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Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula has become a more popular tourism spot since the Twilight series made the town of Forks improbably famous. (Sample Google search suggestion: “Is Forks from Twilight a real place?”) But it’s still mostly a place you go to get away from the crowds and into a tent. For some visitors, most of the “dining” you’ll do here is eating food you cook on a fire you built yourself.

But if camping is only something you’d do if forced to by reality show producers, there’s still lots to enjoy on the peninsula. Port Townsend (the area’s top dining and shopping destination) is chock full of cute waterfront

The Bite of Seattle, the city’s most famous food festival, has returned right now, this weekend, to Seattle Center. From Friday, July 25, to Sunday, July 27, you’ll be able to sample food from hundreds of vendors, watch live cooking demos and competitions, and take in dozens of musical acts, including a funk band called Montlake Traffic. Best of all, admission to the Bite is free.

The Bite of Seattle was founded all the way back in the 1980s but has undergone some recent changes. From 2020 to 2022, when pandemic lockdowns put the kibosh on large gatherings, the Bite was cancelled. In 2023, digital payment startup Cheq bought the