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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

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

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

Restauranteers.com (Sponsored Post)

November 30, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I hope this won’t come off as sounding like a sales pitch because I genuinely am excited about what the people over at Restauranteers.com are about to bring to Seattle. I’m in super secret mode with them and they have told me exactly where they want to take this idea of theirs but they asked me not to tell you yet but they wanted me to write a post about it anyway…..soooo what do I write about? I mean….how?? Restauranteers.com […]

Categories: Sponsors • Tags: Cooking, Cooking Blog, Food, Reservation, Restaurant, Restauranteers.com, Seattle

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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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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Le Pichet (Seattle, WA)

October 18, 2010 by ericriveracooks

My “Happiest Hours” are on fire! A week or so ago I showed you Lecosho (click) which is within reach of my 3 hour walk around Seattle while I wait for my next class to start. Last week I chose Le Pichet as a place to have my Happiest Hours and it was a great choice. I love French food and while I don’t think I would have said that before I started culinary school I can honestly say that […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, France, French food, Le Pichet, recipe, Restaurant, Seattle, Washington

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Damiana’s Truck Special-Fundraiser November 7th!

October 14, 2010 by ericriveracooks

I love food trucks. I have spent countless hours visiting/stalking my next meal from these culinary crusaders on wheels. Marination Mobile, Minimus Maximus, Skillet, Dante’s, Parfait, Where ya at, and more…(click).. …I love them all. There is a new truck coming to town and a good friend of mine, (CHEF BRIAN!!!) asked me to help him and his girlfriend, Damiana, cook for a fundraiser they are having for their new food truck. The goal of the fundraiser is to […]

Categories: Street Food • Tags: Cooking Blog, Damiana's Blue Truck Special, Food, Mobile Food Truck, Pop up dinner, Restaurant, Seattle

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Lecosho (Seattle, WA)

October 6, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Lecosho is a new restaurant in Seattle that just opened up a few weeks ago. It’s the new venture from Matt formerly of Matt’s in the Market. I was excited to visit the new venture because #1, I’ve heard nothing but great things about Matt’s in the Market (have tried to go twice but my schedule doesn’t match up with times they’re open…) #2, Lecosho means pig in Chinook and anyone that names their restaurant after my favorite animal to […]

Categories: Restaurants, The Happiest Hour • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Dinner, Food, Lecosho, Restaurant, Seattle

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Tutta Bella (Seattle, WA)

September 16, 2010 by ericriveracooks

Mindy and I love pizza. It’s the only thing we order out for when we’re both running around like maniacs working. A basic pepperoni pizza with jalapenos or Canadian bacon and pineapple does the trick too…..sometimes just being simple and letting someone else make food is awesome. However, when we go out and eat pizza it better be something amazing! Tutta Bella’s in Seattle made that happen for us. We stumbled upon their location after our visit to Seattle Tilth’s […]

Categories: Restaurants • Tags: Blog, Cooking Blog, Food, Restaurant, Seattle, Tutta Bella

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Skillet Diner (Seattle, WA)

Uneeda Burger (Seattle, WA)

Dope Burger (Seattle, WA)

Avalon (West Seattle)

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

Revel (Seattle, WA)

Pintxo (Seattle, WA)

Restauranteers.com (Sponsored Post)

Farm Boat (Puget Sound, WA)

Sitka & Spruce (Seattle, WA)

Where Ya At Matt? (Seattle, WA)

Le Pichet (Seattle, WA)

Damiana’s Truck Special-Fundraiser November 7th!

Lecosho (Seattle, WA)

Tutta Bella (Seattle, WA)

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