Two big-name Washington breweries are expanding with new locations in Seattle, complete with food offerings from local chefs. Tan explains how the news points to two trends shaping the city’s brewery scene. Plus, Seattle Times editor Trevor Lenzmeier tells the story of an acclaimed sushi restaurant that shut down this month, and not for reasons you would expect. Tell us about your favorite neighborhood hang out spot! Email us at
[email protected] Read Tan’s coverage of brewery expansions and follow the saga of Sushi by Scratch in The Seattle Times. Family-friendly beer tasting rooms with great food: Aslan Brewing with seafood by Ethan Stowell (Tangletown, not yet open) Ruben’s Brews with fish and chips (Downtown, not yet open) Project 9 Brewing with food from Mexican Seoul (Roosevelt) Figurehead Brewing with food from Midnite Ramen and Nanking Ramen (Fremont) Fair Isle Brewing with Tacos Extranjeros (Ballard) Holy Mountain Brewing with a pasta pop-up (Phinney Ridge) Seattle Eats is a production of The Seattle Times and KUOW, part of the NPR Network. You can support Seattle Eats by investing in the local newsrooms and the specialized beats that make this sort of storytelling possible. Please consider joining and subscribing at kuow.org/eats and seattletimes.com.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.