New openings and returns
Jollof Hub West African Food Like List
West African food can be hard to find in Seattle, but that’s all the more reason to be glad when a family-run establishment specializing in Nigerian and Gambian home cooking opened in Greenwood earlier this month. Dishes include jollof rice, meat pies, lamb afla, and okra soup.
Greenwood
Rin’s Homemade Gyoza Like List
This artisanal Chinese dumpling shop has taken over the former Little Ting’s Dumplings Like List location in Bellevue, serving up delicacies like xiao long bao, deep-fried buns, shrimp wontons and braised noodles.
Bellevue
Musan Like List
To everyone’s delight, chef Melissa Miranda’s James Beard Award-nominated Filipino restaurant has finally reopened after being closed in late January due to frozen and burst pipes.
Beacon Hill
Future plans
Laurel Like List
Kate Opatz (owner of La Dive and Nacho Borracho Like List) and La Dive bar manager Nico Ciel are set to open the tiny craft cocktail bar in the former Crumble & Flake Like List space in Capitol Hill later this year.
Capitol Hill
Matcha Magic Like List
The trendy Bellevue-based tea chain is opening a store in South Lake Union in August and plans to open another location in Capitol Hill by early 2024.
South Lake Union, Capitol Hill
Pop-ups and events
Atulea x Yuzu Pop-up Reminder Like List
Vintage-inspired cake pop-up shop Yuzu will be visiting tea shop Atulea’s Finney location, selling White Chocolate Matcha Oreo Cake, Chocolate Banana Cake and Muscat Grape Yogurt Cake. Be sure to sip a slice with a cold iced matcha tea.
Atulia, Phinney Ridge, 12-3 p.m.
Reminder Like List
Evoke your Viking spirit and taste the nectar of Valhalla at Washington’s Mead Festival. Nine local mead breweries will be serving up early summer flavors at Skål’s covered, open-air street café. Chat with the producers and find your favorite to buy a bottle to take home.
Skoll Beer Hall, 12pm – 5pm
Reminder Like List
Need to stock up on wine for upcoming barbecues, garden parties, picnics, and beach days? Farm-to-table restaurant, wine bar, and bottle shop Three Sacks Full is hosting a summery walk-around tasting and sale. For $10, you can sample 12 different wines, including whites, reds, and rosés, while learning more about each one.
Three Sackfuls, 12:30-4 p.m.
special
Dantini Pizza Like List
The cult-favorite pizza pop-up has brought back its popular Hot Honey & Pepperoni Pie, topped with ricotta cream, mozzarella, pepperoni, black pepper, chives, lemon, hot honey and Grana Padano.
Interbay
Milkdrunk Lovers List
The fried chicken sandwich shop is now serving up matcha and cherry soft serve ice cream.
Beacon Hill
Temple Pastries like list
Pastry chef Christina Wood’s Central District Bakery is welcoming summer with a seasonal menu of new items debuting tomorrow, including a stunning, mirror-finished Black Forest Tart, a Churro Doughnut, and a Blueberry Corn Danish that’s seriously calling my name. Also new on the savory menu is a Calabrian Chili Ciabatta Loaf.
Central District
