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[Rorschach]

Okay, so this is about the Seattle restaurant scene. But I've been planning a weekend trip anyway and since the New York Times is writing about it, I thought I'd share this link:

NYT: Sampling the Best of the Northwest

[Ms. B. Havin]

Seattle PI had an article last week about the Seattle restaurant scene, In Seattle's kitchens, 6 degrees, which in turn also spawned a response in Crosscut, Talking turkey over the history of Seattle restaurants. Just in case your weekend trip is to Seattle, maybe these will be amusing or useful?

The Crosscut article is by Lucy Mohl, who writes:

After deciding who should be president, the state of the university housing system, and how good my sister's stuffing is, we got down to the real knock-down, voices raised discussion: when, exactly, did Seattle become a real restaurant town, and who were the players?

The spark of the debate was Nancy Leson's big bite of restaurant history, The Godfathers of Gourmet article in last Sunday's Seattle Times. Leson got some of the godfathers right, but she left out one of the godmothers, namely my sister Ellen, who started her gourmet burger place, Original Ellen's, in 1976 and preceded the time-line of Leson's article by several years.

...and goes on from there.

[Ms. B. Havin]

PS: I realize it's a chain, but Bone Fish Grill at 711 Westlake Ave N right at South Lake Union is quite good (and reasonably priced). If you go after Dec.15, when passenger service starts, you can ride the new SLUT (I'm not making this up!): South Lake Union Trolley...



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[Rorschach]

I'm actually planning to try Dick's Drive-in. I can't resist a tasty burger. I'll try some of the other places too. I have a few favorite places there and a couple of friends at the University.