Ronald Holden is a regular Crosscut contributor. His new book, published this month, is titled “HOME GROWN Seattle: 101 True Tales of Local Food & Drink." (Belltown Media. $17.95).
The restaurants, which have just seen an ownership change, trace their roots to Jake's in Portland. Whatever the new Texas-born owner does, according to our Portland-native writer, he shouldn't mess with Jake's.
Now that Washington no longer has a tourism budget, private interests are taking the reins on the promotion of the Evergreen State and the Emerald City. But will it be enough?
When Volunteer Park Cafe wanted to expand a bit to its back yard, a year-long wrangle with the neighbors was the result. Now that's settled.
Online voting shows last year's winner, REI, has been toppled. And maybe Howard Schultz's turnaround of Starbucks needs to pay more attention to Seattle voters?
Artusi, Cascina Spinasse's spin-off aperitivo restaurant, has adapted to Seattleites' big appetites for Italian with a tripe reinvention that even the pickiest eaters can't help but love.
