Seattle-area Restaurants and Food Culture - Page 4

CityView Jim · August 21st, 2010, 06:28 PM

Went to Flying Fish for the first time last night. Packed! Walked by re:public - also packed. Westlake Ave N just might start to be the new Belltown with a few more evening spots. opening up. Nice to have sidewalk activity here!!

Right now, it probably will have to survive as a happy hour spot that probably wraps up by 9:00.

meku · August 21st, 2010, 08:07 PM

I've been to re:public twice already - love the food (pork belly, octopus and pig tail - all top notch), always packed with a crowd of ~30 year old professionals. Prices are really decent.

The sidewalk activity along Westlake has definitely picked up. Bring on more residential development people !

CityView Jim · August 21st, 2010, 11:58 PM

I think they're doing SLU right. Very few other neighborhoods have such a great balance of jobs and housing all within blocks of each other. Downtown is job heavy and getting there on the residential. Belltown is resident heavy, but not much employment. Same with Capitol Hill. First Hill might be close behind SLU, but all the housing is on one side with all the medical/support on the other.

Just my quick simple review!

alexjonlin · August 22nd, 2010, 02:50 AM

Yeah I agree. I think Capitol Hill has it alright though because of Seattle Central and Group Health, and the fact that hipsters don't seem to work. Broadway's still vibrant in the middle of the day.

jessejb · August 22nd, 2010, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexjonlin

Yeah I agree. I think Capitol Hill has it alright though because of Seattle Central and Group Health, and the fact that hipsters don't seem to work. Broadway's still vibrant in the middle of the day.

This is true. Just think of all the trust fund money that pours into the neighborhood all day. Its not dependent on available jobs at all.

Seattle FTW · August 23rd, 2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jessejb

This is true. Just think of all the trust fund money that pours into the neighborhood all day. Its not dependent on available jobs at all.

?

Trust fund money pouring into Capitol Hill?

uwhuskies · August 24th, 2010, 10:07 AM

[QUOTE=jessejb;62411837]This is true. Just think of all the trust fund money that pours into the neighborhood all day. Its not dependent on available jobs at all.[/QUOTE

Where do I begin with such generalizations? MOST people do work despite all the gloom and doom noise in the media.

jessejb · August 24th, 2010, 10:26 PM

Aw come on now. Everyone loves hipster/trust fund jokes.

meku · August 24th, 2010, 10:50 PM

Suprised noone got that though.

Seattle FTW · August 25th, 2010, 01:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jessejb

Aw come on now. Everyone loves hipster/trust fund jokes.

They're funny when they don't come from hipsters themselves

alexjonlin · August 25th, 2010, 02:41 AM

Oh snap!

jessejb · August 26th, 2010, 12:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seattle FTW

They're funny when they don't come from hipsters themselves

I actually laughed at that. Which makes me not a hipster.

<--and this is not PBR. And look- Im drinking it.

cpm_seattle · August 29th, 2010, 08:09 PM

Hey, easy on the PBR! Back in my prime HS beer drinking days (mid-1970's)... PBR was a BIG step-up from Rainier and Oly -- which were slight step-ups from Lucky (Portland) and Heidelberg (Tacoma) -- which were a definite step-up from Rheinlander (brewed by Rainier) and Columbia (brewed by who knows who). We didn't even think about Bud and Miller. Coors, maybe. PBR was a treat. Seemed to taste a lot different. I think it still does. But when you are loading and unloading bales of hay in the dusty summer heat down in the Puyallup Valley (yes, summers did get hot back then) -- or "tossing" 25-lb wooden trays of daffodil bulbs out in a field for 8 hours a day (up to another guy standing on flatbed truck) -- any beer will do (especially since we were only 16, 17, 18 years old). Excellent prep for football season (the hard work; not the brew). BTW -- we won some state football championships back then -- in site of (or because of?) the beer. Follow-up the hard work with some water skiing on Lake Tapps to cap off a late afternoon and early-evening... and then follow that up with some dunk hoops on the 9-foot rims at the local elementary school until it was dark (with more beer)... ahhh, those were the days. Where were we? SLU? Capitol Hill? Hipsters? Sorry.

runstad matt · August 30th, 2010, 04:49 AM

MY TOP TEN ABSOLUTE MUST EAT'S in Seattle (in random order):

1. Matt's Gourmet (Chili) dogs with Tillamook cheddar -- too bad they've closed down several locations, but the Totem Lake place makes the same god forsaken almightily delicious "meat in tube form." The most picky hot dog fanatics would find this place unrivaled.

