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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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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 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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Opened in 1977 by four non-Chinese women - Leslee Engler, Pattie Rudiger, Cherie Furtado, and Cheryl Tyler - who met in Tai Chi class, this bakery served Chinese pastries. The owners taught themselves to make their baked goods from cookbooks and...
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Owned and operated by Julia and Francois Kissel from 1975 to 1987.The Kissels also owned the Brasserie Pittsbourg, which they merged with the City Loan Pavillon in 1985. It was eventually renamed Brasserie Pavillon. They also opened Maximillien's...
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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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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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Part of the Clark's restaurant chain, founded by Walter Clark, with 22 restaurants all across Seattle, Portland, Tacoma and Yakima. Opened in the early 1950's. Clark sold the chain to Campbell Soup Company in 1970. The family eventually bought back...
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Opened in 1983 by the company, Restaurants Unlimited, Cutters Bayhouse was one of Seattle's hottest spots to eat in the 1980's. The restaurant was reviewed by John Hinterberger on September 2, 1983 in The Seattle Times. In 2003, it underwent...