. 🖼️
Thursday
Friday
- Improvised Ghost Stories | Fri., Oct. 29 | 7-8 p.m. | Unexpected Productions Market Theater, 1428 Post Alley | $15 | Pike Place’s improv troupe takes some cues from the audience to spin some spine-tingling — and hilarious — yarns.
Saturday
- World War Bonsai | Sat., Oct. 30 | 10 a.m.-4 p.m. | Pacific Bonsai Museum, 2515 S 336th St, Federal Way | This is one of the last chances to see this exhibit, which traces the cultural practice of bonsai cultivation through global conflict, incarceration, and peace.
We have a monthly guide filled with events + activities you can plan for in advance. Click the button below to bookmark ideas for upcoming date nights, family outings, and time with friends.
Weather
- 53º | Showers | 90% chance of rain
Sports
- The Seattle Mariners announced that Hall of Fame legend Ken Griffey, Jr. has joined the team’s ownership group. Griffey becomes the first former M’s player to hold a partnership interest and will help the team build on its inspiring 2021 playoff push.
Open
- Greenwood just landed a new beer hub called Halcyon Brewing Company. The spot opened in the former Naked City Brewing space, and brings together two families of local beer veterans. Taps include pale ales, IPAs, and an oak-aged saison, with an expansive patio already hopping.
Learn
- Wanna see a “chicken from hell?” Paleontologists from the University of Washington made four unique discoveries this summer, including possibly a species resembling a 500-pound demonic bird. Visitors to the Burke Museum can watch through lab windows as scientists sort through the fossils. (Seattle Times)
Outdoors
- The Lookout Tower at Pinnacle Peak Park in Enumclaw is ready for adventurers to climb up and check out. Standing around 30-feet tall, the structure at the top of Mount Peak was designed to be reminiscent of a fire lookout station that was decommissioned in the 1960s. (King County Parks)
Coronavirus
- The city of Seattle announced a $16 million COVID-19 relief fund, with one-time payments going to low-income residents impacted by the pandemic. Those who qualify can submit an application before the Nov. 15 deadline, with checks in the $1,000-3,000 range, depending on household size.
Volatile weather stormed into the Seattle area this past weekend due to the formation of a “bomb cyclone” off the coast. Strong wind gusts led to downed trees and power lines, a few school closures, and significant power outages across the region, which continued into Monday.
Be careful out there, and check NWS Seattle for updates.
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