Pioneer Square pizza, pickleball, and a halal chicken pop-up gets a permanent location. There are so many openings in the Seattle area, it’s hard to keep up. Plus, local chefs nab awards, and more news to know The College Inn Pub returns, Pidgin Cooperative finally opens, and more Plus, a beloved chef heads to Woodinville, and more news to know A whopping 17 new notable new restaurants, bakeries, and cafes have recently opened She owns five restaurants, including a stunning new waterfront spot. Credit hard work and biang biang noodles Lots of pizza, lots of meat, and Seattle’s second women’s sports bar Also, a chocolate factory, a new tapas spot, and more May brought a host of fresh restaurants to Seattle, including a Japanese hot pot spot and multiple rooftop bars Plus, Dick’s will soon open its 10th location, and more news you should know Plus, details on a new-to-Seattle Asian food festival, and more news to know The new ice-focused bar, called Firn, is part of a wave of openings in the neighborhood Our monthly rundown of the new places opening throughout the Seattle area Plus, a stoner-friendly event for 4/20, and more news of the week Shawarma in the South End, upscale Korean barbecue up north, and buzzy desserts on Capitol Hill La Loba will combine Spanish cuisine with Pacific Northwest ingredients Plus, a popular Vietnamese coffee shop has expansion plans, and more news to know Hyped-up Detroit-style pizza, elegant Japanese tasting menus, and a lot more Plus, a coffee shop reopens after a fire, and more news you may have missed Turkish-influenced barbecue, a high-end Chinese banquet hall, and the most hyped pizza of the year Rosette, from the team behind Jude’s Old Town, will specialize in zero-proof and low-proof cocktails

Plus, a famed Chinese banquet hall gets new owners, and more news of the week My Friend Derek’s, pies that used to require monitoring Instagram to buy, is opening a real pizzeria Plus a rash of salmon mislabeling at sushi restaurants, a new waterfront wine tasting room, and more Owner Donna Moodie aims to welcome customers back into the restaurant’s new home this month Plus openings for a coffee and knitting shop, a bakery, and a Latin and Caribbean spot in your AM intel Founder David Storm is celebrating his restaurant’s second location but it was a long, hard road to get here Kristi Brown’s latest restaurant, Lil’ Brown Girl, will offer quick bites including sandwiches at Métier Brewing Company’s Cherry Street taproom The city’s tipped minimum wage exemption is ending despite appeals from some small business owners As you can guess from the name, the main event is seafood and its woven into the restaurant’s design A flurry of new Chinese restaurants serving dim sum have opened in the metro area, and long lines have followed Plus, a Seattle restaurant scores some national recognition, and more news of the week. There are more TVs, and less exclusive focus on hockey, but the poutine is still on the menu Frelard Tamales has grown up and gone back to Fremont Its proprietary deep fryers and a specially blended oil produce extremely crispy, crunchy treats Plus, a tiny new bar is coming to Capitol Hill, an dmore news of the week The family behind Truffles N Bacon has opened an Interbay restaurant called Barrel & Bacon The next iteration of the celebrated Korean(ish) restaurant is even more ambitious than the first The Best New Restaurants in the Seattle Area, May 2025 The Best Restaurants in Seattle's University District The Restaurants With the Best Views in Seattle The Best Restaurants in Tacoma The Best Restaurants in Ballard This is the title for the native ad