New Food Trucks for Seattle

There are eight more unique food trucks that are coming to Seattle.  SeattleMet has your complete list so you can start planning out next week’s lunches.  Get there early!  You do not want to miss your favorite food truck meal. 

Everyone loves a food truck lunch. Seattle is one of the best places to live for foodies and food trucks.  Tacos, Ice Cream, Bread, or Carnitas there are so many options for you to choose from. Every food truck has a calendar that will let you plan out your weekday lunch, or you can choose your weekend dinner away from Equinox Apartments.  These food trucks travel all around Seattle so there will always be something close by.

Mobile Smoke

Do you love Lake Forest Park Smokehouse?  This food truck takes your favorite meals from the Smokehouse and puts it on wheels! Pulled pork, chicken, and so much more are waiting for you during your lunch or dinner break. This food truck even has all of your favorite side dishes including mac & cheese and coleslaw.  You can find this smokehouse on wheels by checking out their schedule on the website. 

Raclette

If smoked meat is not your thing, Raclette may be just what you are looking for.  Take delicious raclette cheese and melt it over your favorite foods including potatoes and vegetables.  Raclette has many options for lunch including catering.  Can you not leave the office?  Grab some coworkers and get a fresh catered meal sent right to your door. You can find their schedule by clicking the name above!

Spice on A Curve

Do you want something different for lunch?  Make sure to find out where the Spice on a Curve truck is.  This traditional Indian food will be perfect for what you are craving. They have amazing currie and vegetarian dishes as well. Make sure to get their green yogurt sauce on your salad, it is a topping you will not regret 

There are eight more unique food trucks that are coming to Seattle.  SeattleMet has your complete list so you can start planning out next week’s lunches.  Get there early!  You do not want to miss your favorite food truck meal.

Seattle Restaurant Week

We love to try new food, but exploring all the top restaurants in Seattle can be hard without a plan.  That is why we are so excited about Seattle Restaurant Week.   According to Eater Seattle, there are over 165 restaurants participating this year.  You may never be able to get through every restaurant, but you can certainly explore many new places April 12-16 and 19-23rd.  We have picked the closest restaurants to Equinox Apartments that are participating to feature in this blog. 

Lunch:  Agave Cocina & Tequilas is an excellent fresh ingredient Mexican restaurant in Seattle.  They are located on Republican Street in Seattle.  During Restaurant Week, they are offering two courses for fifteen dollars.  Make sure to make reservations for your preferred lunch day soon.  

Dinner: For Dinner, we decided to look at 13 Coins, this restaurant is less than two miles away from Equinox Apartments.   This American cuisine was voted one of the top best late night restaurants in Seattle.  They also offer live music during the week.  Their special for dinner during the restaurant week promotion is three courses for $30.00.

Vegetarian: This next restaurant is only six minutes away from home.  This Italian cuisine has great vegetarian options.  Assaggio Ristorante serves Italian cuisine and opened in 1993 by a self taught shelf.  It has since because one of the most well known restaurants in Seattle.  Their promotions during restaurant week include two courses for $15.00 lunch and three courses for $30.00 dinner. 

Gluten-Free: Finally, this next restaurant you can walk to at any point in the week.  It also has some amazing gluten-free options.  I Love Sushi features online orders, delivery, catering, and reservations.  They are offered a two courses for $15.00 lunch with five options for an appetizer and five options for an entree. Finally, they are offering three courses for $30.00 dinner, which also features five options per course. 

All of these restaurants are great choices to explore Seattle Restaurant Week.  Grab some friends from Equinox Apartments and make reservations to try your favorite option from the list above. 

What To Do In Seattle This Weekend?

Do you have a long weekend because of Easter?  There are plenty of things to do around the city besides eat chocolate and binge watch Netflix.   Easter egg hunts, art walks, and theater tours are just some of the great events for you to enjoy on your long weekend.  Do you have other great events for this Easter Weekend?  Comment on our pages and share you event with us!  You can learn more at the SeattlePipeline. 

