Costco is a great place to stock up on holiday staples, and nowhere is that more true than its wine selection. Tan and sommelier Owen Bargreen break down their picks for this year’s best wine offerings, and share tips on how to find them. 

Plus, a loophole at restaurants that lets you save money by bringing your own bottle of wine to dinner. 

Recommendations in this episode:

Sparkling wine: Kirkland brand champagne, $19.99

Red wine: 2022 Kirkland Signature Malbec, $6.99

White wine: 2022 Kirkland Signature Premier Cru Chablis, $18.99

Corkage deals:

Canlis, Queen Anne

Mainstay Provisions, Ballard and Denny Triangle

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 kuow.org/eats and seattletimes.com.

Costco is a great place to stock up on holiday staples, and nowhere is that more true than its wine selection. Tan and sommelier Owen Bargreen break down their picks for this year’s best wine offerings, and share tips on how to find them. 
Plus, a loophole at restaurants that lets you save money by bringing your own bottle of wine to dinner. 
Recommendations in this episode:
Sparkling wine: Kirkland brand champagne, $19.99
Red wine: 2022 Kirkland Signature Malbec, $6.99
White wine: 2022 Kirkland Signature Premier Cru Chablis, $18.99
Corkage deals:
<a href="https://canlis.com/">Canlis</a>, Queen Anne
<a href="https://www.mainstayprovisions.com/">Mainstay Provisions</a>, Ballard and Denny Triangle
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.

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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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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The best wine at Costco for under 20 bucks

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$20 burgers. $50 pizzas. Eating out in Seattle has never been so expensive – and there’s lots of reasons why. In this bonus episode of Seattle Eats, we share a conversation about the economics of restaurant prices with four local chefs and restaurateurs. 



Panel:
Kristi Brown (Communion)
Victor Steinbrueck (Local Tide)
Ethan Stowell (Ethan Stowell Restaurants) 
Rachel Yang (Revel, Joule)

Moderated by Jackie Varriano, Seattle Times food writer

$20 burgers. $50 pizzas. Eating out in Seattle has never been so expensive – and there’s lots of reasons why. In this bonus episode of Seattle Eats, we share a conversation about the economics of restaurant prices with four local chefs and restaurateurs. 
 
Panel:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr">Kristi Brown (Communion)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Victor Steinbrueck (Local Tide)</li>
<li dir="ltr">Ethan Stowell (Ethan Stowell Restaurants) </li>
<li dir="ltr">Rachel Yang (Revel, Joule)</li>
</ul>
Moderated by Jackie Varriano, Seattle Times food writer

BONUS: Why are restaurants so expensive?

Food pop-ups, trucks and carts are blossoming all over Seattle – but not all of them are above board. The city is seeing a huge spike in mobile food vendors that aren’t permitted. Today we tell the story of how Tan found out about this trend thanks to the hottest food truck of the summer, and talk to Seattle Times reporter Jackie Varriano about how to tell if a food vendor is following health rules.

Plus, Seattle is having an al pastor taco moment. Tan shares tips for where to get a great bite. 

Read Tan and Jackie’s story in the Seattle Times.

Recommendations in this episode:
Tacos La Cuadra – Rainier Beach, Mount Baker, Northgate
Tacos Extranjeros – inside Fair Isle Brewing, Ballard

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 kuow.org/eats and seattletimes.com.

Food pop-ups, trucks and carts are blossoming all over Seattle – but not all of them are above board. The city is seeing a huge spike in mobile food vendors that aren’t permitted. Today we tell the story of how Tan found out about this trend thanks to the hottest food truck of the summer, and talk to Seattle Times reporter Jackie Varriano about how to tell if a food vendor is following health rules.
Plus, Seattle is having an al pastor taco moment. Tan shares tips for where to get a great bite. 
<a href="https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/unpermitted-food-vendor-violations-have-exploded-in-seattle-in-2024/">Read Tan and Jackie’s story in the Seattle Times.</a>
Recommendations in this episode:
<ul>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/la_cuadra_tacos/?hl=en">Tacos La Cuadra</a> – Rainier Beach, Mount Baker, Northgate</li>
<li dir="ltr"><a href="https://fairislebrewing.com/location/tacos/">Tacos Extranjeros</a> – inside Fair Isle Brewing, Ballard</li>
</ul>
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>.

Illegal food pop-ups are booming in Seattle

Teriyaki as we know it was invented in Seattle in the 1970s. It’s why there’s a teriyaki joint almost every other block across the city. On this episode, we join author and food influencer J. Kenji López-Alt on his mission to eat at every single teriyaki restaurant in Seattle (and some outside) and discover the ultimate form of this native Seattle cuisine. 

Plus, Kenji and Tan discuss one of the best restaurants in Colombia that may soon be making an appearance in the Seattle area. 

Recommendations in this episode:
Rainier Teriyaki, Columbia City
Grillbird, West Seattle
Prudencia, Bogota, Colombia


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 kuow.org/eats and seattletimes.com.

Teriyaki as we know it was invented in Seattle in the 1970s. It’s why there’s a teriyaki joint almost every other block across the city. On this episode, we join author and food influencer J. Kenji López-Alt on his mission to <a href="https://www.kenjilopezalt.com/alltheteriyaki">eat at every single teriyaki restaurant </a>in Seattle (and some outside) and discover the ultimate form of this native Seattle cuisine. 
Plus, Kenji and Tan discuss one of the best restaurants in Colombia that may soon be making an appearance in the Seattle area. 
Recommendations in this episode:
<ul>
<li>Rainier Teriyaki, Columbia City</li>
<li><a href="https://www.grillbird.com/">Grillbird</a>, West Seattle</li>
<li><a href="https://www.prudencia.net/">Prudencia</a>, Bogota, Colombia</li>
</ul>
 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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