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.

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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)

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