Authentic Seattle food
Scott Witte
The Red Robin on Eastlake has been there as long as I can remember.
Mike Garrison <mike.g...@boeing.com> wrote in message
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> You know, the Herfy's thread has me wondering ... is it
> possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
> me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
> grew up on. But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic,
> where can we go?
>
> I know some of the upper-scale restaurants have survived
> (eg. Canlis), but not many of the restaurants I used to eat
> at as a kid:
>
> No Pizza Haven.
> No Herfys.
> No XXX Root Beer.
>
> Or even places I used to eat at as a teenager:
>
> No Greenlake Jakes.
> No Sourdough Deep Dish Pizza Co.
>
> So what is still here?
>
> Spuds is still around.
> Dicks is still here, though I rarely ate there.
>
> Ivar's and Kidd Valley are still here, but have been
> corporatized and sanitized for our protection.
>
> 13 Coins is still there, but I never liked it.
>
> -----------
>
> Anybody else?
Alan Zelt
>
> You know, the Herfy's thread has me wondering ... is it
> possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
> me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
> grew up on. But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic,
> where can we go?
>
> I know some of the upper-scale restaurants have survived
> (eg. Canlis), but not many of the restaurants I used to eat
> at as a kid:
>
> No Pizza Haven.
> No Herfys.
> No XXX Root Beer.
>
> Or even places I used to eat at as a teenager:
>
> No Greenlake Jakes.
> No Sourdough Deep Dish Pizza Co.
>
> So what is still here?
>
> Spuds is still around.
> Dicks is still here, though I rarely ate there.
>
> Ivar's and Kidd Valley are still here, but have been
> corporatized and sanitized for our protection.
>
> 13 Coins is still there, but I never liked it.
>
> -----------
>
> Anybody else?
Well, if you wax nostalgic, you will(or should)also remember that the
60's and 70's were not two decades where Seattle food was very good.
Saratoga Trunk on the Eastside(was next to the Fred Meyers on 148th) was
very popular, and used a microwave. And courtesy of the Seattle
Times(Friday, August 10, 1962), comes the following:
The Polynesia(with its magnificant view of Elliott Bay). Call for rez at
MAin4-6995
Woolworth's Lunch Counter 3rd & Pike(2 buttermilk Hotcakes with Syrup &
whipped butter, 1 egg and 2 strips of bacon: $.60
The Captain's Table
Norselander
Budnick's
George Louie's
Schnitzelbank
Garski's Scarlet Tree
Alki Homestead
Crawford's by the Sea(Elliot Bay)
And, if you want to go to the movies, here is what was playing:
Westside Story, Music Box
Music Man, Blue Mouse
Hatari, Paramount
Lolita, Music Hall
Playgirl After Dark, Roosevelt
That Touch of Mink, Lewis and Clark, Northgate, John Danz,
Spartacus, Sunset Drive In
Gidget, United Driv-In
El Cid, 5th Ave
And, if you wanted some live entertainment:
My Fair Lady, Orpheum
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Arena
Richard Dyer-Bennet, Playhouse(review written by Lou Guzzo)
Anita O'Day, Penthouse
Seriously folks, I still have a favorite restaurant from yesteryear. On
the Eastside: Cafe Juanita.
--
alan
Eliminate FINNFAN on reply.
"If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion, and
avoid the
people, you might better stay home."
--James Michener
Alan Zelt
>
> Scott Witte wrote:
> >
> > Well,
> > The Red Robin on Eastlake has been there as long as I can remember.
>
> (albeit the only one of the chain that can claim to be the
> original). Though I must admit, the atmosphere and food
> aren't all *that* different from when I was in high school.
> Just brighter, shinier, and somehow less real.
>
> So I'll give you the Red Robin along with Kidd Valley and
> Ivar's.
>
> -Mike
Well, get into your 57 Chev, and let's head on over to Burgermaster.
Mike Garrison
Ron&Beth
Skipper's and Red Robin, both suffering the same fate as
Ivar's and Kidd Valley. (I thought there was still a Pizza
Haven at the Center House.)
