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Opened in 1940, by C.C. Crawford, a veteran restaurateur, Crawford's slogan was "A Showplace on the Shore of Puget Sound." The restaurant was designed by the architect George Groves. This iconic seafood restaurant was later purchased by Ivar...
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A restaurant located in the Edgewater Inn, a landmark hotel built for the 1962 World's Fair. The hotel is legendary for housing some very famous musicians, including The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, KISS, and The Village People.
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In 1988, this restaurant chain was introduced by Schwartz Brothers Restaurants while Ted Furst was the corporate chef. It was later sold to Wolfgang Puck Worldwide, who then sold it to Jeff Fuller, a Canadian entrepreneur who also runs the Joeys...
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Also known as Arnies Northshore, with branches in Mukilteo and Edmonds, this location was taken over from America's Cup in 1985. The restaurants, which served seafood at moderate prices, were named after Arnie Challman who helped his son, Peter,...
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Bahn Thai opened in 1984 by Denchai and Prathan Eal, natives of Bangkok. A noticeable number of Thai restaurants opened in Seattle in the late 1980's, a fact commented upon by The Seattle Times in 1985 and 1989.
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Canlis, a legendary Seattle restaurant, was founded in 1950 by Peter Canlis as a steak and seafood place. With a view overlooking the city, Canlis has become a local institution where Seattleites go to celebrate special occasions. The chef, Jason...
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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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This luxurious Japanese restaurant was opened in 1978 by Mariko Tada and her husband, Takao Sugiyama. Asuka, which refers to a period of Japanese History which began in 628 A.D., served Kansai style cuisine. It was reviewed in the Seattle Times on...
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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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Open since 1953, Bush Garden is Seattle's longest-lived and one of the first Japanese restaurants in the city. With tatami rooms and sukiyaki dinners, it was known as a upscale, special-occasion restaurant. There were also locations in San...
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"Billed as an innovative new French cafeteria," when it opened in 1983, Café Casino had two locations, one in Seattle and one in Bellevue. It was a leading restaurant chain in France that started as a grocery store in 1858. Casino USA closed the...