Seattle Met

Seattle Metropolitan, commonly known as Seattle Met, is a monthly magazine that serves the Seattle, Washington area. Launched in March 2006, it offers a variety of articles covering local events, notable individuals, dining options, restaurants, popular spots, and attractions in Seattle.

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The Best Seattle Bakeries for One-of-a-Kind Birthday Cakes

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Annette Maxon |Naomi Tomky |Byen Bakeri

Seattle bakers leave no flower un-plucked, no crumb un-frosted, and no dream unfulfilled when it comes to creative cakes. From cream cheese–frosted carrot cakes to classic chocolate, this roundup of bakeries will help you out when your loved ones demand something a little more posh or exciting than a funfetti boxed mix.
Inspired by Starbucks, Miss Café Pours with Anatolian Pride

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Kunwar Khuldune Shahid

In 2004, in the town of Kahramanmaraş, Türkiye, Meral Embel picked up Pour Your Heart Into It, by former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz. The book centered on two things she loved, business and coffee, and it rekindled a long-held dream. Fourteen years later, that fantasy became reality when she opened her own Turkish café just blocks from the Starbucks where Schultz himself took his first sip of Sumatra.
Secret Spots in Seattle’s University District

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Eric Nusbaum

Any good college town has a few odd corners and special spots known only to locals. Given that the University District is home to a giant campus, it has a lot of those things. We found our favorite tucked-away treasures (plus one parking hack). Duck into an alley for Cafe Allegro, which claims to be the city’s oldest espresso bar and still roasts its beans on-site.
What You Need to Know About a Trip to Packwood

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

Population: 1,073Location: West of White PassDrive Time from Seattle: 2 hours, 35 minutesAverage High Temperature in June: 71°Average Low Temperature in June: 49°Residents of the Cowlitz Valley quickly learn that the roving bands of white-rumped elk aren’t much like deer—they don’t spook easily and are happy to cause a traffic jam if they don’t feel like moving. They’re hunted in the surrounding woods, but in town they’re more like neighbors with no boundaries.
Duke's on Alki, Eden Hill, and Thai Siam Closing and More Food News

1 week ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Hungry for news? Welcome to our Friday Feed, where we run through all the local food and restaurant news this week—and maybe help you figure out where to eat this weekend. More for LessEarlier this year, we covered the rising trend of restaurants adding value-priced tasting menus to their offerings, and this week brought two promising new options. Fremont’s Kamonegi now offers eight courses for $75, including signature dishes like foie gras, uni shiso bomb, and kamonegi seiro soba.
Three Northwest Golf Resorts Are Reinventing the Game

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

Golf has long been overdue for a refresh. A leisurely game that requires oodles of time and acres of open space, its fussy reputation lingered even decades after Tiger Woods redefined golf superstardom. Northwest courses have been sneakily recalibrating what a round on the links should ask of us—and what it can provide. Goats? Frisbees? A pop soundtrack? Golf has a brand-new bag.
Inside Seattle’s Longest-Running Jazz Gig

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Eric Olson

On a cloudless Friday, some three blocks uphill from the eastern sweep of Seattle’s Green Lake, a gleeful postwork throng descends on Latona Pub to let off some early weekend steam. The bar dates to 1987, when Bob Brenlin—still an owner—bought an old “boarded-up tavern” and gave it the first of many remodels. Today the floor-to-ceiling windows and plush color palette make it one of Seattle’s hush-hush gems. Of course, you wouldn’t call the Friday scene hush-hush. It’s more like a malty beehive.
25 Summer Boredom Busters for Seattle Kids

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

Ben Franklin missed a detail: Nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes, and the high-pitched whine of children declaring “I’m bored” every five minutes from June until September. But summer is Seattle’s time to shine, with its long days, consistent sunshine, and many swimmable waterways.
Secret Spots in Seattle’s Capitol Hill

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Allison Williams

Everyone knows what Capitol Hill is like—all those bars, parks, and shops, perched above downtown and teeming with life. But some of the best aspects of this buzzing corner of the city take a little work to find. Restaurant Harry’s Fine Foods has long hidden on an otherwise residential block of Capitol Hill, its greenhouse-like patio almost as big as the dining room.
Shuckers Is a Classic for a Reason-Oysters

2 weeks ago | seattlemet.com | Naomi Tomky

The only thing frozen at Shuckers’ happy hour on a recent Tuesday afternoon was the ice under my Wildcat Cove oysters. The shellfish-centric bar in the basement of the Fairmont Olympic Hotel manages to embody many of Seattle’s best stereotypes while rejecting one of its worst—frosty social skills. The big wood bar and chalkboards of fresh fish loan a genuine seafood ambience to the room, but it’s the oyster expertise from the staff that assures me I’m in the right place.