Here's a couple West Seattle spots that have withstood the test
of time:
- Admiral Benbow, a fairly scary place with $7 prime rib specials
and 'smoking strongly encouraged' atmosphere.
- The Homestead, serving up family style fried chicken and other
healthy treats since the Borens' landed. (The very pleasant owner,
Doris, usually lunches up the hill at the Benbow.)
When I moved (from Oly) to Seattle in the early 80's, "dining out"
seemed to be a choice of Black Angus, Sizzler, Barnaby's; or
for a fancy meal, Mirabeaux or Canlis. Granted, in '83 I was
making something like $6/hour, so I didn't really go out much,
but I did enjoy and appreciate good food. There just didn't
seem to be much available.
I'm sure this will incite others to educate me -- fire away!
Ron
Mike Garrison
Mike Garrison
I just remembered that the Iron Horse is still slinging
burgers via electric trains over in Pioneer Square.
-Mike
Claire Petersky
: No Pizza Haven.
There's was one in Bell Square -- did it move? And another in the Seattle
Center, right?
: No XXX Root Beer.
There's still the one in Issaquah.
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Claire Petersky (pete...@halcyon.com)
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das
there as long as I've been in Seattle (22 years).
Hattie's Hat in Ballard (granted, it changed owners
in the last couple of years, but the atmosphere is
still pretty much the same, especially in the bar).
The charming diner-type place on 15th NW between
80th and 85th - can't remember the name, but it's
been around since the 50's, and serves meatloaf/
potroast types of meals. Also has good breakfasts
for not a whole lot of money.
Zesto's Burgers on NW 65th and 15th NW! That's
been around since the 50's.
---
Debbie the Gruesome d...@halcyon.com
"Sometimes you just need to look reality in the eye,
and deny it." - Garrison Keillor
Joe Duffy
Mike Garrison <mike.g...@boeing.com> wrote:
>You know, the Herfy's thread has me wondering ... is it
>possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
>me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
>grew up on. But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic,
>where can we go?
>
ray's or dick's.
joe
Joe Duffy
Claire Petersky <pete...@halcyon.com> wrote:
>Mike Garrison (mike.g...@boeing.com) wrote:
>
>: No Pizza Haven.
>
>There's was one in Bell Square -- did it move? And another in the Seattle
>Center, right?
>
>: No XXX Root Beer.
>
>There's still the one in Issaquah.
>
and kingsgate.
joe
Dave Reid
>
> The charming diner-type place on 15th NW between
> 80th and 85th - can't remember the name, but it's
> been around since the 50's, and serves meatloaf/
> potroast types of meals. Also has good breakfasts
> for not a whole lot of money.
McGrath's....I live right around
the corner from the place. It's awesome for
breakfast.
dave
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Seattle, WA
Chris Beckmeyer
the chain folded. May still be.
Jim Mitchell
Bells just up the hill on roughly 75th & 4th.
OTOH, the Ballard Broiler (Nee' Blazes Broiler) is closed, as is the Dog
House, and the Hasty Tasty - sigh! Sic transit the glorious mundane and all
that.
However, one of Seattle's oddest places is still the 'Hidden Harbor' in the
Marina Mart building on Westlake. Used to be 'John Franco's Hidden Harbor',
but he's slinging hash somewhere in the smoking zone in the sky
The good news is that the new owners have preserved the place's genuinely
weird ambiance while adding some interesting and edible dishes - four
different styles of pickled herring floating in ice glasses with colored
waters makes a memorable appetizer. The seafood is actually quite good, as
is the reindeer stew, but the vegetables are cooked well past the ALA dente
stage.
Not really cuisine, but truly a unique Seattle place - home to the cream of
our svenskihovian society, who come to chow down in damp semi-gloom amongst
the moldering boats in the marina - it's existentially a mid-west
experience, but embedded within NW aquatic culture - a little like Babbit
Does Atlantis, and you can drop in by boat.
Cheers
Jim
m/v Nonchalant
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Don Scheidt
>[...]