2015 Seattle Easter Weekend Events:
All Weekend: 2015 Seattle & King County Easter Egg Hunts and Activities
April 3: Free First Friday @ Bellevue Art Museum | Free Admission 11AM-8PM
April 3: Fremont Art Walk | First Fridays, Pizza, Beer, Wine
April 4: Easter Egg Hunt @ Angle Lake Park | Free, 9 a.m. (more info)
April 4: BunnyCon (BunnyArchy): The Bunny Bar Hop | Pictures, Route, Info, 1,000+ People
April 4: Free Historic Paramount Theater Tour: 450,000+ Patrons Per Year | First Saturday Of Every Month
April 4: Washington State Parks Discover Pass Free Days | Saturday Spring Day
April 5: Easter Brunch, Lunch & Dinner Cruises w/ Waterways Cruises | Champagne, Amazing Shoreline Views and Delicious Spring Favorites

April 3rd: Fremont Art Walk

Fremont First Friday Art Walk brings together a number of our neighborhood’s arts-supporting shops, galleries, and restaurants each month for 3 hours of celebrating creativity in it’s many forms. Expect to see everything from oil paintings to encaustics, photography to illustration, sculpture to mixed media, and live music to performance poetry. Along the way you can stroll by Fremont’s many outdoor art installations (most notably the Lenin statue, the Troll under the Aurora bridge, and the Rocket) and try locally made wine, beer, coffee, chocolate, and other delectable fare from local establishments, plus a steady rotation of mobile food trucks scheduled for the 6-9pm event. The FIRST FRIDAY of every month is a great opportunity to get a taste for the creative culture that Fremont is known for. We’ve got your fives senses covered here at the Center of the Universe. http://www.fremontfirstfriday.com/

April 4th: Washington State Park Discover Free Pass Day

This is one of the many days that you do not need a Discover Pass to visit a state park.  This only applies to day trips to the State Park.   Discover Passes are still required on these days to access certain areas. You can learn more here.  

April 4th:  Historic Paramount Theater Tour

Seattle Theatre Group offers free tours of the historic Paramount Theatre.

Paramount Theatre tours are on the first Saturday of every month. Please meet in front of the main entrance of the theatre – on the corner of 9th and Pine – by 10 am. The tours will last approximately 90 minutes and will be lead by members of our well-versed volunteer staff.

“Over 450,000 patrons pass through the doors of The Paramount each year. These free tours give the public a chance to learn more about this historic Theatre while giving them a glimpse behind the scenes,” said Josh LaBelle, Executive Director of Seattle Theatre Group – the non-profit performing arts organization that owns and operates the historic Paramount and Moore Theatres. 

http://www.stgpresents.org/paramount/tours

Food Delivery in Seattle

How often do you have food delivered to your home?  The next time you call chinese takeout a Sidecar driver could be showing up at your door.  Sidecar was originally just used to shuttle people, but now they may be adding pizza to their list of delivery services.  You can learn more here. 

The next time you have food delivered in Seattle, it could very well be a Sidecar driver showing up at your front door.

The San Francisco-based startup announced today that it has partnered with food delivery company Eat24 in Seattle and will start using its drivers — who in the past strictly shuttled people, not food, around town — to deliver food.

In February, Sidecar rolled out its same-day delivery program that is built on the mobile-based technology and independent drivers which already power its on-demand transportation app. After starting in the Bay Area, it has since expanded the program to Boston and Los Angeles, and today it goes live in the Emerald City.

Sidecar is working with e-commerce, food, flower, and grocery companies to deliver items that are often in the trunk of a car that’s also driving people around town. Sidecar said it can offer a cheaper price point and faster deliveries than traditional companies in the delivery industry.

“By integrating delivery with ride-sharing and our large network of drivers, we’ve created the fastest, most affordable and scalable delivery service for e-commerce companies,” the company wrote last week. “This innovative approach to same-day delivery is a win for shippers, drivers and riders.”

Sidecar’s delivery service is quickly becoming a large part of its total revenue, as the startup reported earlier this month that 25 percent of its total rides provided in the Bay Area are now deliveries, up 15 percent from last month. The company said that deliveries will account for half of its business by the end of 2015.

“Our vision is that one day any business will be able to take an order and get it to the customer in an hour, and Sidecar will be the service that powers this capability,” the company said.

If that vision sounds familiar, it should — there’s a bevy of companies in the same-day delivery space. Among them include Amazon, which in December introduced a one-hour delivery service for its Prime members and expanded its same-day delivery service in seven cities last year. The Seattle online giant has also partnered with the taxi-hailing app Flywheel to test package delivery in some markets and isquickly developing its drone delivery program.

Uber, meanwhile, has tested a drug store delivery service, and there’s a host of other companies like Google, eBay, Walmart, Instacart, Postmates, WunWun, and Deliv offering ways for customers to have items delivered within 24 hours.

While Sidecar is far behind fellow ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft in terms of capital raised and total users — the company is operates in 10 U.S. markets and has raised $35 million to date — it has been aggressive to push out innovative new services. For example, it rolled out a carpooling option called Shared Rides before Uber tested out UberPool and Lyft introduced Lyft Line.

Initially, Sidecar is only partnering in Seattle with Eat24, which was acquired by Yelp last month for $134 million.

