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Restaurant Review: Cactus in Kirkland
I am contractually obligated to check out anything I see with “cactus” in the name, so let’s talk about Cactus Southwest Kitchen + Bar, a local chain that we’ve eaten at several times before. Cactus has half a dozen locations in the Seattle metro area, but we always ends up at the one in Kirkland…
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Restaurant Review: Niles Peacock Kitchen & Bar
On a recent rainy Saturday evening, we really wanted to get out of the house and eat a meal, but we wanted to bring Emma along because she doesn’t do well with being left home alone. I remembered that Niles Peacock Kitchen & Bar here in Edmonds had what looked like a really nice patio,…
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Seattle Restaurant Week, Fall 2019
I still love Seattle Restaurant Week. The price has gone up slightly — it’s now $35 for 3 courses as opposed to the $33 it was when I first experienced it, but that’s still a great deal for many of the restaurants on the list. We had three Restaurant Week dinner this time around. Bar…
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Dinner at The Whale Wins
Last night my partner Chris and I enjoyed a delicious dinner at The Whale Wins in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle. We learned about The Whale Wins from Nate, owner of two of our favorite Tucson restaurants — Prep & Pastry and Commoner & Co. When he found out that I was moving to Seattle…