Here Are Seattle's Semifinalists For The 2016 James Beard Awards

Pioneer Square's Girin is a semifinalist for the James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant Kelly O
This morning the James Beard Foundation released its list of chefs, restaurateurs, and restaurants in the running for their 2016 awards. The annual Beard Awards, the country's most prestigious restaurant honors, are commonly referred to as the "Oscars of the food world." After looking over the full list of semifinalists of mostly white chefs (many of them cooking food from other cultures around the