Another round of closures hits the Seattle food scene. But when one door closes, the employees buy it to save it?? Seattle Times restaurant critic Tan Vinh shares his latest closing and three new spots that have the restaurant industry buzzing.

Read more about the latest restaurant openings and closings in The Seattle Times:
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-new-seattle-restaurant-openings-for-november-2025/ 
https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-recent-seattle-restaurant-closures-including-a-few-big-names/ 

Recommendations in this episode:
Carmine’s on Fifth, Downtown
Meat Moot, South Lake Union
Kingfisher, Bainbridge Island

 

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Another round of closures hits the Seattle food scene. But when one door closes, the employees buy it to save it?? Seattle Times restaurant critic Tan Vinh shares his latest closing and three new spots that have the restaurant industry buzzing.
Read more about the latest restaurant openings and closings in The Seattle Times:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-new-seattle-restaurant-openings-for-november-2025/">https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-new-seattle-restaurant-openings-for-november-2025/</a>&nbsp;</li>
<li><a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-recent-seattle-restaurant-closures-including-a-few-big-names/">https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/22-recent-seattle-restaurant-closures-including-a-few-big-names/</a>&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Recommendations in this episode:
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Carmine&rsquo;s on Fifth, Downtown</li>
<li aria-level="1">Meat Moot, South Lake Union</li>
<li aria-level="1">Kingfisher, Bainbridge Island</li>
</ul>
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Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network. You can support Seattle Eats by investing in the local newsrooms and the specialized beats that make this sort of storytelling possible. Please consider joining and subscribing at <a href="http://kuow.org/eats">kuow.org/eats</a> and <a href="http://seattletimes.com">seattletimes.com</a>.

Seattle is a buffet of great food... if you know where to look. Seattle Times journalist Tan Vinh invites listeners to the area's hottest restaurants, road-side food stalls and everywhere in between to find the best meals in the city and to meet the people who make them sing.

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Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network

 

Seattle is a buffet of great food... if you know where to look. Seattle Times journalist Tan Vinh invites listeners to the area's hottest restaurants, road-side food stalls and everywhere in between to find the best meals in the city and to meet the people who make them sing.
New episodes every Thursday.
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Another round of closures hits the Seattle food scene. But when one door closes, the employees buy it to save it?? Seattle Times restaurant critic Tan Vinh shares his latest closing and three new spots that have the restaurant industry buzzing.

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