What's going on in Seattle

The pie contingent has ceded the popularity battle to the misguided sugar fiends who crave cupcakes, but they're not letting up on the quality front. Foremost among local pie producers is Chris Porter, the talented baker behind A La Mode Pies, whi...

When you want a stunning view encompassing both the downtown skyline and the Puget Sound, where do you go? Alki Beach, Queen Anne's Highland Drive, and...31st Avenue South in Mount Baker. Not many people know about the latter, the exception being ...

Each fall since 1998, Northwest Film Forum has hosted its Local Sightings Film Festival. Unlike SIFF's global reach and scale, Local Sightings looks as far as Oregon, Montana, and maybe British Columbia for interesting stories and filmmakers. Some...

At Grinders Hot Sands, the sandwiches aren't cheap—most are between $10 and $12—but they're enough for a hearty meal plus leftovers, or to share between two people. Try The Dipper, packed with roast beef made in-house, portobello mushrooms and car...

Food and a flick has been a standard date-night recipe since the days of drive-ins. But Cinebarre in Mountlake Terrace makes the best local case that those two tastes taste better together. The grub is cheekily-named standard fare (try the "Blue V...

The Herbfarm dominates national best restaurant lists for its seamless service and flawless execution. If you're not put off by the profuse chintz in the dining room, your nine-course dinner, (which typically runs $250 a person), lovingly infused ...

Fusion on the Run founder Cassandra Seaman, with her surfer-Hawaiian-Portlandia roots, has managed to create a beast cuisine that's best coined as "Hawaiiamesicorean." This beast makes the sweet flavors of Hawaiian fare play nice with the herbs of...

There are many taco trucks around the city, but for South Enders there is only one Taco Bus: Tacos El Asadero. Yes, it has a tattered metal exterior, but unlike many taco trucks, you can actually walk inside, see the kitchen, and eat while sitting...

In the year since Seattle's favorite bartender, Murray Stenson, left The Zig Zag for (eventually) the stellar Capitol Hill newcomer Canon, the casual observer may have been led to believe that the classy Pike Street Hillclimb bar had fallen into a...

Homosexuality has become such an accepted part of Seattle life that most straights are no longer wary of walking into a gay bar. (Can the Crescent even be classified as such anymore, for instance?) But Pony has a dirty little secret for gay bars w...

The name says it all: This is a place to sate two of man's basest urges, for fine brews and for heavenly, puff-pastry-encased pot pies. The early happy hour (4–6 p.m.) features $1 off drafts from their nine rotating tap handles, and the later vers...

The pork banh mi at Pho Cyclo will set you back just $3.00 and leave you wondering what you ever did to deserve such a bargain. Pho Cyclo's baguette is ideal—a crispy crust that shatters with each bite, sending out a squall of crumbs. The sandwich...