Ten Best NCAA Moments in Seattle

What is your bracket looking like? Do you think you have a chance at the prize this year? The NCAA has a rich history in Seattle. These NCAA Seattle moments changed the course of many brackets throughout the years. Learn about the top ten moments below and at the Seattle Times.



#10: 1987 region final
In the West Region final at the Kingdome, top-seeded UNLV rallied from an 18-point deficit to beat Iowa, 84-81, and advance to its first Final Four in 10 years. "It was a miracle the way we came back," UNLV coach Jerry Tarkanian said. "I thought we were living on borrowed time. You just don't come back against a team like that."


#9: 1999 first round
An unheralded team from Ogden, Utah, pulled off a major upset at KeyArena, as Harold "The Show" Arceneaux led No. 14 seed Weber State to a 76-74 victory over No. 3 North Carolina in the West Region. It was the first time in 23 years that the Tar Heels had lost in the first round. "Ever since I got here, people have been asking me: 'Where is Weber State?'" Wildcat guard Eddie Gill said. "If you watch basketball, you're not going to ask where is Weber State anymore." Arceneaux scored 36 points on 14-of-26 shooting. "We probably messed up a lot of people's office pools, but so what?" Arceneaux said.

#8: 1956 first round
Seattle University, making its fourth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance, defeats Idaho State, 68-66, at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in the first round. (Tickets for the game were $1.) It was the final victory at Seattle U for coach Al Brightman, who in eight seasons compiled a 180-68 record for Seattle. He remains the winningest coach in program history. (Two years later, Elgin Baylor would lead Seattle U to the NCAA championship game against Kentucky.)


#7: 1989 NCAA title game
In an overtime thriller at the Kingdome, Michigan beat Seton Hall 80-79 to win the national title. Michigan sharpshooter Glen Rice had 31 points in the final and broke a handful of scoring records en route to being named the tournament's most outstanding player. "Almost indescribable," Michigan interim coach Steve Fisher said about Rice. "He has been as good as there is." Rumeal Robinson sank the winning free throws with three seconds left. Seton Hall, after two timeouts, got one last look after a full-court pass, but Daryll Walker's three-point attempt bounced off the backboard, then off the rim and into Rice's hands as time expired.
#6: 1949 NCAA title game
In the first NCAA championship game held in Seattle, Adolph Rupp coached Kentucky to its second consecutive title with a 46-36 victory over Oklahoma A&M at Hec Ed. Kentucky's 6-foot-7 All-American Alex Groza, "big, hulking bear of a man," as described by the Associated Press, scored 25 points, despite fouling out with five minutes left, and was named the tournament's most outstanding player for the second year in a row. "It was a tough game all the way," Rupp said afterward. "We had to play this one the hard way, almost to the finish. We beat a good team and we're mighty happy about it."


#5: 1952 NCAA title game
This was the first time the NCAA tournament had a true Final Four at the championship site, and it was held at Hec Ed on the UW campus. Kansas, led by 6-9 All-American Clyde Lovellette and coach Phog Allen, won its first NCAA title, knocking off St. John's 80-63 in the championship game. "I was the biggest baby ever born in Pike County (Indiana), and the record still stands," Lovellette told The Seattle Times' Georg N. Meyers on a walk in the University District the morning of the title game. "When visitors leaned over my crib, they didn't say, 'Oooh.' They said, 'Oh, no!'" Wrote Meyers: "More recently, the cries of 'Oh, no!' have been uttered by anguished opponents of the Kansas basketball team." Lovellette set a championship-game record with 33 points. Fun fact: The Jayhawks had a 5-foot-10 reserve guard named Dean Smith, who would go on to win two more national titles as the head coach at North Carolina.


#4: 2004 second round
For a day, Seattle was Upset City. On the same court where its magical march had started five years earlier, Midwest Region second seed Gonzaga was blown out in the second round by 10th-seeded Nevada, 91-72, at KeyArena. It was a shocking end for a Zags team many had pegged as a Final Four contender. "There's a cruelness to this tournament," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "You're never ready for a season to end and then, poof, it's over." Gonzaga star Blake Stepp, one of the Bulldogs' five seniors, shot just 5 of 29 in the two subregional games. "If I make it to the NBA, I'm not going to be looking forward to coming to KeyArena." Following Gonzaga's exit, Stanford, the top seed in the West, again bounced early from the tournament in a 70-67 loss to No. 8 Alabama. For the fifth time in six years, the Cardinal was ousted in the second round. Stanford had a 30-1 record entering the game, its only regular-season loss coming two weeks earlier just a few miles away on the UW campus.


