The Best New Restaurants in the Seattle Area, March 2025

"What’s old is new again! Resurrected through a partnership with the City of Seattle’s Business Community Fund, owner Donna Moodie’s culinary ode to her mom soft-reopened in late October in its third incarnation. (Longtime Seattleites will remember Marjorie‘s previous Belltown and Capitol Hill locations.) Now in the Central District, sandwiched between Jerk Shack and the Neighbor Lady in Midtown Square’s courtyard, the new Marjorie has a big, beautiful centerpiece bar to perch oneself at and even a few of its signature record players. Marjorie’s menu has always been a global party, and its reincarnation keeps the beat going with soulful dishes from North Africa, France, the Caribbean… or wherever else may strike Moodie’s and chef Aislinn McManigal-Quintana’s fancy. What a privilege to get to go there again and find out." - Harry Cheadle