The Innkeeper Restaurant Review:
Unpretentious, hardly hip and completely inviting, The Innkeeper has a blue collar vibe and low-key ambience with down-to-earth hospitality. It’s a favorite, cozy watering hole for area denizens during dark winter months, and an outdoor patio beckons in summer. Drinking, in all its forms, including hand-crafted cocktails, is the main event, but the menu offers an affordable selection of small...
Washington Repeal Day Celebrations; Ballard Gets a Candy Store:
SEATTLE—Get over to Mistral Kitchen, where Novo Fogo's Dragos Axinte will join forces with bar manager Matt Bailey to mix drinks using organic, aged cachaca and Pacific Distillery’s Voyager Gin from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight. This is all in celebration of Washington's Repeal Day--remember that tomorrow marks the beginning of the new era, where the state will no loger be involved in liquor...
Eater Seattle Heat Map Dec '11: Where to Eat Right Now:
While the Eater 38 is a resource that covers old standbys and neighborhood essentials across the city, it is not a chronicle of the 'it' places of the moment. Thus, we offer the Eater Heat Map, which will change every few months to always highlight where the food nerds are flocking to at the moment.
This time around, a flurry of new openings to add to those must-lists: Blind Pig Bistro, The...
The Innkeeper Hints at Caribbean Inspiration:
Chef Brian Durbin, managing partner Chris Linker, and designer Judy Boardman, the trio that previously collaborated on Black Bottle and Postern, opened The Innkeeper last month. The eatery features Caribbean and South American small plates paired with the trio's trademark affordable wine menu. Boardman says that the minimalist, warm interior(and two TVs) is meant to evoke a casual, neighborhood...