2. Paseo's Cuban Pork Sandwiches in Fremont. Just make sure you line up before they open, becuase that little hole in the wall sells out way too fast. I think they spike their meat with some seriously addictive seasonings.

3. Honey Court Dim Sum in the International District. Instant gratification for very reasonable prices. Chicken feet, intestines, whatever your pleasure, that place has got it and then some. I've been told the Dim Sum at Honey's equals or exceeds Hong Kong's in quality.

4. KaWon Korean BBQ in Lynnwood. The service barely speaks English and cooks/cuts your Kalbi for you right at the table. Never ending myriad of side dishes and salad.

5. Volterra in Ballard. Unbelievably delicious eggplant parmesean.

6. Garlic Jim's pizza (Mill Creek). Get the thin crust with, you guessed it, extra GARLIC.

7. Musashi Sushi in Wallingford. Too small and cramped for the demand, but thank goodness for those fat and fresh handrolls.

8. For burgers: Redmill (Phinney), Fatburger (Alderwood) or Blue Moon (downtown). Just pick your poison because all three rock (or better yet, leave a rock in your gut on the way out).

9. Street tacos and stuffed authentic mondo burritos from that little taco truck just west of I-5 on 45th (in the Baskin Robbins parking lot). UW kids ride the bus 15mins between classes just to get their paws on those carnitas and carne asada. Tongue and fresh roasted jalepenos also available.

10. Portage Cafe for breakfast, especially the crepes-dutch babies-waffle fresh fruit bar and on Sundays. Like Musashi, another great place with a long wait to be seated.

Other damn good spots (but not quite absolute must have top ten) are:

Gyro House in Everett
Spuds fried halibut in Greenlake
The Bonefish Grill in Bothell
Ezell's in Woodinville
The Confectionist in Pike's Place Market
Mike's Chili House in Fremont
Tat's Philly Cheesesteak in Pioneer Square
The Bacon Maple Bar at Frost

alexjonlin · August 30th, 2010, 06:34 AM

Why Ezell's in Woodinville? Hit up the original location in the CD! 23rd & Jefferson.

CityView Jim · August 31st, 2010, 03:36 PM

Wow, Dick's Drive-In to open their first new restaurant in 36 years!! But where?

http://www.king5.com/news/local/Dick...101845473.html

I guess consumers will pick the location based on web vote. Here are the choices:

North includes Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, Edmonds and South Everett.

South includes West Seattle, South Seattle, Renton, Burien, SeaTac and Tukwila.

East includes Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Sammamish.

Do the 'burbs really need more fast food? How about SLU?! Sorry. Being greedy.

alexjonlin · September 1st, 2010, 02:16 AM

Can they go through this expansion process every couple months? Dick's deserves to have as big a market in the Seattle area as McDonald's or Burger King, it's the same price but many, many times better!

Seasun · September 1st, 2010, 08:16 AM

If you haven't tried Delicatus at 1st and Yesler I recommend giving it a shot. I've gotten the "Chief Stealth Bomber" twice in the past week(!).

http://www.delicatusseattle.com/PDF/DelicatusMenu.pdf

Seasun · September 4th, 2010, 04:15 AM

After trying the new Belltown Pub tonight (old Belltown Bistro) I walked by the Biscuit Bitch shop which I tried a few months back one late Friday or Saturday. The name makes me laugh/smile when I walk by. I can imagine saying that I'm taking the SLUT to the bitch. Juvenile I know (and the Slut doesn't really go to Belltown).

The Belltown Pub was pretty good - they're happy hour goes until 6:30 - worth a try.

jessejb · September 5th, 2010, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Seasun

After trying the new Belltown Pub tonight (old Belltown Bistro) I walked by the Biscuit Bitch shop which I tried a few months back one late Friday or Saturday. The name makes me laugh/smile when I walk by. I can imagine saying that I'm taking the SLUT to the bitch. Juvenile I know (and the Slut doesn't really go to Belltown).

