The small-plates trend has done us all a favor by reminding us that we don't need to fill our stomachs to the breaking point in order to feel satisfied by a meal. I have also sampled dishes I never would have tried had they been full-size, $17 entrees. Many of them have been adventurous works of gastronomical art that I'm richer for having eaten.
By Cody Ellerd | March 4, 2008
You don't really need a scientific mind to enjoy what Joule has to offer; you need only understand your own palate, and how to be good to it. Owned and operated by former Coupage chefs Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi -- that's them slaving away in the restaurant's open kitchen -- Joule serves up small plates that rank among this city's best.
By Geoff Carter | January 22, 2008
There isn't a canine of any sort on the menu at How to Cook a Wolf, leading us to wonder whether Ethan Stowell has ever indeed cooked one. You could suppose, however, that if anybody could make an appetizing meal out of such a scraggly creature, he would be the man to do it.
By Cody Ellerd | December 21, 2007
Life Behind Bars
First thing you should know: Despite the name of this establishment and its menu of "Oliver Twist"-themed cocktails (and the phrase "WANT MORE" emblazoned on the coasters), there's really nothing Dickensian about this neighborhood bar. At the risk of disappointing those who want to drink with cockney pickpockets in an authentic 19th-century workhouse atmosphere, that's not such a bad thing. If this Phinney Ridge bar were anything like its namesake, it would be the book's happy ending -- in which we've been asked to consider ourselves at home and part of the family.
By Geoff Carter | January 30, 2007
Convergence Zone
To help celebrate our anniversary, a couple good friends treated me and my wife to a surprise dinner at Shea's Lounge, a fantastic little hideaway above Chez Shea in Pike Place Market.
By Scott Moore | November 8, 2005