#4: 2004 second round
For a day, Seattle was Upset City. On the same court where its magical march had started five years earlier, Midwest Region second seed Gonzaga was blown out in the second round by 10th-seeded Nevada, 91-72, at KeyArena. It was a shocking end for a Zags team many had pegged as a Final Four contender. "There's a cruelness to this tournament," Gonzaga coach Mark Few said. "You're never ready for a season to end and then, poof, it's over." Gonzaga star Blake Stepp, one of the Bulldogs' five seniors, shot just 5 of 29 in the two subregional games. "If I make it to the NBA, I'm not going to be looking forward to coming to KeyArena." Following Gonzaga's exit, Stanford, the top seed in the West, again bounced early from the tournament in a 70-67 loss to No. 8 Alabama. For the fifth time in six years, the Cardinal was ousted in the second round. Stanford had a 30-1 record entering the game, its only regular-season loss coming two weeks earlier just a few miles away on the UW campus.


#3: 1995 NCAA title game
With star Tyus Edney limited by a wrist injury, UCLA's backup point guard, Cameron Dollar, was thrust into the most important position on the floor in the national title game against defending national champion Arkansas and its relentless full-court press. Before a crowd of 38,504 at the Kingdome, Dollar filled in capably to help the Bruins to an 89-78 victory. "If we were going to win," Dollar said, "it was going to be with me at the helm. Tonight it was my night." Dollar and the Bruins weren't fazed by the Arkansas trap. All-American Ed O'Bannon had 30 points and 17 rebounds, and freshman guard Toby Bailey had 26 points and nine rebounds as UCLA won its first title in 20 years. As for Dollar, he played 36 minutes — 16 more than his season average — and had six points, eight assists and four steals. Dollar, recruited to UCLA by Lorenzo Romar, is now in his sixth season as the coach at Seattle U.


#2: 1999 first and second rounds
Gonzaga, in its introduction as a mid-major power, enthralled the country while Richie Frahm, Casey Calvary and Matt Santangelo became household names. The Bulldogs' first steps toward national consciousness came at KeyArena, where they toppled seventh-seeded Minnesota and second-seeded Stanford to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time. "The Slipper Fits!" read the headline in The Seattle Times after the 10th-seeded Zags upset Stanford, a Final Four team a year earlier. The Bulldogs would advance to the Elite Eight before losing to eventual champion UConn. Two weeks later, Gonzaga coach Dan Monson and athletic director Mike Roth wrote a letter to the editor, published by The Times. "It all started in KeyArena," they wrote, "and the support the Bulldogs received made it the next best thing to a home game."



#1: 1984 NCAA title game
Ewing vs. Olajuwon. Georgetown vs. Houston. A historic night in the Kingdome. In the premier matchup of big men in NCAA tournament history, and in the first of three Final Fours held at the Kingdome, Patrick Ewing and the Hoyas topped Akeem Olajuwon's "Phi Slama Jama" Cougars, 84-75, before a crowd of 38,471. Two years after losing to Michael Jordan and North Carolina in the 1982 title game, Georgetown finished the job and made John Thompson the first African-American coach to win the national championship. The battle of the 7-foot stars didn't quite live up to the billing — Ewing (10 points, nine rebounds) and Olajuwon (15 points, nine rebounds) were both limited by foul trouble — but the difference for the Hoyas was their bench, which outscored the Cougars 43-13.

St. Patrick's Day Events in Seattle

St. Patrick's Day is a week away, but most people are celebrating the holiday this weekend.  Seattle has some great parties and activities for this weekend's Irish festivities.   Everyone is a little Irish this weekend, and we have found some of the best ways for you to celebrate.  Grab some green and head out to these local events.  You can learn more here.


2015 Seattle St Patrick’s Events:

All Weekend: Get Lucky Over St. Patrick’s Day Weekend on Urban Adventure Quest’s Amazing Scavenger Hunt Adventure! | Discover Seattle’s Hidden Mysteries

February 21: Irish Soda Bread Baking Class @ St Patrick’s Parish Hall | Bake Off, Learn About Delicious & Nutritional Traditional Treat

March 7: Irish Soda Bread Contest @ T.S. McHugh’s Irish Pub & Restaurant | Free, Irish Music, Baile Glas Irish Dancers & Uilleann Pipes

March 13: Green Stripe Laying on 4th Ave, 7PM | FREE Mini-Parade to mark the route of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade (more info)

March 13: St. Patrick’s Day Lucky 2015 @ WaMu Theater | Featuring 12th Planet, Audien, Brillz & More!

