Katie Pohl News Today

Some of the Puget Sound's best pastries lie at the end of an unexpected path.

Our resident food and drink expert Allecia Vermillion retells it all, from thick and thin (pizza crusts) to stuffed tofu to flower-shaped croissants.

The croissants and kouign-amann will head north, so this gem in Chinatown–International District can become a late-night dessert bar.

There’s more foot traffic on King Street these days. Most of the storefronts that were boarded up last year have shed their plywood. People enjoy the sunny weather at Hing Hay Park, while two men battle it out at the ping pong table. Jamie Lee, with the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation Development Authority, says it’s a nice change to last year’s empty streets. “It’s nice to see people out again,” she said. “It’s not the same, but it�...