Bar Tartine at Sitka and Spruce; Marcus Whitman Hotel Awarded "2015 Hotel of the Year"

CAPITOL HILL — San Francisco's highly regarded Bar Tartine restaurant will essentially pop-up inside Sitka and Spruce on Thursday. Chefs Nick Balla and Cortney Burns have just released a cookbook, Bar Tartine, and they'll be presenting dishes from it at a three-course family style dinner, with wine, from 7 to 9:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale now. [Book Larder]

AWARDS SEASON — Walla Walla's Marcus Whitman Hotel was named by the Washington State Wine Commission as "2015 Hotel of the Year" at the 13th Annual Washington State Wine Awards. The hotel won out over 130 submissions. The hotel's Marc Restaurant also received an award, the 2015 Grand Award, for its wine program. [EaterWire]

DOWNTOWN — Journalist Liz Carlisle will be at Town Hall Seattle on March 3 to discuss her book, Lentil Underground, chronicling the local food movement in Montana and the future of sustainable agriculture through the lens of one small farm. The event begins at 7:30 p.m. with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. [EaterWire]