Seattle Bon Vivant

Rainier Square Tuesdays Market

Did you know that in addition to the marvelous farmers markets happening every day of the week all over Puget Sound now downtown residents and workers can conveniently shop once a week at a little Tuesday Market right in the middle of downtown Seattle?

Every Tuesday afternoon from 4pm-7pm (through Aug 28) at the base of Rainier Square, we'll be able to shop for local produce, cheese, flowers, photography and crafts. Pretty nifty, huh?

So how about it? If you feel you are just too busy to make it out to Pike Place Market on a Tuesday evening or have yet to plan tonight's dinner give it a go. I plan to head out there this afternoon and do a little shopping after work.

With the gorgeous weather we've been having, perhaps a loaf of fresh bread, some fabulous cheese, fruit and a favorite beverage will be just the right thing to enjoy tonight's excellent forecast.

Rainier Square Tuesdays Market
Fifth & University
Downtown Seattle

Lunch @ Sitka & Spruce: No better day than today

If you have yet to make your mind up as to where to go for lunch today, have been planning to go to Sitka & Spruce for lunch or are a regular lunch crowd member at this Eastlake marvel here's a bit of information that is sure to help: today's lunch service at Sitka & spruce will be the last time we Sitka fans have a chance to eat our hearts out in the middle of the day.

Starting next week, Sitka & Spruce will be concentrating their efforts on dinner and weekend brunch. This is by no means a bottom line decision. Lunch is extremely popular, the restaurant is definitely in the black and the lunch service--which at most restaurants is a money losing proposition--here it is quite profitable.

Ever since opening the restaurant, Chef Mathew Dillon (who was just named one of the ten Best New Chefs by Food and Wine Magazine and featured in their annual July Chef Issue) and his fabulous staff have been burning the midnight oil, working all sorts of extravagant hours feeding the city with their amazing, locally sourced, carefully selected, deliciously prepared food.

Frankly they need a bit of a break.

So, how about dropping by today? I was there yesterday and the memory of the delicious grilled sardines and  onions, pine nuts and sultanas still lingers in my mind. And even though today will be a very hectic one for me, I will definitely stop by to enjoy one more delectable meal at one of my favorite places to eat anywhere.

I will certainly miss having all those delicious lunches at Sitka & Spruce. I'll just have to make it in more often for dinner and brunch. :)

Sitka & Spruce
2238 Eastlake Ave. E.
Seattle, WA 98112
206.324.0662

Sitka & Spruce on my Flickr