The Belltown Pub was pretty good - they're happy hour goes until 6:30 - worth a try.

My buddy who's a chef was telling me Belltown Pub is really good, too.
Oh and he let me in on a little secret that the owners of Tavern Law and Spur are opening a new place in South Lake Union.

August 24th, 2010, 10:26 PM	#68
jessejb Registered User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,696 Likes (Received): 105	Aw come on now. Everyone loves hipster/trust fund jokes. __________________ Le Tumblr: http://inanevergreenstate.tumblr.com/

August 31st, 2010, 03:36 PM	#76
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,958 Likes (Received): 62	Wow, Dick's Drive-In to open their first new restaurant in 36 years!! But where? http://www.king5.com/news/local/Dick...101845473.html I guess consumers will pick the location based on web vote. Here are the choices: North includes Shoreline, Mountlake Terrace, Lynnwood, Edmonds and South Everett. South includes West Seattle, South Seattle, Renton, Burien, SeaTac and Tukwila. East includes Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Bothell, Mercer Island, Issaquah and Sammamish. Do the 'burbs really need more fast food? How about SLU?! Sorry. Being greedy. Last edited by CityView Jim; August 31st, 2010 at 03:44 PM.

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August 21st, 2010, 06:28 PM	#61
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,958 Likes (Received): 62	Went to Flying Fish for the first time last night. Packed! Walked by re:public - also packed. Westlake Ave N just might start to be the new Belltown with a few more evening spots. opening up. Nice to have sidewalk activity here!! Right now, it probably will have to survive as a happy hour spot that probably wraps up by 9:00.

August 21st, 2010, 08:07 PM	#62
meku Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 982 Likes (Received): 15	I've been to re:public twice already - love the food (pork belly, octopus and pig tail - all top notch), always packed with a crowd of ~30 year old professionals. Prices are really decent. The sidewalk activity along Westlake has definitely picked up. Bring on more residential development people !

August 21st, 2010, 11:58 PM	#63
CityView Jim Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 3,958 Likes (Received): 62	I think they're doing SLU right. Very few other neighborhoods have such a great balance of jobs and housing all within blocks of each other. Downtown is job heavy and getting there on the residential. Belltown is resident heavy, but not much employment. Same with Capitol Hill. First Hill might be close behind SLU, but all the housing is on one side with all the medical/support on the other. Just my quick simple review!

August 22nd, 2010, 02:50 AM	#64
alexjonlin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,260 Likes (Received): 84	Yeah I agree. I think Capitol Hill has it alright though because of Seattle Central and Group Health, and the fact that hipsters don't seem to work. Broadway's still vibrant in the middle of the day.

August 24th, 2010, 10:07 AM	#67
uwhuskies Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 647 Likes (Received): 3	[QUOTE=jessejb;62411837]This is true. Just think of all the trust fund money that pours into the neighborhood all day. Its not dependent on available jobs at all.[/QUOTE Where do I begin with such generalizations? MOST people do work despite all the gloom and doom noise in the media.

August 24th, 2010, 10:50 PM	#69
meku Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 982 Likes (Received): 15	Suprised noone got that though.

August 25th, 2010, 02:41 AM	#71
alexjonlin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,260 Likes (Received): 84	Oh snap!

August 29th, 2010, 08:09 PM	#73
cpm_seattle On Schedule Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Seattle Posts: 171 Likes (Received): 2	Hey, easy on the PBR! Back in my prime HS beer drinking days (mid-1970's)... PBR was a BIG step-up from Rainier and Oly -- which were slight step-ups from Lucky (Portland) and Heidelberg (Tacoma) -- which were a definite step-up from Rheinlander (brewed by Rainier) and Columbia (brewed by who knows who). We didn't even think about Bud and Miller. Coors, maybe. PBR was a treat. Seemed to taste a lot different. I think it still does. But when you are loading and unloading bales of hay in the dusty summer heat down in the Puyallup Valley (yes, summers did get hot back then) -- or "tossing" 25-lb wooden trays of daffodil bulbs out in a field for 8 hours a day (up to another guy standing on flatbed truck) -- any beer will do (especially since we were only 16, 17, 18 years old). Excellent prep for football season (the hard work; not the brew). BTW -- we won some state football championships back then -- in site of (or because of?) the beer. Follow-up the hard work with some water skiing on Lake Tapps to cap off a late afternoon and early-evening... and then follow that up with some dunk hoops on the 9-foot rims at the local elementary school until it was dark (with more beer)... ahhh, those were the days. Where were we? SLU? Capitol Hill? Hipsters? Sorry.

