New Tortilleria Maiz Opens in Seattle’s Pike Place Market

The new Maiz tortilla shop opens in Pike Place Market on Tuesday November 2nd, starting with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10am, a Dia de los Muertos celebration, and a live mariachi band tonight. Maiz opened in 1914 in the former Mexican grocery store on Pike Place next to Starbucks and offers nixtamal tortillas and antojitos (smaller bites like tacos and tamales).

Nixtamalization is a traditional Central American method of making fresh tortillas with heirloom corn. The Tortilleria is a new restaurant owned by the owners of the Mexican restaurant Sazon, Aldo Góngora, his wife Angelica and his sister-in-law Roxana Martin.

The La Dive wine bar focuses on the Seattle chefs

The all-natural wine bar, La Dive, on Capitol Hill hosts a series of pop-ups from Seattle chefs. From November 7th to January 2nd, 2022 guest chefs conjure up specialties at the bar every Sunday from 12 noon to 4 pm. up on November 27th by Rie Otsuka from Sankaku and Bread and Borschtsch from Ben Campbell from Ben’s Bread on December 5th.

Tutta Bella’s food truck is throwing free sandwiches tomorrow

The Neapolitan pizza chain Tutta Bella will roll up its D’Asporto food truck on Wednesday, November 3rd, make five stops in Seattle and give away 50 of their new porchetta sandwiches at each stop. The porchetta sandwich consists of roasted pork with herbs, caciocavallo cheese, peppers, arugula, lemon aioli and Dijon mustard. The food truck will stop at Green Lake, Alki Beach, as well as fire stations and medical centers.

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