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A barely-there sign on Beacon Hill marks this casual Guamanian restaurant and bar, which is either accidental humility or the universe's way of filtering out TikTokers (it has not worked). The menu follows the chef's biography through Filipino chicken adobo tacos and Guam-style corn soup, but the achiote-orange empanadas, stuffed with raisined beef and served in a pool of fina'denne', are what drew a James Beard semifinalist nod in 2025.
The awards strongest first
- Esquire Lola Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- The Infatuation #10 · The 25 Best Restaurants In Seattle
- Seattle Met Seattle’s Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now
- Seattle Met Seattle’s 50 Best Restaurants
- Eater Best Burger
- Seattle Met Riyenu Empanadas · The Best Things I Ate This Year
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Best New Restaurant
One number, weighted & current 85
How we scoreThe dishes from the writeups
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Smashburger
“When the pickle-packed smashburger and crisp, thin french fries went viral earlier in 2024, visiting tourists and camera-toting TikTokkers trampled all over that idea.”
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Chicken adobo tacos
“The menu nods to his Filipino heritage with chicken adobo tacos, his childhood on Guam with the thick, silky corn soup, and into life as a Seattle service industry stalwart at places such as Bar Sajor and Musang.”
Seattle Met, 2024 -
Empanadas
“In college I studied abroad in Uruguay, which basically means I majored in empanadas, but Elmer Dulla schooled me on the version they make on Guam.”
Seattle Met, 2024
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