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Slide Show: 12 Hours of Eating in Seattle

February 4, 2014

Left: Analog Coffee's eye-popping stack of comic books. Right: The impressive collection of vinyls makes for a good coffee-drinking soundtrack.

A mural outside of Seattle chef Renee Erickson's The Whale Wins.

Matiz Sardines on Toast ($10): an open face sandwich slathered with curried tomato mayonnaise, and topped with bright shaved fennel

Left: Prep cooks pick dill for roasted clams. Right: The aforementioned Hama Hama Roasted Clams ($14): juicy, petit Washington bivalves, cooked in a dill cream/brown butter sauce, and flecked with salty bits of Serrano ham.

A lofty plate of pistachio meringue, destined to be crumbled into The Whale Win's Spring Rhubrab Eton Mess

The bar at Percy & Co. on Ballard Avenue.

Right: Simone's Love (dill-infused vodka, soda, house sour mix, and fresh dill)

The dining room at Mamnoon, a Syrian/ Middle Eastern restaurant in the Melrose foodie triangle on Capitol Hill.

Burghul wheat salad ($12) with bitter chicories, sweet bites of dried apricot, and tangy candied oranges

Logs of juicy, deeply-spiced minced lamb, cool yogurt, and crumbled pistachios.

Right: Samkeh harra ($38): a thick, meltingly tender filet of Chilean sea bass on a bed of cabbage, pepper paste, and pine nuts, meant to be mixed together.

We know—Portland’s got better coffee, an unrivaled food cart culture, and no sales tax. So why travel all the way to Seattle for food and drink? We brought an open mind and a serious appetite to the Emerald City, and discovered chefs, baristas, and mixologists building an epicurean destination of their own—one worthy of Portland’s brave gastronaut daytrippers. Gas up the car, throw on your Seahawks colors, and get ready to eat!

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