People love to talk about food, read about food, and — we hope — listen to podcasts about food too! In this episode, reporter Ray Dubicki and I kick things off with his article on whether or not Seattle has become a $20 lunch town, dissect the causes and possible ramifications of that trend, and then spin further out to tackle other culinary inspired topics.
From the risk to reward ratio of poké, to how the pandemic has reshaped when and how we eat, in taping this podcast we found there is so much to discuss and think about food in Seattle — and other cities too.
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Is Seattle a $20 Lunch Town?
As we emerge from pandemic and look towards returning to offices, a question starts to come up. “What’s for lunch?” A recent impromptu survey of several downtown Seattle restaurants suggests it’s very difficult to get out without forking over around $20 a person. The overloaded half pastrami and soup at Market House Meats on Howell … Continue reading Is Seattle a $20 Lunch Town?
The Urbanist Podcast: An Ambitious New Plan to Create Social Housing in Seattle
In this podcast episode, Ray and I discuss the current proposed ballot initiative to create a public development authority (PDA) that would be tasked with constructing and owning mixed-income social housing in Seattle. It’s an ambitious plan modeled after social housing elsewhere in the world, notably Vienna, Austria, that was conceived of by the House … Continue reading The Urbanist Podcast: An Ambitious New Plan to Create Social Housing in Seattle
