Artusi and Spinasse are back for takeout, and it is good. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Artusi and Spinasse are back for takeout, and it is good. (Erika Schultz / The Seattle Times)
Food & Drink

3 Seattle spots restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement especially loves for takeout now

A secret super-delicious duck-and-noodle dish, one of the city's best new restaurants and a longtime upscale Italian favorite — three highly recommended options for the way we're dining out/in during coronavirus times.  VIEW

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Inslee announces new requirements to slow spread of COVID-19 in agriculture industries where outbreaks are on the rise

Friday May 22, 2020. LINES ONLY Nordstrom with curbside pickup lanes at midday at the Southcenter Mall in Tukwila. 214043
Retail

Nordstrom touts its ‘flexibility’ as quarterly results miss targets; sales plunge 40%, losses top half a billion dollars

Sonny Quitlong worked for decades as a checker at the Safeway on Rainier Avenue. He died on April 6 of COVID-19 at the age of 70.
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Sonny Quitlong, grocery store and Post Office employee who ‘saw the best in everyone,’ dies of coronavirus

Coronavirus

FILE – In this Dec. 3, 2019, file photo, Washington NCAA college football defensive coordinator Jimmy Lake speaks during a news conference about taking over the head coaching position, in Seattle. Just when it seemed like things were up and rolling, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. The ensuring national shutdown hurt coaches across college football as they prepare for next season, but it was particularly difficult on programs with first-year coaches trying to build something from the ground up. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

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Wed. May 27, 2020 Lake Washington Boulvard is a great place to ride a bike, especially when there’s no traffic. 214069

Here are the Seattle streets readers want closed to most vehicles to make room for walkers and cyclists

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Onlookers watch as smoke smolders from a destroyed fast food restaurant near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct, Thursday, May 28, 2020, after a night of rioting and looting as protests continue over the death of George Floyd, who died in police custody Monday night in Minneapolis after video shared online by a bystander showed a white officer kneeling on his neck during his arrest as he pleaded that he couldn’t breathe. (AP Photo/Jim Mone) MP302 MP302

Protesters enter Minneapolis police station, set fires  VIEW

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Venus Mills, Executive Director of Drug Free Business in Bothell has had her workers hit by false unemployment claims and faces possible costs increases herself, due to the fraudulent payments. Photographed on May 22, 2020. 214039

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Asparagus with basil ricotta, wine and tajarin al ragu is photographed at Artusi in Seattle Friday May 22, 2020. 214025

3 Seattle spots restaurant critic Bethany Jean Clement especially loves for takeout now  VIEW

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Photo goes with Touchstone story for Pacific Magazine by Ron Judd. Sol Duc Falls in the Olympic National Park on the Olympic Peninsula. 213589

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Brandi Carlile performs at the To Nashville, With Love Benefit Concert at Marathon Music Works on Monday, March 9, 2020, in Nashville, TN. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP)

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A group dubbed “The Puffy Pandemic Parade” cross NE 65th St. in the Ravenna neighborhood for a march past the Ida Culver House retirement home, Wednesday, May 27, 2020 in Seattle. Organizer Jean Bryant describes the group as all NE Seattle friends. The group has marched one other time and the goal is to spread cheer during the coronavirus outbreak. On this march, the 14 staged in the parking lot of a pub, getting into their inflatable costumes to wave to residents at the retirement home for half an hour. Many residents and staff waved back. “I was tearing up when I was doing this,” said Bryant as she saw “lots of smiles, dancing and waving.” The group plans to keep marching. In a follow-up text Bryant said “We will definitely continue as long as the pandemic is around.” 214066
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Why did the pig and the polar bear cross the road?  VIEW

For no other reason but to send out “good vibes,” married couple Mike and Jacqui Schultz, who want to include mention of their camera-shy daughter Marley, have put up an inflatable in their Crown Hill neighborhood in Seattle, seen Sunday, May 24, 2020 during the coronavirus outbreak. They said it’s working, and many neighbors have responded with happy comments and have made regular visits during walks. 214046
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Framed by small flags on veterans’ graves, bagpiper Neil Hubbard plays appropriate songs on Memorial Day at Floral Hills Cemetery in Lynnwood. Songs included “Amazing Grace,” “Going Home,” the anthems of the military branches, “America the Beautiful,” and more. Ref to gallery online. Hubbard walked the grounds and played for two hours. LO Linesonly Monday May 25, 2020 214050
Local News

Bagpipes mark Memorial Day  VIEW

Plenty of roam to roam on the Fisher Green lawn at Seattle Center with no Northwest Folklife Festival this weekend, except online. Saturday May 23, 2020 LO Linesonly 214049
Local News

Sorry folks, no Folklife this weekend  VIEW