Food & Wine

PCC Natural Markets’ green onion display (they’re also selling the 12th Mango). (Courtesy PCC Natural Markets) SUPER BOWL/SEAHAWKS/YESSSSSS!!!!! 12 SEAHAWKS TRIBUTES IN FOOD: With PCC Natural Markets FTW for “HAWKS” spelled out in green onions. MORE>>> SEAHAWKS’ FAVORITE RESTAURANTS: Marshawn Lynch’s favorite is HoHo in the I.D. (and his hero is his mom… awwwww!). MORE>>> And Russell Wilson’s…

  Maria Perez, the wife of owner Jose Perez, at work at Villa Escondida. They hope to reopen in a new location as soon as possible. (Courtesy Villa Escondida) Villa Escondida, the excellent Mexican diner featured in our recent top-10 new places for cheap eats, closed down suddenly this past weekend to fans’ distress. But owner…

Chef Mike Robertshaw (left) is leaving Restaurant Roux in Fremont; owner Matt Lewis (right) is looking for someone to fill his shoes. (Mark Harrison / The Seattle Times) NEWLY OPEN Is it possible that only one new restaurant has opened in Seattle in the last week? It appears so: Thai Thani Kitchen is it. “Thani”…

Epic Ales’ master brewer Cody Morris, left, and Travis Kukull, chef/owner of Gastropod and, soon, Mollusk in South Lake Union. / Courtesy Gastropod GASTROPOD EXPANSION NEWS Gastropod’s Travis Kukull is planning a second restaurant called Mollusk. Gastropod is the tiny, excellent gastropub counterpart to Sodo’s Epic Ales; Mollusk will be in South Lake Union, on Dexter at Valley….

The influential soul food restaurant Kingfish Café will close its doors after nearly 20 years on Capitol Hill.

Co-owner Leslie Coaston said during a brief phone interview Tuesday night that “our last day on 19th and Mercer will be January 25.”

It’s baaaaaack. (Photo by Jeff Albertson) By Jeff Albertson Special to The Seattle Times I knew something was happening when I smelled the familiar aroma of grilled onions on my morning bike commute coming down Fremont Ave. on Thursday morning. I’ve lived in upper Fremont for nearly eight years now and have woken up to that smell almost…

Necia Dallas with one of the murals she made for Nue, a new restaurant on Capitol Hill. / Courtesy Nue BRAND-NEW RESTAURANTS PASEO in Fremont: Yes, it’s true — the world’s best sandwich is back, as of today! I talked to the new owner… MORE>>> NUE on Capitol Hill: Owner Chris Cvetkovich worked…

Ryan Santwire, the new owner of Paseo. (Photo by Mark Harrison/The Seattle Times) Paseo is back, and new owner Ryan Santwire says, “The food is better than ever.” Seattle’s favorite sandwich shop “soft-soft opened” today at its original Fremont location, with no fanfare out of concern for the kitchen getting slammed. “We literally didn’t tell a soul,” Santwire says,…

The Hurricane Cafe is closing permanently New Year’s Day. The building, which is being torn down, served Seattle 24/7 for almost 100 years, first as the Bohemian Continental and then the Dog House before becoming the Hurricane. / Courtesy Hurricane Cafe This column should actually be titled “News you can’t eat.” After plenty of More

When it comes to cheese, Swiss people (and Raclette Seattle) know what to do. / Courtesy Raclette Seattle SNOQUALMIE ICE CREAM RECALLED: Listeria was found at the Snoqualmie production facility and in some tested ice cream. Because Snoqualmie makes their ice-cream base, Molly Moon’s and Full Tilt are closed today. Also possibly impacted: any Snoqualmie-produced ice cream in…