Matt's in the Market Offers Free Dessert; Try Eritrean Fried Chicken

CAPITOL HILL—Seattle Met says that bartender Veronika Groth is back at Poppy on Monday & Tuesday nights. Groth will remain at her current employer Artusi on Saturdays & Sundays. [Seattle Met]

PIKE PLACE MARKET—Matt's in the Market offers free dessert to anyone sporting Sonics gear on Thursday nights. [Seattle Magazine]

CAPITOL HILL—A New Yorker confirms what locals have known all-along: Big Mario's makes some of the best New York-style pizza in the U.S. [Glittersnipe]

RAINIER VALLEY—Crosscut's Hugo Kugiya makes a convincing case to check out the Eritrean fried chicken at Chicken Express--if only he had left out the grayish chicken photo. [Crosscut]