Shanik Opens Monday; What a Home Cooked Meal at Jerry Traunfeld's Looks Like

SOUTH LAKE UNION— One of the most hyped restaurants to hit Seattle is opening on Monday, so says Nosh Pit News. Chef/owner Meeru Dhalwala is opening the 72-seat modern Indian restaurant, Shanik, near the Amazon campus in South Lake Union (where everything is near the Amazon campus). Dhalwala and her husband own the uber popular Vij's in Vancouver if you hadn't already heard. [Seattle Met]

RAVENNA— Photographer Julie Brothers gets a homespun meal by Poppy's Jerry Traunfeld at his Ravenna home, saying, "it was the only deco house fronted by a garden of herbs and vegetables." You don't say. Of course, the photos of her meal are pretty great. [Huff Post]

BALLARD— A new kitchen store is going into an old kitchen store. The former Dish It Up! space on Ballard Ave., which closed in April, will soon be Mr. J Culinary Essentials, which already has a location in Bellevue. [My Ballard]