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Owned by Harry Nagamatsu, this restaurant served semi-deep-dish pies or what Nagamatsu claimed was "Seattle-style" pizza. It later moved to a new location, 999 3rd Avenue in Downtown Seattle.
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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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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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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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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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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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China North first opened in 1972, under the ownership of Joseph Lee. Cary Chen moved to Seattle after the dissolution of the "illustrious Uncle Chen's in Portland," and became the chef-owner of this restaurant, serving the six cuisines of Chinese...
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Built in 1936 by Slim Randles, a Seattle carpenter, and owned by Mar Dong, also the owner of Mar Hotel in the International District, the China Pheasant was known to be a "real swinging roadhouse." In addition to dinner, the restaurant had music by...
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Located on the Tacoma Waterfront, C.I. Shenanigans has offered seafood, steak and their Sunday brunch since 1983. As of 2012, there were two other locations in Spokane, Washington and Boise, Idaho.
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"Built for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition," the College Inn has served as a guesthouse since 1909. The College Inn Café was owned by Glen Clevenger in the 1960's, and James Oliver in the 1980's. It operated as a 24 hour café in the 1980's.
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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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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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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,...