Metier Brewing Company s founder Rodney Hines shares the best coffee shops, restaurants, bars, and places to shop in Seattle to help you plan your next trip.
That s huge. That s huge. Honestly, I think we re still processing it,
Damon Bomar told reporters. Bomar and his mother, Chef
Kristi Brown, opened the soul food restaurant in December 2020 after four years of building on the concept. They said they really wanted to make people feel at home while enjoying some Seattle soul. I don t like the word fusion, but I guess I can use it in this sense. We re definitely infusing a lot of cultural aspects into the cuisine, but it s still us, you feel me. This is how I grew up, Bomar said. It s a place where we just wanted to see our dreams realized.
One Central District landmark is starting to turn into a dining destination. Cafe Avole the five-year-old Ethiopian coffee shop and roaster in Brighton plans to expand to the Liberty Bank Building this spring. The new outpost will debut right next to celebrated chef Kristi Brown’s Communion Restaurant and Bar, which opened to much fanfare in fall 2020.
This is a big step for Cafe Avole, and an exciting new addition to the neighborhood. Back in 2016, co-owner Solomon Dubie used funds from a successful Indiegogo campaign to transform the former Rainier Mini Mart in the Brighton neighborhood, after years running a small grocery store espresso cart. The menu focuses on a selection of Ethiopian roasts brewed through traditional methods, as well as snacks such as pastries, ambasha, and ful medames (a fava bean stew).