Naomi Tomky

Read the latest articles by Naomi Tomky at Thrillist

Seattle

Courtesy of The Market 

Find the best spots daily to eat and drink in hipster neighborhoods. Hit the roof, drink a beer and eat delicious at top-tier restaurants. Plan your nightlife adventure with maps and reviews of unknown micro-brews, rooftop parties, and independent drink.

Best Restaurants & Bars - Places to Eat & Drink - Thrillist

It takes guts to open a restaurant a year and a half into a pandemic when finding staff is nearly impossible, but Seattle has always been a city of brave folks with cool ideas, and it shows in the variety of exciting new spots opening all over the city.

13 Fall Restaurant Openings in Seattle to Get Excited About

Beverage Director

Beverage Director: Find the Best Bars to Drink at in Your City

Drink

Seattle’s bars have led the push for safety requirements in the current phase of the pandemic, producing amazing outdoor spaces on short notice, banding together to require proof of vaccination or negative Covid tests when the authorities wouldn’t do it, and making sure that both their staff and their customers feel welcomed back as people adjust to the new world.

Where to Drink in Seattle Right Now

Eat Seeker

Eat Seeker helps you find the best restaurants in your city. Check out our articles to help you find the best places to eat near you, now.

Eat Seeker: The Best Restaurants in Your City Right Now

A new generation of restaurateurs leads Seattle into the post-vaccination era, some carrying on the literal work for their parents and grandparents, other simply showing how to bring together two culinary inheritances into a single cuisine.

Where to Eat in Seattle Right Now

The unbridled joy of chomping into the perfect combination of beef patty, bun, and fixings keeps Seattle diners on the constant lookout for a better burger.

The 14 Best Burger Joints in Seattle

Courtesy of SuperDeluxe

Much of serving food fast comes from consistency and bulk sourcing, things that go against the very ethos of Pacific Northwest cuisine.

15 Pacific Northwest Fast Food Chains the Entire Country Needs 

Lunar New Year

Thrillist is ringing&nbsp;in the Year of the Ox with a collection of guides, profiles, and features all related&nbsp;to how Lunar New Year is celebrated in communities around the country.

Celebrating Lunar New Year: Guides, Profiles, Features & More

Courtesy of Dough Zone

Seattle’s International District encompasses businesses from around Asia—hence the modification of the traditional Chinatown moniker.

Try These Chinese Restaurants in Seattle’s International District ASAP

Nation

Photo: Shutterstock; Illustration: Marissa Dickson/Thrillist

Campbells_512361_Jan21

In cooking – something that everyone does a lot more of now that they stay home so much – time becomes a seasoning.

6 Low-Effort Food Projects That Are Worth Your Time

Black History Month

Thrillist is celebrating Black History Month in February with a collection of profiles and features on Black-owned businesses, as well as guides to neighborhoods around the country curated by locals.

Thrillist Celebrates Black History Month With a Spotlight on Black-Owned Businesses

Photo by Jeriel Calamayan

Growing up in Seattle, Efrem Fesaha straddled two coffee worlds: at home, his family roasted green beans and prepared the traditional East African coffee ceremony, while Starbucks and similar shops dotting Seattle street corners rapidly turned out espresso drinks for the masses.

Boon Boona Celebrates East African Coffee Traditions in Seattle

Courtesy of Midnite Ramen


The best antidote to the gloomy gray of a Pacific Northwest winter takes a silky soft noodle form, adrift in a sea of sticky-rich soup.

Where to Slurp Seattle's Best Ramen

Image by Danielle Hartley for Thrillist

Somewhere around the middle of September, everyone hit the point of no return: Suddenly, the “sad desk lunch” transitioned from mockable to seeming like fine dining when compared to the slapdash lunches of working from home.

Use This Holiday Break To Master the Art of Lunch

Courtesy of Beecher's Handmade Cheese

Seattle’s stunning seafood stars in headlines, but the local signature specialties include so much more—everything from vegan ice cream to deep-fried hamburgers.

The 27 Most Essential Seattle Food Experiences

Maitane Romagosa/Thrillist

Travel

Explore adventure guides and design a custom itinerary for the destination of your choice in and around the city.

Best Travel Guides, Cool Hotels and Interesting Events - Thrillist

Years ago, when the travel writer Pam Mandel passed through Soap Lake, Washington, she said “it felt like one of those fake nuclear test site towns.”