>
>The Captain's Table
>Norselander
>Budnick's
>George Louie's
>Schnitzelbank
>Garski's Scarlet Tree
>Alki Homestead
>Crawford's by the Sea(Elliot Bay)
Most of these are gone, but the Alki Homestead is still
there, no? And of course, who can forget that near-legendary
domain of West Seattle overconsumption, Skipper's Galley?
--
Don Scheidt, B.S., dgs1300[AT]teleport.com
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Badfinger
> Most of these are gone, but the Alki Homestead is still
> there, no? And of course, who can forget that near-legendary
> domain of West Seattle overconsumption, Skipper's Galley?
> --
> Don Scheidt, B.S., dgs1300[AT]teleport.com
> The Northwest BrewPage - http://nwbrewpage.com/
>
Mike Garrison
>
> Mike Garrison wrote:
> >
> > You know, the Herfy's thread has me wondering ... is it
> > possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
> > me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
> > grew up on. But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic,
> > where can we go?
>
> 60's and 70's were not two decades where Seattle food was very good.
> Saratoga Trunk on the Eastside(was next to the Fred Meyers on 148th) was
> very popular, and used a microwave.
A microwave is not necessarily the mark of the devil...
Anyway, I was born in 1966. As I said, I wasn't thinking
back on these places because they were good, but because I
remember them from my years growing up here.
The fact that they were generally not remarkable is probably
related to why they are gone now, but Canlis and Ray's are
still around.
Of course, Twin Teepees is still here...
-Mike
B Jones
without John Franco) - they're the only restaurant I've found that gives you
a complimentary ramekin of chopped liver with your bread :) PLUS they have
early-bird dinners AND outside dining.
Personally, I don't find the ambience all that wierd ... I just tell people
that have never been there that they are about to step into the twilight
zone and have dinner back in the late 60's early 70's :)
Also, I had just heard that John Franco had retired .... from the restaurant
biz, not from the earthly plane :)
B Jones
THE (one and only) Clock [tic-tock ... eat their food and hear your
arteries clog]
The Jolly Troll and later Pizza and Pipes
King Oscars and that wonderful italian place afterwards that had a fabulous
[ok, YOU work
'wonderful' and 'fabulous' into one sentance!] piano bar and bartender,
"pickles"
until destroyed by fire.
The Windjammer (ooh .. cherries jubiilee! & Baked Alaska! AND they owned
the CLOCK!!!)
Clark's Big Top (at Northgate - also a CLOCK/Windjammer company store)
Henry's off Broadway
Boondock's (nummy escargot royal)
and that other broadway restaurant that had the booths with curtains ...
SCARY! :)
Mr. Larry's
Bobs Big Boy
Ruby Chow's
Sambo's (rip)
Funky's off Broadway
Bye's (land of the 15,17, and finally [I believe] 19 cent hamburger)
The velvet turtle
Farrells (yes, I've made a pig of myself at Farrells several times ... and
had the ribbons to prove it)
The Smith Tower Cafe (an Ivar's) both on the main floor and top, 'Chinese
Room'
and if you *ever* get a chance to go up in the ball, do it! Great View!
You have mentioned two that I used to work for ... The Captains Table (First
on 5th ave, then on Elliott, now in Mukilteo) and The Polinesian [worked for
the company ... Consolidated restaurants, owners of the Met], but there were
a few other, less glitzy ones .... Pumpernick's (northgate), Meat Market
(north & south), Los Arco's (southcenter), Emmet's (bellevue), The
Featherduster (northgate again), that beef place at long-gone Aurora Village
[where there was also a Herfy's], Dungeness Dans (coleman dock - now a
micky-d's?) ... can you tell that during the 70's Consolidated was in the
real estate/remodel & sell biz ... not the restaurant biz? At least they
would transfer me moments before the restaurants demise!
Ok, I've now quite severely dated myself :) Just be glad this was a thread
about nostalgia & restaurants, not nostalgia & bars!
:) The older we get ... um, I forgot.
Chris Beckmeyer
>Also, I had just heard that John Franco had retired .... from the restaurant
>biz, not from the earthly plane :)
Isn't the Crab Cracker in Kirkland Franco's place? Now that I think about
it, is that place still open?
