Culture
A Tom Douglas clubhouse
It's a juice bar, a flower stall, a reading room, a tapas joint. With his new strip mall parody - or is it homage? - Seattle's fav restaurant-repreneur re-imagines hanging out.
Roger Downey
Roger Downey is a Seattle writer interested in food, the arts, the sciences, and urban manners. He is currently working on a book about the birth of opera in 1630s Venice.
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Seattle & King County
We never treated right the Sam Francis painting that got away
Like too many works of public art in Seattle, the Francis painting was very hard to see and appreciate. The list goes on.
Culture
Ode to the mountain blackberry
'Tis the season, and lest you’ve sipped a fine old Riesling from the Rheingau, you can’t imagine what a fresh-baked Rubus ursinus pie can do to your taste buds.
Culture
For fans of dining Ethan Stowell style, a kind of re-Union
Stowell’s new Ballard restaurant, Staple & Fancy, opens this weekend, bringing him full circle, with a difference.