Hey, friends, here's another aged, fermented episode we recorded just a little while ago! We're almost caught up, stg.

Our chronic and perpetual guest, Seattle-based food writer Mark DeJoy, joins us for a sometimes convivial, sometimes somber discussion on sudden restaurant closings, delayed restaurant openings, and the state of food journalism both small and large. The upside of not finding the time to upload your podcast until weeks after you record it is that some of the delayed openings have opened by now! There are so very many new restaurants in Seattle in the last few weeks, and ayyyy, we got 'em all.

Plus Jeff went to a all-white folk country show, Mark's stoked to sing his heart out at the new Bush Garden, Meg's got a deal Eater Seattle can't refuse, and we all ate things. Listen up!