Ellis Hillinger
Philip Johnson
around.
Phil
Mike Garrison wrote:
>
> You know, the Herfy's thread has me wondering ... is it
> possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
> me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
> grew up on. But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic,
> where can we go?
>
Maris Avots
Seattlites...never... go to:
The Space Needle restaurant!
In article <3829C998...@gte.net>, Philip Johnson
Dianna
Ate at Kingfisher Cafe this evening and just wanted to share what a
delicious experience I had.
Basics --
on 19th street
cash/checks only
no reservations
get there early!!!!
I had the fried chicken -- wonderful, crispy and tasty, no grease!!
with mashed potatoes and gravy that had a healthy smattering of black pepper
and collard greens cooked in a honey/vinegar? Yummy.
My friend had the catfish with grits (looked like a polenta cake to me) and
collards.
We shared a tasty coconut cake.
With beers and tip $41.00.
I will definitely be returning to try more tasty morsels -- ham coquettes,
red beans and rice, hoppin' john -- you get the idea. Hopefully they will
have another wonderfully-sounding soup -- tonight it was "Spicy Chicken
Peanut".
Alan Zelt
The only rule you broke was waiting so long to go; delaying when we
found out about it. Sounds like great food(and a great report). Thanx
and welcome.
Phil Hystad
Where is XXX Root Beer in Kingsgate ????
phil
Joe Duffy
someone's attribution is wrong.
it is pizza haven that is in kingsgate.
joe
Phil Hystad
The only pizza restaurant in Kingsgate is Pizza Bank on the corner of NE
143rd and 124th Ave. N.E.
Michael Justice
>But when we natives do get a bit nostalgic, where can we go?
I just read through this thread on RemarQ (first resort of Eskimos everywhere),
and was astonished that nobody has mentioned Azteca.
I've always heard Azteca touted as a local success story. Locally owned,
started by a few brothers who wanted to run their own Mexican restaurants.
Sure, it isn't what one could call "authentic Mexican food", but it's most
definitely a Seattle institution. And the chow is decent.
I recently ate at another "authentic Seattle" eatery, and was astonished at
what people put up with in the name of tradition -- limp, soggy fries, and
a hamburger that matched (Boeing cafeteria vendor) ARAMark's lack-of-efforts.
I would've thrown the fries to the pigeons and seagulls in the parking lot,
but they flapped away when they saw me coming -- they've apparently eaten
there before.
-- Michael.
--
Michael A. Justice * lib...@eskimo.com * Member, Libertarian Party
"The House of the Venerable and Inscrutable Colonel was what they called it
when they were speaking Chinese. Venerable because of his goatee, white as
the dogwood blossom, a badge of unimpeachable credibility in Confucian eyes.
Inscrutable because he had gone to his grave without divulging the Secret of
the Eleven Herbs and Spices." -- Neal Stephenson, _The_Diamond_Age_
Wes Stanton
mean, up in -- where was it -- Eastlake?
Wes
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They had two. The other was in Bellevue.
Stephen McCallister
along Highway 41 just
south of Sarasota, FL.
Steve McCallister
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> Well,
> The Red Robin on Eastlake has been there as long as I can remember.
>
> Mike Garrison <mike.g...@boeing.com> wrote in message
> news:381F89A0...@boeing.com...
> > possible to get authentic Seattle food in Seattle? Don't get
> > me wrong, I like interesting food better than the stuff I
> > where can we go?
> >
> > (eg. Canlis), but not many of the restaurants I used to eat
> > at as a kid:
> >
> > No Pizza Haven.
> > No Herfys.
> > No XXX Root Beer.
> >
> > Or even places I used to eat at as a teenager:
> >
> > No Greenlake Jakes.
> > No Sourdough Deep Dish Pizza Co.
> >
> > So what is still here?
> >
> > Spuds is still around.
> > Dicks is still here, though I rarely ate there.
> >
> > Ivar's and Kidd Valley are still here, but have been
> > corporatized and sanitized for our protection.
> >
> > 13 Coins is still there, but I never liked it.
> >
> > -----------
> >
> > Anybody else?