Seattle Has 50 Names for Salmon: Here Are 38 of Them

1. Copper River 2. King 3. Coho 4. Chinook 5. The Ol’ Silverskinned Boat Boarder 6. Shiny Lips 7. Milt Machine 8. Chum Salmon 9. Mookie Blaylock 10. He Who Shall Not Be Microwaved 11. Puff Daddy Featuring The Lox 12. Pinkish Salmon 13. I want...

Waiter Resists Strangling Gluten-free, Dairy-free Pescetarian

Coworkers of Tilikum Place Cafe waiter Stephen Marlow celebrated a late dinner-rush win tonight when he managed to resist strangling yet another diner who eats a gluten-free, dairy-free pescetarian diet. “I don’t know how he...

Brewers Association Admits Sour Beer Trend Just April Fool’s Prank That Got Out-of-Hand

In a late Friday press conference, executive director of the Independent Brewers Association admitted that the increasingly popular sour beer category was supposed to be nothing more than an April Fool’s joke, so everyone...

Mountaineers: 5 Ways to Not Burn Down a Whole Motherfucking Forest This Year

1. Don’t light campfires during a burn ban or in areas that restricts them — unless your #PNWonderland Insta posts would be incomplete without one. Just make sure to pick up an Instagram Campfire...

UW’s New Wallingford Study Abroad Program Receiving Record Applicants

Starting this summer, Wallingford, Seattle — known for its pricey single-family homes and Oprah’s favorite fried chicken establishment — will be part of UW’s study abroad catalogue for the first time. Aside from world...

Alaska Airlines Logo Only Person Smiling at Sea-Tac

After a thorough search at Sea-Tac International Airport this afternoon, federal aviation officials are confirming that the only face with a genuine smile on it was the one painted on the back of an...

Every Belltown Restaurant Now a Tom Douglas Restaurant

With his acquisition of the Subway at Third and Lenora, Tom Douglas has now expanded his restaurant empire to include every restaurant in Belltown. “Subway presented by Tom Douglas will maintain that signature Subway smell...

Small Plate Restaurant Goes MicroPlate

Fremont’s award-winning Ampersand & Also revised its small plate menu this week to become the first restaurant offering the latest fine-dining trend for the truly gastronomically inclined: MicroPlates. The new $250 42-course meal menu features...

Duff McKagan’s ‘Sea-Tac Voiceovers’ Voted Best Recordings Since ‘Appetite for Destruction’

In a recent vote ranking the best recordings by former Guns N’ Roses bassist and Seattle resident Duff McKagan, the Seattle Harmonious Institution of Telecommunications (SHIT, formerly KOMO) has determined Appetite for Destruction as...

Pillage & Rape: Ballard’s New Viking-themed Hotspot Is a Scream

There’s a reason theme-bar lovers are flocking to Seattle’s number one haunt for wannabe Vikings, and that is Pillage & Rape’s painstaking attention to historically accurate detail. “We wanted rustic wooden walls of skinned animals,...