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Bella Neapolis, an Italian restaurant in Lake City, was owned and operated by Bruno and Michele Zabaglio. It was reviewed very favorably in The Seattle Times by John Hinterberger in 1982. It closed in 1987.
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Established in 1975 by Dave Olsen, Café Allegro is the oldest espresso bar in Seattle. The coffee shop was tucked into an alleyway in the University District near the University of Washington's Seattle campus. In 1990, the café was bought by...
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Opened in 1999 by chef Kerry Sear and his wife, Heidi Grathwol, this high-end, luxury restaurant served food inspired by the Pacific Northwest. Sear also introduced miniburgers years before the trend hit Seattle. Closed in 2008.
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Opened in May of 1976 by Karen Mundell and Raymond Cox, Café Society was a small, 40-seat restaurant in the St. Charles Hotel Building. It mainly served lunch, and dinner only on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. Everything was house-made,...
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The restaurant inside the Georgian Towers Hotel. From the Strolling Around section of the April 21, 1968 issue of the Seattle Times: "Music piped into elevators of the Georgian Towers Hotel in Vancouver, B.C. evidently has created unexpected...
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A University District restaurant that served southern Italian pasta dishes and pizza at moderate prices. It has since closed, but was probably open somewhere between the late 1980's and 1990's.
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From 1979, the Schwartz Brothers restaurants operated Benjamin's restaurant. In 1992, the company closed the restaurant and reopened the space as Spazzo, a Mediterranean restaurant.
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Opened in 1969 by Francois Kissel, a Frenchman, and his wife, Julia, Brasserie Pittsbourg was a well-known French restaurant that received national recognition. After 16 years, the Kissels closed the restaurant and merged it with their other...
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Burk's Café, opened in 1982 by Terry "Burk" Burkhardt and Kay Ogren, served Cajun and Creole food. Terry Burkhardt made this distinction between the two cuisines in a July 8, 1983 Seattle Times article, "The Cajun cuisine derived from the Acadians...
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The original La Casa Lupita, one of the first Mexican restaurants in Seattle and known for its enchiladas, was located by Boeing. It closed and opened two new, bigger locations, one on Eastlake Ave and the other on East Marginal Way in 1974. The...
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Opened in 1969 by Francois Kissel, a Frenchman, and his wife, Julia, Brasserie Pittsbourg was a well-known French restaurant that received national recognition. After 16 years, the Kissels closed the restaurant and merged it with their other...