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2025 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE DiRoNA

ASCEND PRIME’S NEW COCKTAIL FOR A CAUSE 425 Magazine, March 3, 2025

Bellevue Lifestyle

THE COCKTAIL CLUB: LA ROSA RECIPE Bellevue Lifestyle, February 1, 2025

425 Business of 425 Magazine

ASCEND BRINGS BACK LARGE-PARTY LUNCHEONS 425 Business, January 30, 2025

Bellevue Lifestyle

2024 BEST FINE DINING Bellevue Lifestyle

2024 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Wine Spectator

2024 BEST FINE DINING 425 Magazine

2024 BEST COCKTAILS 425 Magazine

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BEST WEST COAST DESTINATIONS TO SEE FALL FOLIAGE Observer, September 6, 2024

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FROM BYTES TO BITES: BELLEVUE’S CULINARY SCENE Forbes, August 29, 2024

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11 BEST THINGS TO DO IN SEATTLE: ASCEND PRIME The Manual, August 13, 2024

FIRE & FLAVOR: EXPERT TIPS FOR PERFECT STEAKS The Seattle Times, June 17, 2024

PARTY ON THE PATIO AT ASCEND PRIME 425 Magazine, May 31, 2024

SECRET MENU DINING EXPERIENCES The Seattle Times, May 16, 2024

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HOW TO ORDER WINE LIKE A SOMMELIER AT ASCEND PRIME Puget Sound Business Journal, March 11, 2024

A FINE DINING HOMAGE TO BRUNCH CLASSICS Seattle Met, February 20, 2024

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HOW ASCEND PRIME CAN HELP YOU HOST THE WEDDING OF THE YEAR Puget Sound Business Journal, February 12, 2024

425 Business of 425 Magazine

2023 40 UNDER 40: EXECUTIVE CHEF BRANDON MUEHL 425 Business Magazine, September 2023

Bellevue Lifestyle

THE BUSINESS OF MAKING MEMORIES Bellevue Lifestyle, September 2023

2023 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Wine Spectator, June 26, 2023

2023 BEST OF 425: BEST BARTENDER - CHAZ LEE 425 Magazine, May 1, 2023

2023 BEST OF 425: BEST CHEF - BRANDON MUEHL 425 Magazine, May 1, 2023

2023 BEST OF 425: BEST RESTAURANT, BEST FINE DINING 425 Magazine, May 1, 2023

GUIDE TO SUSHI AND SASHIMI FOR BEGINNERS AND BEYOND The Seattle Times, April 3, 2023

Bellevue Lifestyle

2022 BEST FINE DINING Bellevue Lifestyle, November 2022

2022 INDEPENDENT CREATOR AWARD CREATE Awards, Nation’s Restaurant News, September 2022

ASCEND FOSTERS PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Nation's Restaurant News, July 29, 2022

DETAILS BEHIND THE DECADENCE OF WAGYU The Seattle Times, July 25, 2022

2022 AWARD OF EXCELLENCE Wine Spectator, June 27, 2022

BEHIND THE SCENES OF A FINE DINING RESTAURANT The Seattle Times, June 22, 2022

COOKING WITH PURPOSE: ASCEND HOSPITALITY GOES BEYOND FINE DINING EXPERIENCE Bellevue Downtown, May 24, 2022

Seattlite Be in the Know

NOT TO MISS IN MAY: ASCEND WEEKEND BRUNCH Seattleite, May 11, 2022

2022 BEST OF 425: BEST COCKTAIL, BEST FINE DINING, MOST ROMANTIC DINNER 425 Magazine, May 2, 2022

EXPERT TIPS TO ELEVATE YOUR BRUNCH GAME The Seattle Times, April 13, 2022

SEATTLE'S GREATEST STEAK HOUSES: A PRIMER Seattle Met, April 6, 2022

THE BEST SUSHI IN SEATTLE Seattle Met, March 11, 2022

EASTSIDE VALENTINE DATE NIGHT 425 Magazine, February 3, 2022

WHERE TO CELEBRATE NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SEATTLE Eater Seattle, December 10, 2021

BELLEVUE’S DRINKS THAT DAZZLE: HOT SPOTS FOR EYE-CATCHING COCKTAILS (AND A FEW TASTY MOCKTAILS, TOO) Aspire by Visit Bellevue, December 10, 2021

DINE HIGH ABOVE THE CLOUDS AT THIS SWANKY STEAKHOUSE IN WASHINGTON Only In Your State, September 13, 2021

ASCEND PRIME NAMED 425 MAGAZINE'S BEST ROMANTIC RESTAURANT AND BEST DESSERT OF 2021 425 Magazine, May 1, 2021

ASCEND PRIME NAMED ONE OF SEATTLE'S 100 BEST RESTAURANTS RIGHT NOW Seattle Met, June 22, 2020

THE MOST ROMANTIC RESTAURANTS IN THE WORLD Architectural Digest, February 12, 2020

BELLEVUE BUSINESS LEADER: ELAINA HERBER, PRESIDENT OF ASCEND HOSPITALITY GROUP AND PASSIONATE PEOPLE LEADER Downtown Bellevue Network, July 9, 2019

PATIO DINING HOT SPOTS AT THE BELLEVUE COLLECTION Downtown Bellevue Network, May 20, 2019

5 REASONS WHY ASCEND PRIME STEAK & SUSHI IS WORTHY OF THE PRICE TAG Sip Northwest Magazine, April 12, 2019

ASCEND PRIME STEAK & SUSHI OFFERS AN ELEVATED DINING EXPERIENCE K5 News, April 3, 2019

LUXE DINING 425 Magazine, March 6, 2019

THE BELLEVUE STEAKHOUSE WOWS WITH SOARING CITY-VIEWS Seattle Magazine, February 22, 2019

WHERE TO DINE OUT FOR CHRISTMAS EVE OR CHRISTMAS DAY AROUND SEATTLE Seattle Met, December 6, 2018

WHERE TO DINE OUT FOR THANKSGIVING DINNER Seattle Met, November 12, 2018

ASCEND PRIME STEAK AND SUSHI NOW OPEN FOR LUNCH Downtown Bellevue Network, November 4, 2018

SUSHI’S NEW WAVE American Airlines Magazine, November 1, 2018

WHERE TO EAT ON SEATTLE’S EASTSIDE Eater Seattle, October 25, 2018

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BELLEVUE’S HIGHEST STEAKHOUSE (VIEWS) Local Lens Seattle, October 25, 2018

ASCEND IS A PROUD PARTNER OF THE JAMES BEARD FOUNDATION’S TASTE AMERICA – SEATTLE James Beard Foundation, October 19, 2018

AT BELLEVUE’S ASCEND MEDIUM RARE MEETS RARIFIED AIR Seattle Met, October 16, 2018

COWABUNGA PREVIEW SEARED IS A NIGHT OF STEAK AND CAKE Seattle Met, September 27, 2018

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED AT SOARING ASCEND PRIME STEAK & SUSHI IN BELLEVUE The Seattle Times, October 4, 2018

"The press release prepared me for the panoramic views, the extravagant décor and the stratospheric prices, but I didn’t expect to be so wowed by the food, writes Seattle Times restaurant critic Providence Cicero. Everything sampled over two visits revealed precision, imagination and a good bit of swagger to boot."