August 30th, 2010, 04:49 AM	#74
runstad matt Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Mill Creek Wa Posts: 44 Likes (Received): 0	MY TOP TEN ABSOLUTE MUST EAT'S in Seattle (in random order): 1. Matt's Gourmet (Chili) dogs with Tillamook cheddar -- too bad they've closed down several locations, but the Totem Lake place makes the same god forsaken almightily delicious "meat in tube form." The most picky hot dog fanatics would find this place unrivaled. 2. Paseo's Cuban Pork Sandwiches in Fremont. Just make sure you line up before they open, becuase that little hole in the wall sells out way too fast. I think they spike their meat with some seriously addictive seasonings. 3. Honey Court Dim Sum in the International District. Instant gratification for very reasonable prices. Chicken feet, intestines, whatever your pleasure, that place has got it and then some. I've been told the Dim Sum at Honey's equals or exceeds Hong Kong's in quality. 4. KaWon Korean BBQ in Lynnwood. The service barely speaks English and cooks/cuts your Kalbi for you right at the table. Never ending myriad of side dishes and salad. 5. Volterra in Ballard. Unbelievably delicious eggplant parmesean. 6. Garlic Jim's pizza (Mill Creek). Get the thin crust with, you guessed it, extra GARLIC. 7. Musashi Sushi in Wallingford. Too small and cramped for the demand, but thank goodness for those fat and fresh handrolls. 8. For burgers: Redmill (Phinney), Fatburger (Alderwood) or Blue Moon (downtown). Just pick your poison because all three rock (or better yet, leave a rock in your gut on the way out). 9. Street tacos and stuffed authentic mondo burritos from that little taco truck just west of I-5 on 45th (in the Baskin Robbins parking lot). UW kids ride the bus 15mins between classes just to get their paws on those carnitas and carne asada. Tongue and fresh roasted jalepenos also available. 10. Portage Cafe for breakfast, especially the crepes-dutch babies-waffle fresh fruit bar and on Sundays. Like Musashi, another great place with a long wait to be seated. Other damn good spots (but not quite absolute must have top ten) are: Gyro House in Everett Spuds fried halibut in Greenlake The Bonefish Grill in Bothell Ezell's in Woodinville The Confectionist in Pike's Place Market Mike's Chili House in Fremont Tat's Philly Cheesesteak in Pioneer Square The Bacon Maple Bar at Frost

August 30th, 2010, 06:34 AM	#75
alexjonlin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,260 Likes (Received): 84	Why Ezell's in Woodinville? Hit up the original location in the CD! 23rd & Jefferson.

September 1st, 2010, 02:16 AM	#77
alexjonlin Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 2,260 Likes (Received): 84	Can they go through this expansion process every couple months? Dick's deserves to have as big a market in the Seattle area as McDonald's or Burger King, it's the same price but many, many times better!

September 1st, 2010, 08:16 AM	#78
Seasun Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,557 Likes (Received): 43	If you haven't tried Delicatus at 1st and Yesler I recommend giving it a shot. I've gotten the "Chief Stealth Bomber" twice in the past week(!). http://www.delicatusseattle.com/PDF/DelicatusMenu.pdf

September 4th, 2010, 04:15 AM	#79
Seasun Registered User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,557 Likes (Received): 43	After trying the new Belltown Pub tonight (old Belltown Bistro) I walked by the Biscuit Bitch shop which I tried a few months back one late Friday or Saturday. The name makes me laugh/smile when I walk by. I can imagine saying that I'm taking the SLUT to the bitch. Juvenile I know (and the Slut doesn't really go to Belltown). The Belltown Pub was pretty good - they're happy hour goes until 6:30 - worth a try.