Category Archives: Restaurants

Bang Bar (West Seattle, WA)

June 8, 2011 by ericriveracooks

My friend, Emily, invited me over to a soft opening of Bang Bar in West Seattle a couple of days ago. She has been talking about this place opening up for a couple of months now and I have been really excited since I heard the keywords: Thai Food, West Seattle, and California Avenue. I did a little more research about Bang Bar and found out that Chef Jahn worked at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel (very awesome) and ran her […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Bang Bar, Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant, West Seattle

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Skillet Diner (Seattle, WA)

May 18, 2011 by ericriveracooks

The opening of this restaurant on Capitol Hill in Seattle is very exciting for me. A lot of my friends in the Seattle culinary scene are now working at this restaurant which opens today, but before I introduce you to them let’s take a step back. Two years ago I checked out Skillet Street Food’s airstream trailer (click) and I was high fiving my tongue with their duck confit. I loved their trail blazing street food movement which two years […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Capitol Hill, Diner, Food, Restaurant, Seattle, Skillet Diner, Skillet Street Food

Fresh Bistro (Seattle, WA)

April 22, 2011 by ericriveracooks

Mindy and I had a date night the other night at Fresh Bistro. We have both been extremely busy and it has been a while since we had a chance to just sit and relax so we went to one of our favorite restaurants in Seattle (Spur is the other, just in case you’re wondering). We love Fresh Bistro, it’s our go-to place whether it’s for Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, or a late-night happy hour session. Since we live in West […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Fresh Bistro, recipe, West Seattle

Uneeda Burger (Seattle, WA)

January 31, 2011 by ericriveracooks

See, I told you I’ve been on a burger fix lately. The chef/owner of Quinn’s (best poutine I’ve ever had…..foie gras poutine…..it’s life changing) opened up a burger place in Fremont called Uneeda Burger which is now home to my favorite burger in Seattle (not kidding). That picture above is of their medi-terra burger. It’s a lamb burger with tempura lemon, charred peppers, onions, manchego, arugula, and cilantro. That is a whole lot of awesome and I think you should […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Fremont, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle, Uneeda Burger

Dope Burger (Seattle, WA)

January 31, 2011 by ericriveracooks

There’s a new burger in town and it’s dope (cheesy and corny line to intro. a restaurant….mmmmm cheese and corn…..what?…..focus Eric, focus). I’ve been in a little burger craze lately. It has a lot to do with wanting to save money for my trip but it also has more to do with I know in about a year I won’t have access to really amazing burgers (“Eric, where are you going?!?!?!?! Somewhere far away…..), but that’s ok because a place […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Breakfast, Burger, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Dope Burger, Food, Lunch, Restaurant, Seattle

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Avalon (West Seattle)

January 24, 2011 by ericriveracooks

There is a new restaurant in West Seattle to check out. The reason I was there is that it offers brunch on the weekends. That’s a pretty important time to eat for me because it’s the only chance of the week that I get to sit down with Mindy for a meal. This quarter I don’t have a day off or evening off so when it comes to searching for a place to eat on the weekend they better offer […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Avalon, Avalon West Seattle, Cooking Blog, Food, Food Blog, Restaurant, Seattle

Seafood City (Tukwila, WA)

January 24, 2011 by ericriveracooks

This is the only way you will find me shopping at a mall. Seafood City in Tukwila has been open for a few months now and I can’t get enough of it. It’s a super clean grocery store inside of Southcenter Mall with a great selection of ingredients focusing on Philippine Cuisine. You’ll find tons of seafood (of course), meat, and other great things like a chicaron wall! I found a sauce called banana sauce that I’ve never tried before […]

Categories: Recommended Places to Shop • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Seafood City, Southcenter, Tukwila

My Parents Were In Town……We Ate A Few Things.

