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Less than one week left to savor the flavors of SRW. 04.16.12
Time really does fly when you’re having fun, doesn’t it!?
Seattle Restaurant Week’s spring celebration is coming to an end this Thursday, April 19. With SRW combining spicy, zesty, incredible flavors, odds are your unforgettable meal has you time warped in a food lover’s heaven. Don’t worry; we’re here to wake you back up! Before making your final reservations, take a quick peek at how to source out the best-suited restaurants to fit your style. You only have four days left so get out and dine for a deal!
Dine Local or Broad
With over 150 restaurants, we guarantee there is a local restaurant just miles from your home. Having hopeful sun in the days to come, think of taking this opportunity to discover a new neighborhood gem. Or, why not spice up your life and make reservations at a new exotic location? To the true Downtowners, try venturing over to the Eastside. If you’re caught in the Ballard bubble, try Capitol Hill or Lake Union. SRW makes it easy, mapping out each restaurant by neighborhood. Click here to check it out!
Don’t Forget Lunch
Life gets busy, but with the option of lunch OR dinner, there is definitely time to set aside the pots and pans and dine out (especially when it’s only $15 for three courses!) Scroll through this list to see who’s offering lunch as well as dinner.
Kid-Friendly
The ultimate perk: no babysitter needed. Nothing beats a delicious kids menu with fun coloring activities, except when it’s combined with a complete family dining experience at a perfectly reasonable price. This is also a great opportunity to let your kids join in the contest and hunt for the hidden QR code at participating restaurants; they’ll love it! View kid-friendly restaurants here.
Specialize in Vegetarian Cooking
You don’t have to consider yourself a vegan or vegetarian, just adventurous and daring to try something new. These restaurants will leave you feeling full and energized, minus the food coma! View vegetarian-friendly restaurants here.
SRW didn’t add restaurants to the spring promotion for no reason. Whether you choose to discover the taste of new cuisine or stick with the oldies-but-goodies, delve in now because it’ll be over before you know it!TAGS: $15 lunch, April 19, Ballard, broad, Capitol Hill, contest, diner deals, downtown, downtowners, kid-friendly, Lake Union, local, neighborhood, new cuisine, one week left, QR code, Restaurants, Seattle Restaurant Week, SRW, Vegetarian,
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Maria Hines slings drinks for The Seattle Times 11.30.11
James Beard Award-winning chef Maria Hines recently decided to put down her knife and pans and pick up a cocktail shaker and housemade bitters, but only one night a week. Maria has been bartending on Tuesday nights from 5-6 p.m. during the Golden Beetle happy hour. Maria will continue gabbing with guests and focusing on creating some unique and crowd-pleasing cocktails through the end of the year.
See today’s The Seattle Times and delve into the Seattle Weekly’s take on her bartending skills.TAGS: Ballard, bartending, Golden Beetle, happy hour, James Beard Award, Maria Hines, Seattle Weekly, The Seattle Times
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Country-inspired Tasting Menu at Golden Beetle 08.29.11
Chefs take inspiration from everywhere and Maria Hines is no exception, drawing first-hand experience from nearly every Eastern Mediterranean country for her latest restaurant, Golden Beetle. These countries take a special place on her menu with a featured course on the new Tasting Menu.
With each course dictated by cuisine from a specific country, guests are able to see, taste and understand the distinguishing features of each country. Seattle Weekly gave it a nod and we think that you will too when you view the menu and optional wine pairings from Washington, Spain, Lebanon and France. Maria, who is known for her vegetarian tasting menu at her other restaurant, Tilth, gives vegetarian guests a similar country-inspired menu at Golden Beetle. Taste and learn how each of these countries set themselves apart through food from a James Beard Award-winning chef!
Five-course Tasting Menu:
1) Greece: Chilled Tomato Soup – creme fraiche, basil, garlic.2) Lebanon: Flat Bread Salad (Fattoush) – heirloom tomato, green pepper, romaine.
3) Morocco: Taylor Shellfish Clams – preserved orange, pickled Serrano, herb salad
4) Egypt: Lamb Fatteh (Garbanzo Bean Stew) – pita chips, yogurt, preserved lemon
5) Turkey: Gazentep Baklava – walnut, crème fraiche, jalab
TAGS: Ballard, Golden Beetle, Maria Hines, Tasting Menu, Tilth
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What you’ve been waiting for . . . Golden Beetle! 02.22.11
The new, highly anticipated restaurant from Maria Hines is finally open! On Friday, February 18, Maria and her amazing staff flung open the doors and welcomed guests to Golden Beetle at 1744 NW Market Street in Ballard.
