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While frolicking in the contrails of big-name chefs is fun, my happiest moments as a restaurant writer are those when I stumble on something I could have missed while looking at the world through aviator's goggles -- something rare and wonderful on the ground like Afrikando Afrikando, a jewel of West African cuisine quietly doing its thing right in my own backyard.
By Cody Ellerd | October 31, 2008
Nancy Leson, Seattle Times food writer, takes readers on a tour of some of the area's many wine bars, including Verve Wine Bar & Cellar, Poco Wine Room, Smash Wine Bar & Bistro, Olives Café & Wine Bar, Twisted Cork Wine Bar.
By Nancy Leson | October 10, 2008
Maki & Yaki serves up tasty Japanese food on the revitalized MLK corridor.
By Lynn Jacobson | October 10, 2008
What We Crave
Our non-Seattleite friends love to regale us with tall tales of the best barbecue they've ever had -- always, of course, somewhere far from here. Seattle isn't exactly known for its barbecue joints, but we have some tales of our own thanks to Roy's BBQ, a tiny cafe tucked away in Columbia City.
By Lara Ferroni | August 6, 2008
There are lots of great beauty deals and discounts being offered at local spas and salons this summer.
By Monica Fischer | July 31, 2008
Gentle Snark
Gather, a "nontraditional" storefront gallery located next door to the Columbia City Bakery, is the element that will push Columbia City's First Friday "Beatwalks" into must-see territory. The space itself isn't that overwhelming -- just a spare (but handsome) wood-floored and white-walled gallery, adorned with vases of fresh-cut flowers -- but the art that owner Jenn Jones is putting on its walls is something else. Something great.
By Geoff Carter | July 15, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
Shannon Armitage, 34, lives in Columbia City with her husband Greg, 33, daughter Clara, 2 and the mysterious "Baby X," due this fall. Shannon is a family therapist and parent coach in private practice, and blogs at Managing Life Transitions. Here, Shannon tells us how to put the spark back into your relationship, plus favorite stops in and around Columbia City.
By Lora Shinn | July 8, 2008
Little Kids, Big City
We Northwest parents are suckers for a good cup of joe. Probably because we were up all night, taking care of a bawling baby, teething toddler, or sick kid.
So I love it whenever a new kid-friendly coffee shop opens.
By Lora Shinn | July 2, 2008
You knew Caribbean food had soul. But did you ever envision soul food from the Caribbean? If Island Soul,
the newest addition to Columbia City's restaurant row, had an ounce of
pretension, they might start throwing around words like "fusion."
Instead, they're calling their miraculous marriage of Jamaican and
American southern cooking a lucky accident, and everyone else is just
calling it awesome.
By Cody Ellerd | July 1, 2008
Columbia City has come into its own in the past decade, with the revival of its cute, turn-of-the-century main drag along Rainier Avenue and a growth of destination restaurants like Tutta Bella, La Medusa and Kallaloo.
By Anna Roth | July 11, 2008
