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

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:

• The Tin Hat (Taco Tuesday) - Phinney Ridge
• Hattie’s Hat - Ballard
• Sushi Kappo Tamura - Eastlake
• Serafina - Eastlake
• Canlis - Queen Anne

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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