All this makes me miss the food (beer / coffee / seafood / donuts) of Seattle. 6 plus years after leaving Seattle I still import all my coffee from there.

Frugal Traveler | Seattle
By MATT GROSS
Published: November 25, 2007
To the Frugal Traveler, no phrase is
more inspiring than “happy hour.” In Seattle, those 60 minutes of joy
have been elevated into evenings not only of cheap drinks but also of
discount gourmet snacks at the classiest restaurants.
Drool
...Daily Dozen Donut Company for a sack of the signature treat ($2.10 for
12), fried up fresh before my eyes on a conveyor belt that bathed them
in oil.
I've never really taken a look at the
NYTimes travel guides. I don't recognize most of the places on the list