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Culture
Restaurant Roundup: New and coming-soon restaurants in Seattle, WA
Dining in Seattle is always a fresh experience, with new restaurants popping up all the time — and more on the way.
August 20, 2025 02:34 PM
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Staff
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City
How to park in downtown Seattle without pulling your hair out
There are free spaces — you just need to know where and when to look.
November 30, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
The Space Needle and the waterfront sit against a cotton candy pink sunrise.
Culture
Seattle-related holiday dinner conversation topics
For all of those awkward pauses you might come across this Thanksgiving.
November 21, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Travel and Outdoors
Plan a stay you’ll never forget at one of these unique places in Seattle
From chic hotels to rustic cabins, Seattle is full of special places to stay that offer guests a break from traditional motels and hotels.
November 13, 2023
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Cambrie Juarez
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Food
Highly anticipated restaurant Atoma now open in Wallingford
Canlis alum Johnny Courtney and his wife Sarah bring a date night spot to the former Tilth space.
November 10, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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Food
Restaurant and gaming venue Pinstripes expanding to Bellevue
The Chicago-based company is known for its bocce and bowling opportunities.
October 18, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Food
Blood-curdling Halloween bars and pop-ups in Seattle
Party like a ghost and imbibe with these haunting late night bars around the Seattle area.
October 2, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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Culture
Seattle Aquarium gets wild with new ‘Animal Crossing’ experience
Let’s go fish.
September 21, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
The views from the UW campus include Mount Rainier and nearby Union Bay.
City
Pro tips for Seattle college students and families
The first quarter is about to start 📚
September 20, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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Food
Sip on these Oktoberfests near Seattle
Prost — enjoy these big weekend festivals featuring live music, dancing, and lots and lots of beer.
September 18, 2023
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Alina Hunter-Grah
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City
Machine learning: Seattle robots spring into action
From pizza-making to latte art, learn more about what local droids are up to.
September 15, 2023
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Gabe Guarente
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Travel and Outdoors
Seattle Parks and Rec is planning two new off-leash areas for dogs
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October 7, 2024
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Culture
Seattle Art Museum to deinstall iconic lobby tree sculpture
Titled “Middle Fork,” the tree sculpture has been suspended above visitors’ heads in the Seattle Art Museum’s main entrance lobby for almost a decade.
October 4, 2024
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City
Seattle decades: the 1980s
This decade brought Seattle the nickname “The Emerald City,” the first-ever Costco, and Nirvana.
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Food
Come on, dish: Which Seattle restaurant do you miss the most?
We want to know — which Emerald City restaurant or meal sparks nostalgia in your belly, and why?
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Culture
Independent theater Grand Illusion Cinema looking for community help to move
The Grand Illusion Cinema, Seattle’s “longest continuously running movie theater”, just launched a campaign to help fund its move to a new location.
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FEMA designates Lumen Field as a “mission ready” venue in Seattle
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