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Founded in 1981 as Au Gavroche Boulangerie, it changed ownership 3 times. As of 2012, it was owned by Emily Brune, located near the Magnolia neighborhood, and changed its name to Starlight Desserts in 2010.
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Opened in 1909 at Pike Place Market by three Greek brothers, the Athenian Inn (later known as Athenian Seafood Restaurant and Bar) has been at its location for over 100 hundred years. It was one of the first restaurants in Seattle to be permitted a...
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David Cohn opened The Barb in 1951, and later expanded his business to include several locations in the Seattle area, all under the name, The Barb. Cohn opened at least 40 other restaurants, including The Metropolitan Grill and Union Square Grill....
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Started in 1955 by Andy Nagy, this iconic Seattle diner was housed in a series of old railroad cars, one of which Franklin D. Roosevelt rode during his 1944 re-election campaign. Under new owners since 2000, it has since closed down, having served...
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Despite the name, Bick's is actually located in Greenwood. This neighborhood restaurant has a ski lodge atmosphere, large portions, and displays a collection of thousands of hot sauces.
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In the mid-1920's, Charles Joseph Ernest Blanc turned the Stacy mansion, built in 1885 by Martin Van Buren and Elizabeth Stacy, into La Maison Blanc Restaurant. Before its turn as a restaurant, the building also housed the Seattle Chamber of...
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Opened in 1988 in the former Brooklyn Hotel by Larry Hamlin, The Brooklyn's look harkens back to Seattle's gold-rush period. In 1994, the chef, Tony Cunio, and the general manager, Alon Aleshire, took over the restaurant.
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Built in 1907, the Captain Whidbey Inn is a lodge in the middle of Ebey's Landing Historic Reserve on Whidbey Island. It has been in John Colby Stone's family for over 40 years.
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This hole-in-the-wall restaurant first opened in 1974 and moved to a new location in 1976. It calls itself the oldest Middle Eastern restaurant in Seattle.
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A restaurant chain founded in 1975 in Minnesota. In 2003, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the chain had the largest hepatitis A outbreak in American history. The remaining locations were closed in 2004.
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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...