So far this morning I've recieved five emails from loyal fans of Serafina, telling me, in no uncertain terms, that I screwed up, missed the boat, or was crazy not to include them in our Restaurants that Stand the Test of Time section of this year's Seattle Mag Best Restaurants issue (on newsstands this week).
Every year our Best Restaurants issue is our most popular, and it's also our most controversial. But I love reading other diners' thoughts on which restaurants "make" Seattle. So please, chime in and nominate/complain all you want right here. I really do want to know what you think.
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Showing posts with label Bakery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bakery. Show all posts
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Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Cupcakes in Seattle make me angry
Can someone make the cutesy retro cupcake places stop opening please! Jesus.
It pains me. Maybe it's because I lived about four blocks away from Magnolia in NYC, and watched the lame-o tourists stand in line for a half hour at 10pm for a really-kind-of-dry-and-only-decent-at-best cupcake. Maybe it's because I suffered through the same "old fashion-ish cupcake bakery" explosion four or five years ago in NYC. Or maybe I'm just a bitter old lady. Whatever, this "trend" in Seattle is just killing me.
It reminds me of when I heard Jeffrey Chodorow (read his blog...please. it's so worth it) was opening a "Pacific Northwest Seafood Restaurant" called Wild Salmon in the doomed used-to-be 'Tuscan', used-to-be 'English is Italian' space on a strip in no-man's 3rd Ave. He even went so far as to hire Charlie Ramseyer, who cooked so-so seafood at Ray's Boathouse for a million years. Of course, Chodorow was just going for what (to New Yorkers) would look like the authentic deal: Hire a chef from the PNW, he'll knows his salmon, right? Sure. Then send out press releases on what a salmon expert he is. "Did you know they cook on alder planks out there! So Native!" Yep, folks, even New Yorkers fall for this marketing-driven crap from time-to-time.
Anyways, back to the cupcakes. Long before the first Cupcake Royale opened in Madrona, NY was neck-deep in the "old fashioned bakery" trend. And I guess the reason all of these places opening here in Seattle bothers me--besides the deja vu--is that I just didn't think we Seattlites would be such suckers for what, to me, is such an already-been-there/done-that trend.
Anyways, if you go to the new one in West Seattle, let me know if they have banana pudding. That's another Magnolia fave that I'm sure someone's lining up to "borrow" as the next "it" treat.
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It pains me. Maybe it's because I lived about four blocks away from Magnolia in NYC, and watched the lame-o tourists stand in line for a half hour at 10pm for a really-kind-of-dry-and-only-decent-at-best cupcake. Maybe it's because I suffered through the same "old fashion-ish cupcake bakery" explosion four or five years ago in NYC. Or maybe I'm just a bitter old lady. Whatever, this "trend" in Seattle is just killing me.
It reminds me of when I heard Jeffrey Chodorow (read his blog...please. it's so worth it) was opening a "Pacific Northwest Seafood Restaurant" called Wild Salmon in the doomed used-to-be 'Tuscan', used-to-be 'English is Italian' space on a strip in no-man's 3rd Ave. He even went so far as to hire Charlie Ramseyer, who cooked so-so seafood at Ray's Boathouse for a million years. Of course, Chodorow was just going for what (to New Yorkers) would look like the authentic deal: Hire a chef from the PNW, he'll knows his salmon, right? Sure. Then send out press releases on what a salmon expert he is. "Did you know they cook on alder planks out there! So Native!" Yep, folks, even New Yorkers fall for this marketing-driven crap from time-to-time.
Anyways, back to the cupcakes. Long before the first Cupcake Royale opened in Madrona, NY was neck-deep in the "old fashioned bakery" trend. And I guess the reason all of these places opening here in Seattle bothers me--besides the deja vu--is that I just didn't think we Seattlites would be such suckers for what, to me, is such an already-been-there/done-that trend.
Anyways, if you go to the new one in West Seattle, let me know if they have banana pudding. That's another Magnolia fave that I'm sure someone's lining up to "borrow" as the next "it" treat.
Blogroll Me!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Walking to Columbia City Bakery
We are so lucky to be within walking distance of Columbia City Bakery (link ala Orangette) (what? no website?). Every weekend we pack Ruby into her jogging stroller or the backpack and head out for coffee and treats. Ed's been loving the pistachio roll--hard to blame him since it is the exact flavor of pistachio, plus yummy butter pastry. We picked up the walnut loaf and I nibbled on that with some butter and jam (they had strawberry freezer jam which made me totally regret not making some when the strawberries were in season.) We're looking forward to the days when we're not on the clock for Ruby's morning nap; we have about a 2 to 2 1/2 hour window from wake-up to nap, and it flies by. It's such a great way to start a weekend day though.
Friday, July 20, 2007
So what exactly is this "blog" you speak of?
I actually can't believe I didn't do this about 4 or 5 years ago. But then I am the girl who finally buys an I-Pod 6 years after they're cool. Actually, I don't even have one yet. So what the hell. Today we enter the world of blogs.
Ruby and I went to Sweet & Savory this morning because I couldn't figure out what I was going to do for the 2 hours between her waking up and taking her nap. Apparently you can only play in your exersaucer for so long when you're 6 1/2 months old. I had the nectarine coffee cake and it was excellent. I've had a few things there before--a muffin that needed a touch of salt--and this was the best. There were three 19- or 20-year olds at the counter talking to the owner about how one of them had puked on an airplane on his way to Cabo. Let me just say this is about the weirdest convo to overhear in such a charming place.
Other than that, I'm playing phone tag with the guy from 80108. Off to pick up the little muffin....she's making "I'm awake" noises.
Ruby and I went to Sweet & Savory this morning because I couldn't figure out what I was going to do for the 2 hours between her waking up and taking her nap. Apparently you can only play in your exersaucer for so long when you're 6 1/2 months old. I had the nectarine coffee cake and it was excellent. I've had a few things there before--a muffin that needed a touch of salt--and this was the best. There were three 19- or 20-year olds at the counter talking to the owner about how one of them had puked on an airplane on his way to Cabo. Let me just say this is about the weirdest convo to overhear in such a charming place.
Other than that, I'm playing phone tag with the guy from 80108. Off to pick up the little muffin....she's making "I'm awake" noises.
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