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"The Canterbury is a reincarnation of the Gaslight, a tavern that slid downhill through the turbulent 1960's. Peggy Clark bought it in November of 1976 and began its transformation into a latter day Tudor hash house." -From The Seattle Times review...
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A small news item concerning B&B Corned Beef House was published in The Seattle Times on November 15, 1978. It referred to a fine the restaurant received for "allowing a minor employee to consume liquor on the premises."
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Before becoming the Country Boy Barbecue in 1992, this building housed Red's Steak House. Owners Keith and Marleen Bennett bottled their own sauce and smoked the meat in house. The Bennetts were competitive barbecue cooks, winning trophies and...
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Café Optimum opened in 1979 as a coffee house and then expanded its offerings to brunch and dinner. It had a reputation for great, fresh seafood and vegetables. Owner D.J. Zentner, a former health teacher, believed in only serving food that left...
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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...