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Headed to Seattle? Checkout Urban Dish

Urban Dish is a new online guide to Seattle restaurants produced by a talented group of food lovers from within Seattle’s happenin’ design scene and a few restaurant insiders. Timeout for full disclosure, Geoff Smith, the Urban Dish owner and designer, designed and created the Foster & Dobbs site (you may recognize some of his design vernacular).

Urban Dish isn’t so much a critical guide as one with a perspective. Articles are written by folks who love food, not by food critics. Some of the writers work in restaurants so there is something of a “back of house” view in the feature articles. And since they are not trying to be a searchable restaurant guide along the lines of Zagats, Seattle Weekly, or Willamette Week, Urban Dish only includes restaurants they recommend. One great feature is that the listings compile critical comments from other local critics.

Urban Dish has only just launched, so it is very much a work in progress, but it is already a fun, insightful and useful resource. Check it out. www.urbandishseattle.com