January 5, 2011 by ericriveracooks

Hey look, it’s my parents. They were in town for about a month so things have been a little quiet here on the blog but that doesn’t mean we weren’t up to a bunch of cool things. In that picture we were eating brunch at Cafe Flora. I had originally intended us to eat brunch at Luc but I was off by a day….that happens a lot these days. It’s ok though because brunch was delicious and Mindy had this […]

Categories: Life at 40000 BTU: Blueacre Seafood, Restaurants, Seafood • Tags: Cooking Blog, Crab, Dinner, Food, recipe, Seafood, Seattle

Revel (Seattle, WA)

December 30, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Mindy and I went out last weekend to Revel. I’ve been waiting for this place to open and originally had an invite to attend a soft opening for it but I had to work so instead of whining and crying about it Mindy and I went out for lunch on the weekend. We walked in and we were the first ones there at 11AM and I immediately fell in love with the set up of the restaurant. IT’S OPEN!! I […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Cooking, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant, Revel, Revel Seattle, Seattle

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Pintxo (Seattle, WA)

December 22, 2010 by ericriveracooks

About a month ago I went to Pintxo to check out their assault on the world of tapas. They’re a newer restaurant in Seattle in the Belltown area that has my attention. I’ve heard good things from friends so I finally made my way to check it out. First up on the menu for me was a meat and cheese platter. Next up was the bacon-wrapped dates stuffed with goat cheese. Finally, the show stopper. If you ever go to […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Pintxo, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle

Palisade (Seattle, WA)

December 22, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I was invited to go check out a media dinner at Palisade in Seattle. I haven’t been to Palisade in nearly 8 years…I think the last time I was there for a mother’s day dinner which is usually the reason people go to Palisade. However, things have changed a bit there and there’s a new chef in town (Chris Bryant) so I went down there to check it out! First course was the salad you see above which was part […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Lunch, Palisade Restaurant, recipe

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Farm Boat (Puget Sound, WA)

November 29, 2010 by ericriveracooks

About a month ago I checked out Farm Boat (forgot I was writing this post then I had to run out the door….one month later, here we are!). Farm Boat is a farmer’s market on a boat that travels up and down the Puget Sound (rhyming) and drops off lovely produce and culinary delights to the new South Lake Union Park. At the time of checking it out I was on my way to work and didn’t have time to […]

Categories: Recommended Places to Shop, Restaurants • Tags: Cooking Blog, Farm Boat, Farmers Market, Food, Seattle

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Built Burger (Seattle, WA)

November 29, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Pioneer Square is under a culinary revival right now. The last few restaurants that have opened their doors have been great, Delicatus and Tat’s Deli. Pioneer Square is such a beautiful part of Seattle…..I realize not a lot of people think that way that live here but I have always been drawn to it. My mom used to work in that area back in the 90′s and my dad would usually park in the middle of nowhere so we could […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Built Burger, Burger, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Pioneer Square, recipe

Sitka & Spruce (Seattle, WA)

November 16, 2010 by ericriveracooks

A dream kitchen, a dream restaurant, a dream is reality at Sitka & Spruce. This is what I want the kitchen in my home to look like one day…it might even be the same set up I would like in my restaurant but I’m nowhere near having a custom home kitchen or a restaurant of my own so I will be adopting a spot at the communal table at Sitka & Spruce so I can dream about those days in […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Brunch, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle, Sitka & Spruce

Where Ya At Matt? (Seattle, WA)

November 8, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I had some time before class today so I decided to walk around a bit and to my surprise/delight I saw the Where Ya At Matt? food truck hanging out in Belltown near my school. There are a lot of great things about this truck and my favorite thing about it is the cuisine…..Creole Soul Food. I used to live in Louisiana so any chance I have to eat this type of cuisine I run towards it (I work […]

Categories: Restaurants, Street Food • Tags: Cooking Blog, Food, Food Truck, Mobile Food Truck, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle, Where Ya At Matt?

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Category Archives: Restaurants

Bang Bar (West Seattle, WA)

Skillet Diner (Seattle, WA)

Fresh Bistro (Seattle, WA)

Uneeda Burger (Seattle, WA)

Dope Burger (Seattle, WA)

Avalon (West Seattle)

Seafood City (Tukwila, WA)

My Parents Were In Town……We Ate A Few Things.

Revel (Seattle, WA)

Pintxo (Seattle, WA)

Palisade (Seattle, WA)

Farm Boat (Puget Sound, WA)

Built Burger (Seattle, WA)

Sitka & Spruce (Seattle, WA)

Where Ya At Matt? (Seattle, WA)

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