Not real restaurant reviews for the most part…just some places we’ve gone out to eat or drink. Some fancy, some not. I also write restaurant reviews and profiles for Grow Northwest magazine and the Cascadia Weekly – you can see a list of my articles here.
Bellingham/Whatcom County
- Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill
- Bistro Zazou [closed]
- Boundary Bay Brewery
- Copper Hog
- La Fiamma Woodfired Pizza
- Flats Tapas [closed]
- Milano’s
- Prospect Street Cafe [closed]
- Tivoli [closed]
Skagit Valley
- A’Town Bistro (plus reviews in Grow Northwest and Cascadia Weekly)
- Brown Lantern Ale House (with a brunch report here)
- Chuckanut Manor
- Empire Alehouse
- Fidalgo Drive-In
- Golden Distillery
- Nell Thorn (review for Grow Northwest magazine here and Cascadia Weekly here)
- North Sound Brewing Company (and review in Cascadia Weekly)
- Oyster Creek Inn
- Pacioni’s Pizza (reviewed in the Weekly)
- Rachawadee Cafe (and review in Cascadia Weekly)
- Slough Food
- Star Bar (revisited here) [closed]
- various taco wagons in Burlington and Mount Vernon
Seattle
- 35th Street Bistro
- Brave Horse Tavern
- Brouwer’s Cafe
- Canon
- Dinette
- The Dray
- Frank’s Oyster House & Champagne Parlor
- Joule (also discussed here and here)
- Lark
- Licorous [closed]
- Lola
- Matt’s in the Market (also mentioned here)
- Pair
- Poppy
- Ravish
- Revel
- Satay
- Shea’s Lounge
- Sitka & Spruce
- Smith
- Stumbling Goat (revisited here)
- Tilth
Portland, OR
- Andina
- Bar Avignon
- Beaker & Flask
- Clyde Common
- Detour
- Hedge House
- Henry’s 12th St. Tavern
- Hopworks
- House Spirits Distillery
- Kenny & Zuke’s
- Pok Pok
- Sel Gris
- Tabla
- Ten-01
Elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest
- Atomic Alehouse (Richland, WA)
- Blue Ginger (Bellevue, WA)
- Fish Tale Brewpub (Everett, WA)
- Fish Tale Brewpub (Olympia, WA)
- HoSoonYi (Edmonds, WA)
- Ka Won (Lynnwood, WA)
- Local Myth Pizza (Chelan, WA)
- The Loft (Edmonds, WA)
- Ninkasi Brewery (Eugene, OR)
- Old School Bus BBQ (Sultan, WA) with more food pix here
- R&A Cafe (Coulee City, WA)
- South (Leavenworth, WA) with more here
- Sultan Bakery (Sultan, WA)
- Valley Cafe (Ellensburg, WA)
- Whitstran Brewpub (Prosser, WA)
- Wild River Brewpub (Grants Pass, OR)
- Winegar’s Dairy (Ellensburg, WA)
Vancouver, B.C.
- 49th Parallel Coffeehouse
- Cascade Room
- Chambar
- Cru
- Fiddlehead Joe’s
- Parkside
- Peaceful (also mentioned here)
- Salt
- Seb’s Market Cafe
California
- Avanti (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Cafe Cruz (Soquel, CA)
- Hi-Lo Cafe (Weed, CA)
- Kelly’s French Bakery (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Little Tampico (Soquel, CA)
- Market Bar (San Francisco, CA)
- Penny Ice Cream (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Sierra Nevada Brewery (Chico, CA)
- Weed Ale House & Bistro (Weed, CA)
- Zuni Cafe (San Francisco, CA)
Kansas City and nearby
- 1924 Main
- Beer Kitchen
- Blanc Burgers & Bottles
- Bluebird Cafe
- Cafe Sebastienne
- Flat Branch Brewpub (Columbia, MO)
- L.C.’s Bar-B-Q
- Oklahoma Joe’s BBQ
- Picket Fence (Blackwater, MO)
- Room 39
- Sycamore (Columbia, MO)
- Westport Cafe and Bar
Paris, France
- Bar De Jarente
- Breizh Cafe
- Les Cotelettes
- Fish La Boissonerie
- Institut du Monde Arabe
- Mi-Va-Mi Falafel
- Reflets de Scene
- Taillevant
Hawaii