Frank Huster Photo
The buzz has been working overtime on this one, from Seattle Met, to Seattle mag, Thrillist, Daily Candy, My Ballard and more! Over opening weekend, fans of Maria rushed to get a spot in the 85 seat restaurant – we can’t blame them for wanting to be the first! We had the privilege of tasting a sneak peek last week and let’s just say that the bold flavors of the dishes and uniqueness of the cocktails lived up to the hype!
In true signature style, Maria has also made the effort to make Golden Beetle Organic Certified from Oregon Tilth. No easy fete, this is the third restaurant in the country with such status. Maria’s first restaurant, Tilth, is one of the other reservations with the esteemed certification.
Keep your eyes peeled for more Golden Beetle news and if you haven’t yet been, make that reservation or grab one of the 45 seats in the bar and get to know Golden Beetle intimately. The restaurant is giving Seattle something new and delicious to spice up their palates.
Check out the full menu at golden-beetle.com.
TAGS: Ballard, Golden Beetle, Maria Hines, Organic certification, Tilth
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Maria Hines Opening New Restaurant Golden Beetle Feb. 18 02.10.11
For Immediate Release
MARIA HINES TO OPEN GOLDEN BEETLE FEBRAURY 18
SEATTLE – (Feb. 10, 2011) – Chef Maria Hines has announced that her highly anticipated new restaurant, Golden Beetle, will open in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle on Friday, February 18. Golden Beetle is the second restaurant for Hines, her first being the nationally acclaimed Tilth.
Golden Beetle’s menu will feature elevated street food and draw on the spices and strong, robust and earthy flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean. Hines’ has made many trips to the Eastern Mediterranean including a recent trip to Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt, all of which inspired the menu. Dinner items, featuring mostly small plates, include Flat Bread with Dips of yogurt sauce, muhammara and hummus ($9); Skagit River Ranch Ground Beef Skewers with tamarind glaze, sultana and peanut ($12); Sous Vide Snails in Broth with wild mint, lavender and pomegranate peel ($12); Turkey Doner Kebab with heart of romaine, yogurt mousse and pickled onion ($12), similar to a shawarma; and larger plates such as the Aspen Hollow Lamb Tagine with green olive, cauliflower and cous cous ($27). Golden Beetle will also feature a tasting menu and vegan menu.
The craft cocktails are original creations and complement the menu’s flavors. Bitters and sodas are all made in house. Cocktails are $10 and include Granada Gimlet with Gordon’s Gin, Lillet Blanc, Pomegranate Molasses and Absinthe; Charmoula Cocktail with Cava, Lemon and Charmoula Syrup; Lion’s Milk Swizzle featuring Efe Raki, Lemon, Orange Flower Honey and Orange Flower Water; One Good Conundrum with Old Overholt Rye, Cynar, House Orange Bitters and Scrappy’s Celery Bitters; and Toronto to Cairo made with George Dickel Whiskey, Fernet Branca, House Spice Bitters and Tamarind-Lemon Foam. The wine list will feature glass, quartino (8 oz.) and bottles from Washington, Oregon, Spain, Italy, France and Lebanon. Draught and bottled beer will include local microbrews and imports.
Happy hour and a late night menu will be offered at Golden Beetle. The happy hour menu will feature $3 menu items from 5 to 6 p.m. and again from 10 p.m. to midnight on Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday. The ample late night menu will feature 15-20 small plates and dessert from $2-$12 until midnight on Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday and until 1 a.m. on Friday and Saturday.
Lunch will begin in the spring and be reminiscent of the street food vendors from the countries that inspire the menu. It will encompass a much more casual concept than dinner with a walk-up counter for ordering and limited service at tables or takeout. Beer and wine will be available.
The restaurant has already received its organic certification from Oregon Tilth and is the third restaurant in the country with the certification, Tilth being the second. The certification requires that 95 percent of what is purchased for the restaurant must be organic.
Golden Beetle offers seating for 85 guests with 40 seats in the dining room and 45 seats in the bar.
Hines will split her time between Golden Beetle and Tilth. She recently promoted Tilth’s sous chef, Jason Brzozowy, to chef de cuisine. Golden Beetle’s chef de cuisine is Forrest Brunton, who previously worked at Tilth.
Hines is a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef of the Northwest of 2009, as well as one of Food & Wine Magazine’s 10 Best New Chefs of 2005. In 2008, the New York Times deemed Tilth one of the best new restaurants in the country.
The name, Golden Beetle, is rooted in a celebrated 27 ingredient spice mixture from Morocco, ras al-hanout, which includes dried golden beetle, a Spanish fly that is considered an aphrodisiac. Beginning February 18 Golden Beetle will offer dinner six days a week: Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday from 5 p.m. – 10 p.m. with a late night menu available until midnight and the bar open until 1 a.m. and Friday and Saturday from 5 p.m. – 11 p.m. with a late night menu offered until 1 a.m. and the bar open until 2 a.m. Happy hour will be Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday, 5 – 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. – midnight. Lunch and Monday service will begin in the spring. The seasonally changing menus will focus on the flavors and spices of the Eastern Mediterranean. Golden Beetle will offer knowledgeable and friendly service in an elevated bar and restaurant setting with a hip, vivacious atmosphere that allows guests to sit back and relax, and enjoy exquisite food that has been prepared with a sustainable conscience. Golden Beetle will be located at 1744 Northwest Market Street, Seattle, WA, 98107. For more information visit www.golden-beetle.com or call (206) 706.2977.
