You’re not imagining it: Restaurant prices are soaring, particularly in Seattle. A combination of food inflation, bird flu and the city’s recent minimum wage hike mean many restaurant owners are raising prices and getting creative to stay in business. Tan explains how things might be changing at your favorite spot, and what budget-friendly dishes to look for if your wallet is feeling the sting. 

Read Tan’s reporting on the effects of the minimum wage increase in The Seattle Times. 

Restaurants we discuss in this episode:
Geraldine’s Counter, Columbia City
Merchant’s Cafe and Saloon, Pioneer Square 
Jack’s BBQ, SoDo and South Lake Union
Anchovies and Salt, Renton
Off Alley, Columbia City

 

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You&rsquo;re not imagining it: Restaurant prices are soaring, particularly in Seattle. A combination of food inflation, bird flu and the city&rsquo;s recent minimum wage hike mean many restaurant owners are raising prices and getting creative to stay in business. Tan explains how things might be changing at your favorite spot, and what budget-friendly dishes to look for if your wallet is feeling the sting.&nbsp;
Read Tan&rsquo;s reporting on the effects of the minimum wage increase<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/seattle-restaurants-get-creative-to-make-numbers-work-after-wage-hike/"> in The Seattle Times</a>.&nbsp;
Restaurants we discuss in this episode:
<ul>
<li>Geraldine&rsquo;s Counter, Columbia City</li>
<li>Merchant&rsquo;s Cafe and Saloon, Pioneer Square&nbsp;</li>
<li>Jack&rsquo;s BBQ, SoDo and South Lake Union</li>
<li>Anchovies and Salt, Renton</li>
<li>Off Alley, Columbia City</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>.
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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 other Thursday.

Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattleeatsnotes

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 other Thursday.
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Thank you to the supporters of KUOW, you help make this show possible! If you want to help out, go to <a href="https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattleeatsnotes">https://www.kuow.org/donate/seattleeatsnotes</a> 
Seattle Eats is a production of <a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/">The Seattle Times</a> and <a href="https://www.kuow.org/">KUOW</a>, part of the NPR Network

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