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Best New Restaurants 2011

Just when you think you’ve got Seattle restaurants all figured out, a new batch of thrilling eateries pops up, almost overnight, to reshape the landscape.

By: Allison Austin Scheff and Allecia Vermillion | November 2011 | FROM THE PRINT EDITION

Best New Restaurant of the Year: Sushi Kappo Tamura

Image Credit: Hayley Young

We’re all about noise, fun and affordability, if you take the crowds packing the Brave Horse Tavern and Revel as evidence. But then the Madison Park Conservatory and the elegant Book Bindery come onto the scene to up the sophistication quotient. And don’t forget our never-ending love affair with pizza and burgers, food trucks and pastries. Take Seattle’s culinary temperature by eating your way through this year’s best new restaurants. We think you’ll be deliciously surprised.

Click red links to read more in-depth reviews of each Best New Restaurant:

#1
Sushi Kappo Tamura

Spine-tinglingly fresh fish shimmering from the sea, with a focus on sustainability and seasonality. Move over, Shiro’s and Nishino: This is the best sushi in Seattle—and it’s also the most consistently stellar restaurant to open this year.

***Sushi Kappo Tamura is our Best New Restaurant of 2011***

#2
Revel

Fun, accessible, spicy Korean dishes in a supremely likable, upbeat space (and with even more likable prices).

#3
Book Bindery

Plates both beautiful and delicious, served in an elegant dining space.

#4
Fuji Bakery

A jewel box of sweet and savory pastries unlike anything else in Seattle.

#5
Hitchcock

Finally, there’s a definitive restaurant on Bainbridge Island that highlights the best of the region’s meats, plants and sea bounties.

#6
Bar del Corso

A neighborhood restaurant good enough to lure folks to this underrated corner of the city. It’s Beacon Hill’s living room, with really great food.

#7
Where Ya At Matt