# # # TAGS: Ballard, Golden Beetle, Maria Hines, new restaurant, Opening date, Tilth
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Maria Hines to open Golden Beetle in late Feb. 01.03.11
You may have already seen today’s news on Eater National, Seattle Met, Seattle Weekly, My Wallingford, My Ballard or a host of other websites, Twitter and Facebook pages, but yes, it’s true, Maria Hines of Tilth has officially announced her second restaurant! Ballard will be the lucky recipient of Golden Beetle, come late February. Check out the full details in the press release below and stay tuned for other exciting news about Golden Beetle, its menu, craft cocktails and journey to becoming certified organic.
For Immediate Release
MARIA HINES ANNOUNCES LATE FEBRUARY OPENING OF GOLDEN BEETLE Award-winning Tilth chef-owner adds second restaurant
SEATTLE – (Jan. 3, 2011) – Maria Hines, chef and owner of Tilth restaurant, will be opening a second restaurant slated for late February. The restaurant, Golden Beetle, will draw on the spices and strong, robust and earthy flavors of the Eastern Mediterranean. Much like Tilth, Golden Beetle will source locally organic and seasonal products. Guests can expect a lively, bustling bar and restaurant atmosphere. Golden Beetle will be located at 1744 Northwest Market Street in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle.
Hines recently announced her intention to open Golden Beetle and has now finalized her location lease. Hines is known for her commitment to locally organic and sustainable practices at Tilth, which will also be maintained at Golden Beetle. Tilth is one of only two Oregon Tilth certified restaurants in the country and Hines will seek this certification for Golden Beetle as well, meaning that 95 percent of what is purchased will be organic.
Cultural influences of the Golden Beetle menu are rooted in Turkey, Greece, Lebanon, Israel, Egypt, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. The food will be rustic with spices such as sumac, fenugreek and ras al-hanout seasoning dishes as well as offering some heat spiced dishes. The selection of ingredients will also be reflective of the Eastern Mediterranean with an emphasis on small game birds, lamb and rabbit. Beef will be featured as skewers and meatballs in place of a large steak offering. Fish and vegetarian items will also be represented at Golden Beetle.
The menu will focus largely on small plates with a more freestyle presentation that will be representative of what the menu reads. Larger entrée plates will make up approximately one-third of the menu and bare more resemblance to a composed and focused presentation. Overall, the menu will encompass elevated “street food” from the cultures in which it draws, slightly resembling a gastropub menu versus the elegant dishes found at Tilth.
Craft cocktails will receive a strong emphasis and beer and wine offerings will feature Northwest selections that complement the menu’s flavor profiles.
Hines’ interest in Eastern Mediterranean cuisine is rooted in her travels to the area, often due to her interest in rock climbing. “The food from these cultures really resonated with me. It is a bold and exciting departure from Tilth’s New American menu and demands a different type of creativity. It opens me up to exploring different flavor profiles and cooking techniques, which is incredibly exciting to me as a chef,” said Hines.
Given her interest in the cuisine, the concept for a bar and restaurant seemed like a natural fit in Seattle. Eastern Mediterranean influences are not often seen in Seattle, especially with an emphasis on locally organic.
Maria will split her time between Golden Beetle and Tilth. She recently promoted the Tilth sous chef, Jason Brzozowy, to chef de cuisine.
Maria Hines is a James Beard Award winner for Best Chef of the Northwest of 2009, as well as one of Food & Wine Magazine’s 10 Best New Chefs of 2005. In 2008, the New York Times deemed Tilth one of the best new restaurants in the country.
The name, Golden Beetle, is rooted in a celebrated 27 ingredient spice mixture from Morocco, ras al-hanout, which includes dried golden beetle, a Spanish fly that is considered an aphrodisiac. Golden Beetle will be open seven days a week beginning in late February. The seasonally changing menu and craft cocktails will focus on the flavors and spices of the Eastern Mediterranean. Golden Beetle will offer knowledgeable and friendly service in an elevated bar and restaurant setting with a hip, vivacious atmosphere that allows guests to sit back and relax, and enjoy exquisite food that has been prepared with a sustainable conscience. Golden Beetle will be located at 1744 Northwest Market Street, Seattle, WA.
# # # TAGS: Ballard, certified organic, Eastern Mediterranean, Golden Beetle, James Beard, Maria Hines, Tilth