March 14: St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl w/ BarCrawls.com | Get Shamrocked, No Cover, Drink Specials

March 14: Irish Flag Raising front of the King-County Administration Building, followed by the playing of the Irish and US National Anthems | 12: 20PM (more info)

March 14: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Georgetown Art Attack | Second Saturday, Neighborhood Art Walk, Participants, Map, Free

March 14: Seattle’s 39th Annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade up 4th Avenue | Free Monorail (more info)

March 14 & 15: St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Parade & 2015 Festival Info & Pictures | Route Map, Food, Dance, Games, Free Monorail

March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Bar Crawl w/ BarCrawls.com | Get Shamrocked, No Cover, Drink Specials

March 17: St. Patrick’s Day @ Seattle Children’s Museum | Art, Music & Dance Party, Story time

March 17: McCaw Hall Free Public Tour | Starts at noon, lasts up to 90 minutes, and is led by a McCaw Hall, Seattle Opera or Pacific Northwest Ballet staff member

March 22: Gaelic Games Open Field Day @ Magnuson Park | 12-3pm, For All to try their hand at Hurling, Gaelic Football, and Camogie (more info)

New Date Night Food In Seattle

What new restaurants have you and your loved one tries? These are some great new restaurants in Seattle that will be the perfect date night. These restaurants have many different types of food, so there will be something for all tastes. You can learn more at KomoNews.




Great food, great ambience, and a great dinner partner are the necessary components for an unforgettable dinner. If you’re planning your next romantic evening on the town, there are plenty of new restaurants to consider before making your reservation. Here are five of Seattle’s best new date night restaurants.


Trove. This new ambitious Korean restaurant opened its doors on Capitol Hill in late September. Owned by husband and wife team Rachel Yang and Seif Chirchi, the 4,000 square-foot Trove is a great way to have a food adventure. There are four components to the restaurant: Trove Parfait, Trove Noodle, Trove BBQ, and Trove Bar. I recommend doing the Korean BBQ and then finishing the night with a Snickers Parfait. If you sit in the BBQ area, make sure to check out the hand-screened wallpaper that shows Godzilla closing in on the Space Needle.

Price range: $8.00-$14.00

Trove
500 East Pike
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

Restaurant Marron. Restaurant Marron opened in July and took over the space where Olivar used to reside in the Loveless building on Capitol Hill. Despite the name of the building, Restaurant Marron is full of love, with another husband and wife team: Zarina and Eric Sakai. With carefully constructed dishes and impeccable service, Restaurant Marron is quiet, romantic, and a great place for a special occasion. This is fine dining, so you won’t find Happy Hour or tapas. Instead, you choose the number of courses you would like to try. The menu changes constantly, so check it out before making your reservation.

Price range: $52.00-$175.00/person (includes wine pairings)

Restaurant Marron
806 East Roy Street
Neighborhood: Capitol Hill

FOOD at Cortona. I can’t say enough nice things about FOOD at Cortona. It’s one of my favorite new restaurants of 2014. The food is absolutely delicious, the prices are reasonable, and the staff is fun and friendly. This is a sort-of pop-up restaurant that takes over Cortona Café on the weekends. Chef Zac Reynolds has a great sense of humor, cooks for you in an open kitchen, and is constantly searching for the best produce around to incorporate into his unique dishes. This is a great spot for both vegetarians and meat lovers. By the way, if one of the dishes come with a nori dumpling: Order it immediately! It sounds odd, but is a delectable blend of sweet and salty.

Price range: $8.00-$14.00

FOOD.
2425 East Union Street
Neighborhood: Central District

Bannister. This new wine and charcuterie bar just opened about a week ago in the Central District. It’s intimate and candle-lit, with excellent food, service, and prices. This isn’t a place to gobble down a huge bowl of pasta, instead the menu is more about sharing and tasting. I recommend the arugula salad with parmesan, the house-pickled vegetables, and the cheese board. You should also ask about their crostini of the day!

Price range: $4.00-$18.00

Bannister
1408 18th Ave
Neighborhood: Central District

Vespolina. When Jason Stratton flipped his restaurant from Aragona to Vespolina, I was excited to have yet another fantastic option for Italian food in Seattle. For your next date, try ordering the cavatelli with lamb ragu and pine nuts. The handmade pasta is tender but firm, the lamb is rich and savory, and the pine nuts add a crunch and sweetness that makes it a dish you’ll crave again and again. Ask your waiter about wine pairings for the perfect flavor combination.

Price range: $15.00-$27.00

Vespolina
96 Union Street
Neighborhood: Downtown

What's your favorite date night restaurant? Let me know in the comments!