Outer Planet Brewery Opens; Seattle's James Beard Award Nominees

CAPITOL HILL — Co-owners Renato Martins and Jim Stoccardo are bringing Outer Planet Craft Brewing to a galaxy near you. The nano brewery is the latest emerge on the ever-growing food and beverage scene in Capitol Hill. Eater Seattle has the details.

AWARDS SEASON — The James Beard Foundation has released their list of semifinalists for this year's Restaurant and Chef Awards. Seattle — or, more accurately, the Greater Seattle area — is well represented, with at least one nominee in every category. Some are familiar faces when it comes to these awards (ahem, Canlis), but there are a few surprising, first-time nominees as well. Check out the full list.

FREMONT/BALLARD — Since opening Ballard Pizza Company in 2012, in the heart of Old Ballard, chef and restaurateur Ethan Stowell and his wife and business partner, Angela Dunleavy Stowell, had a second child and moved out of the pizzeria's delivery area in Ballard to neighboring Phinney Ridge. So the power couple is opening a second pizzeria, Frēllard Pizza Company, on Leary Way Northwest between Seattle's Fremont and Ballard neighborhood. They're anticipating a June opening date.