Pizza, bagels, best date night spots and the unwritten rules of hot pot etiquette. Culinary luminaries J Kenji López-Alt and Rachel Belle covered a wide range of topics with Tan at Seattle Eats live event at Town Hall Seattle on November 10, 2025.

Recommendations in this episode:

Favorite bagel spot

Hey Bagel - University Village
Backyard bagel - Fremont
Mt. Bagel - Madison Valley

Favorite sandwich

Post Alley Pizza - Pike Place Market - try the hoagie with side of hoagie jazz
Fortuna - Greenwood - mortadella sandwich
Tivoli - Fremont - mortadella sandwich

Favorite pizza:

Lupo - Fremont
The Independent - Madison Park
my friend derek’s - Tangletown
AK Pizza - Othello
Ben’s Bread - Phinney Ridge
Windy City Pie - Phinney Ridge
Sunny Hill - Ballard

Best date night spot:

Favorite third place

Open Form - Capitol Hill
Olympia Pizza III - Capitol Hill
Metropolitan Grill - Downtown Seattle
Empire Roosters and Records - Columbia City
Standard Brewing - Central District

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Live from Town Hall: A conversation with Kenji Lopez-Alt and Rachel Belle

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