Ballard takes a prominent spot on the front page of Sunday’s New York Times Travel Section.

Copyright photo courtesy Stuart Isett.

With an article about the Pacific Northwest food scene and Seattle’s almost obsession with eating locally-grown, caught and raised foods, Ballard’s new Walrus and the Carpenter (4743 Ballard Ave NW) is the first of several restaurants mentioned. As Frank Bruni writes, “To eat in and around Seattle, which I did recently and recommend heartily, isn’t merely to eat well. It is to experience something that even many larger, more gastronomically celebrated cities and regions can’t offer, not to this degree: a profound and exhilarating sense of place.”

Continue reading “Seattle, a Tasting Menu.” (Thanks Bob for the tip!)