No, there won’t be bikinis. In Seattle’s Best Coffee’s latest divergence from corporate parent Starbucks, every new location will be a 523-square-foot drive-thru-only cafe.

The top sandwiches of the summer range from a PLT to a mortadella sandwich with tangy peppers. Here are some of our food critic's favorites.

Sandwich options include, from top left, a BLT&A, turkey pesto, chicken salad and a chicken milanesa torta at Pan & Coffee, a bakery, sandwich shop and coffee shop in Stone Oak.

People often laud the Northwest for the seafood, the coffee, and even the music. Now, chalk up another Emerald City accolade: this one, for the best Vietnamese sandwiches. "The Pacific Northwest's ...