Not real restaurant reviews for the most part…just some places we’ve gone out to eat or drink, although some of these link to actual reviews or profiles I’ve done for various publications – you can get to a list of my articles here.
Bellingham/Whatcom County
- Anthony’s Hearthfire Grill
- Aslan Brewing
- Bistro Zazou [closed]
- Boundary Bay Brewery
- Copper Hog
- La Fiamma Woodfired Pizza
- Flats Tapas [closed]
- Green Frog
- Milano’s
- Prospect Street Cafe [closed]
- Tivoli [closed]
Skagit Valley
- A’Town Bistro (plus reviews in Grow Northwest and Cascadia Weekly)
- Big Rock Cafe and Grocery
- 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 [closed]
- 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)
- Christopher’s (Coupeville, 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
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