The Office of Economic Development’s Daily Digest is a daily resource for business people. Here are three of our most clicked through stories for the week of February 3.
‘CHILL’ SEATTLE SAVORS ITS SUPER BOWL MOMENT IN THE SUN
On Wednesday, pride and happiness filled the streets of Seattle as exuberant fans excitedly waited to welcome home their beloved Seahawks. This year the Seattle Seahawks opened a civic-size pressure release valve, drawing impossibly-loud sellout crowds and delivering the city’s first Super Bowl victory. The hope that the Seahawks’ victory would somehow shine a light on Seattle’s other strengths has come true.
36 REASONS SEATTLE NOT ONLY WON THE SUPER BOWL, BUT ALSO WINS AT LIFE
Between the Super Bowl, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’s four Grammys, and being on the leading edge of marijuana legalization, Seattle is pretty much winning 2014 so far. Seattle is, quite simply, the best. Included in this list of Seattle highlights is that Seattleites are the country’s coffee experts. Seattleites welcome people of every race, creed, and belief system. Every legendary and/or teenage-guilty-pleasure band you could imagine got its start in Seattle. And Seattle is basically Silicon Valley without the uptight, competitive, techie vibe.
NINE OF THE ‘BOMBEST’ FRIED CHICKEN DISHES IN SEATTLE
From a Sunday afternoon picnic to your parents’ kitchen, fried chicken has become a staple of American dining. Fortunate for locals, Seattle has plenty of options for great places to find fried-chicken dishes. Eater Seattle has compiled a list of local eateries to get some great fried chicken. Included on the list are Ezell’s Famous Chicken for fried chicken on-the-go, Kingfish Café for old school fried chicken, Smith for fried chicken and waffles, and Local 360 for a bacon mousse chicken roulade variation.
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