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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...
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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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Jerry Friar established this butcher shop in 1951 at West McGraw Street and Sixth Avenue West. In 1972, he moved the business to its current location in Queen Anne. As of 2012, it is still in operation, and specializes in meats, particularly...
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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 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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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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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 offered...
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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...