Food & Dining

Any cheeseheads in Seattle? The 8th annual Seattle Cheese Festival is happening at Pike Place Market where you can taste, celebrate and learn more about artisanal cheeses. [click to continue…]

A treat from Trophy would be the icing on the cupcake this Mother’s Day – don’t you think? With flavors like red velvet, mocha, chocolate peanut butter and this special Mother’s Day edition – Lemon Raspberry (pictured above)  – your mom will think you are the sweetest. This local favorite has several cupcake shops around town and a party room at the Wallingford Center. They also do weddings and special orders. Not just for mothers! (Maybe she’ll share) [click to continue…]

I don’t know about you, but this selection of pies looks awfully delicious. A la mode pie shop recently opened in the Phinney Ridge neighborhood of Seattle and is a cozy place to enjoy a slice of pie along with a cup of Caffe Umbria espresso and a scoop of Bluebird ice cream. [click to continue…]

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Holy Cannoli – Seattle Things to Do #515

The menu over at Holy Cannoli is short and sweet – with a magnifico offering of cannoli, stromboli and a couple of sandwich & salads, Detroit-Italian style. The cannolis are stuffed with egg custard – not like East Coast ricotta filled jobbies.  Stop by for a small bite, or order a huge round for family [...]

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Mobile Food Rodeo 2012 – Seattle Things to Do #511

We do a lot of talking about mobile food trucks around here, so we had to mention this mecca of street meat converging in Fremont this Sunday. The Mobile Food Rodeo ponies up 35+ food trucks for 7 glorious hours … that’s 5 food trucks an hour, people! Roughly 12 minutes per truck. I say [...]

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Seattle Dumpling Day – Seattle Things to Do #506

If you were contemplating some dim sum today, head to Chinatown for Dumpling Day. Liana Cafe House has got dumplings, humbow, sticky rice and bubble tea, plus prizes and a raffle today. They’ve also got a hip dumpling video!

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Parfait Ice Cream – Seattle Things to Do #504

Luckily, there are many ice cream entrepreneurs in these parts. We just discovered Parfait after seeing their adorable truck around town.

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Happy Grillmore – Seattle Things to Do #502

Seattle has an amazing selection of mobile food trucks – but don’t miss a stop at this unforgettable Burger Wagon.

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Ballard Bee Company – Seattle Things to Do #501

Ballard Bee Company’s mission is to “keep the bee in Ballard.” By placing and tending honey bee hives throughout the neighborhood and city, they are helping the local honey bee population, all the while collecting the yummy local honey that the bees work hard to produce.

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Pie Fremont – Seattle Things to Do #494

For everything you’ve ever dreamed of in a pie, stop by Pie in Fremont. There are a million reasons why, including:

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Katsu Burger – Seattle Things to Do #490

How this particular burger joint escaped me all this time, I am unsure. Katsu Burger puts a Japanese twist on the American burger joint with batter-fried, katsu-style burgers.

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