Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 12/07/2009
Q: Seattle resident Doug Swan is curious about the plastic "no parking" signs that seem to show up on the sidewalk next to Northwest restaurateur Tom Douglas' Dahlia Lounge at Fourth Avenue and Virginia Street in downtown Seattle every Sunday around 2 p.m.
Mon Appétit (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009
As usual, I walked into the grocery store last night not sure what we’d end up having for dinner. I was thinking “pork tenderloin” but when I got to the meat & seafood department, those big, plump Dungeness crab really caught my attention. At under $5 per pound, they were impossible to resist. Just Wednesday, I’d been talking with guests at Tom Douglas’s Cookbook Social about Dungeness crab,...
Serious Eats (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
... are loads of mighty messy burgers served up in Seattle. 1. Palace Kitchen Loads of diners come to Tom Douglas's Palace Kitchen just to order the Burger Royale, which is saying something considering the rest of the bistro-esque menu is filled with great options like housemade pasta and pan-fried trout. The Royale is made from Oregon Country Beef chuck, ground on premise. Take a stool at the...
Capitol Hill Seattle (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
As we reported earlier this week, Smith's chef Eliot Guthrie and manager Keara Matthiesen are no longer at Smith . Chris Howell of Lola (Tom Douglas's spin on Greek food) will be taking over as the chef. Here is what Eliot had to say about his departure: The decision to leave Smith wasn't an easy one. But I think I just knew that my job was done. We've all put a lot of hard work into Smith,...
The Daily Beast (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
White Winter Salad with Aged Parmigiano-Reggianoby Tom Douglas Seattle's No. 1 restaurateur will help keep vegetables in your life this season-in the tastiest way possible. There's no point in lamenting that greens are no longer in season. We can...
