Fact #1: Indian food is the best thing to happen to vegetarianism
since Morrissey. Fact #2: Mirch Masala makes the best Indian food
that has ever been served on Capitol Hill. In the Broadway space that
once housed Macheezmo Mouse and 17 subsequent joints, Mirch Masala
dishes out Indian delights that are exquisite but not expensive.
Entrées are kept hot in steel pots suspended over individual
flames, and the fresh, flaky saag is a thing of wonder. (213
Broadway E, 709-0111. 11 am–10 pm.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...