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Just a house with a small sign
Stark white, but comfortable inside
Try a couple of starters…every bite melts

2319 E. Madison St.

on the first short-sleeve night this year,

in Madison Valley, Seattle

The Deck shivers

Its posts are wiped away.

Feeling a pinch in the middle…

Oh, it’s Down!

And Over…

And Out!

It must be time for a better one.

Ethiopian goodness…try a Harar beer
Meat & Veggie Combo (for 2+ diners): 13.99 - awesome
Dining room reminds of a grandmother’s house in Iowa

3808 S Edmunds St

in hipster-bustling Columbia City, Seattle

Warm dark wood beams

Must-have: Duck, Duck, Mousse! (Rillette and Pates)

With a Menu filled with Bacon and Foie Gras, you can’t go wrong.

1001 E. Pike St.

Across from Neumo’s in Capitol Hill
in jet-engine-boom filled Seattle.

We are trying something new – buying wine that comes in boxes. No, not your parents’ Franzia bag-in-a-box.

This is decent wine in Tetra Paks. No glass or corks, only high quality packaging that can be recycled and makes sense. (Less of our money goes to transportation and bottling costs!) And with good packaging… wineries can give you good wine, and usually more of it.

I think there is a new generation of wine-drinkers who’s beginning to thoughtfully put common sense ahead of tradition, in the right places. Smart boxed wine will become socially acceptable - the factor that must flourish for this to work…and hopefully soon, you might even be saying it’s cool.

So far, we’ve tried:

French Rabbit

Bandit