Restaurants in Seattle/Vancouver

 Someone wrote:
 |> I will be travelling to Seattle and Vancouver in the Fall for the first time
 |> and was wondering if anyone knew of any restaurants they would like to
 |> recommend.  If you know of anything very special (can be expensive) or less
 |> expensive but fun or unique, please let me know.  Also, non-seafood would
 |> be much appreciated, as I am allergic.
 |>
 |> If anyone could recommend hotels in the area, that would be great, too.
 |>
 |> Thankx!

  Here is my Seattle file from the net.
 I personnaly like Anthony's Boathouse in Des Moines (south of airport)
 Good food, localle, and reasonable prices but expect to wait
 even with reservations

 Some that others have recommended are:
 Dalia Lounge - eclectic but always interesting - moderate price
 Reiner's - Elegant continental - kinda expensive (more than above)
 Cactus - Southwest (Santa Fe New Mexico) - moderate
 Rover's - French - VERY expensive and worth it (>$60/person)
 Georgian Room (4 seasons hotel) - Elegant continental - expensive

 Eastside
 Thai kitchen - hard to beat for Thai
 Lemon Grass (greenlake) - may beat above but not by much
 Raja - Indian - moderate
 Shahmiyama - Indian/Bangladesh
 3 pigs - bar-b-q

 These should keep you busy for a while.  I have been to them all and
 like them a lot.
 Cheers

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 Jim Sanchez
 Hughes LAN Systems [email removed] OR [email removed]
 Kirkland, WA 98033 (206)828-7417 (voice) (206)828-2454 (FAX)

 My favorite is Ho Ho Seafood in the International District.  Check out the
 specials and get the pan-fried halibut if they have it.

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  Mary Malmros     | Cayman Systems Inc, 26 Landsdowne St, Cambridge, MA 02139
  [email removed]  | Phone 617-494-1999  Fax 617-494-5167  AppleLink CAYMAN.TECH

 How about Sea Garden?  It's listed in white/yellow page.
 You can find pictures of chinese movie stars as well as of Babara
 Walters at the entrance. Nice restaurant, but a little too much of MSG?
 A place frequented by Jeff Smith and you can see him in the everning
 of January 1 (so far... who knows next year).  A little bit pricy, but
 well worth the money.

 For Japanaese restraurant, I can strongly recommend Izumi at Kirkland.
 (Again check your phone book, no I am not working for US West.)
 Happy hours!

 --
 Yong J. Kim  [email removed]
 Department of Management Science
 School of Business Administration
 University of Washington

 It has been a while but used to  eat at China First in the University
 District. They have a beef  & tofu that will bring tears to your eyes.

 --

 Donald R. Newcomb                * The one who dies with the most toys
 [email removed]        * has accomplished nothing beyond
 [email removed]            * enslaving himself to his possessions.

 First of all, I hope you'll have a car. Do you know what hotel you'll
 be at? No matter which Eastside hotel you wind up at, there's nothing
 worthwhile within walking distance. The locations I'll be giving you
 will have to be checked with the local phone book, since they're coming
 off the top of my head.

 For a crash course in what it's like to live on the Eastside, visit
 Chace's Pancake Corral on Bellevue Way, next to the 7-Eleven near
 SE 16th St. This is just about all the culture there is east of the lake
 and it's best sampled on a weekend, when you'll see everyone from
 professional athletes to strip mall kings to manual laborers. Everyone,
 in short, who lives on the Eastside, except Bill Gates. The menu is
 unremarkable over all, but Bill Chace's pancakes get my vote for Best
 in the World. Seriously.

 If you don't have a lot of time for breakfast, try Sorella's on the north
 side of Northup Way (aka NE 20th St) between 132nd and 140th. Great breakfast,
 cheap. Food is much better than Chace's overall, but no pancakes, and no
 ambience to speak of. (This doubles as a passable Italian restaurant
 on weekday evenings, but is really a front for a catering business.)

 Now there are two tracks: local Eastside eats, and good food in Seattle.

 On the Eastside: For restaurants and nightlife, try downtown Kirkland.
 Several kinds of ethnic restaurants, a few places where you can get good
 fish, and several taverns with local ales. This is IMHO a lot more like
 Charlottesville than the university district in Seattle is, but it can
 also be a little unapproachable for a single newcomer. For fish and ale
 in a safer, less chaotic environment, there's The New Jake's at Bellevue
 Square, which you may want to check out anyway, since it's the biggest
 shopping mall west of Minneapolis and north of SF. While you're in
 downtown Bellevue, you might want to stop at Starbucks (across the street
 from the Nordstrom's end of the Square) or Veneto's (inside the supermarket
 also north of Nordy's) for a cappucino. If you're gonna live in Seattle,
 you're gonna have to learn eventually.

 Speaking of Seattle:

 If you want to be really ambitious about the regional cuisine, landmarks,
 and ale thing, go directly to F.X.McRory's, just north of the Kingdome
 (take I90 all the way into town, and follow the signs to the Kingdome
 lot, which is the easiest place to park. Flip on the radio to make sure
 there's not something going on at the Dome before you leave.)

 I think that the two best places to just go drinking in Seattle are
 Cooper's Alehouse, on Lake City Way NE, which has some gawdawful number
 of taps, several dartboards, and not much else, and the Latona Pub on
 Latona Avenue near Greenlake (Greenlake is always one word. Dunno why.),
 which is warm, mellow, comfortable, and has jazz or acoustic music on
 weekends.

 Best pizza is at Atlantic Street Pizza, which is not on Atlantic Street
 but rather on University Way north of 55th St. Be prepared to eat in your
 car unless you go to the other location in Ballard, where they have some
 seating. The only edible (and it's good) approximation to pizza on
 the Eastside is Pogacha, at Main Street and 106th (but check me).
 "Pogacha" is supposed to be some kind of Balkan pizza clone. I'm
 too much the traditional pizza type, but everyone I've talked to likes
 it, and they *do* serve good pasta. There's a good take-n-bake pizza
 place near my house out there, but you won't have a stove...

 If you're looking for the grunge scene in Seattle, I can't help much,
 having been thoroughly suburbanized in 1985. Try Market Street in Ballard
 for starters; the best bars should be within walking distance.

 If you get stuck for quick food close to the Eastside hotel, drive over to
 Crossroads Mall. There's a "food court" over there that's a lot more
 interesting than average, and better quality.

 For Mexican: La Cocina del Puerco, on Main Street in what's called "Old
 Bellevue". Alternatively, Azteca on NE 10th just west of Bellevue Way.

 Best Chinese on the Eastside is Wang's Mongolian Garden in downtown
 Issaquah (name may be wrong, but the location is right), UNLESS you're
 sensitive to cigarette smoke. Then try the Peking Wok, just off 128th
 SE near Factoria Square (Hard to find. Next to a Domino's Pizza.)

 Burgers: Kidd Valley, near the corner of Northup Way and Bel-Red Road.

 Teriyaki: Yumiko's, in the north Sears parking lot at 148th NE and 24th St.
 This is the ultimate Seattle fast food: more chicken, rice, and salad
 than you can eat, for about $4.

 And if you get hungry for good ole fashined home cookin, check out the
 Yankee Diner at 140th and Bel-Red. This will make you never want to go
 to the Black-Eyed Pea (or any other diner in the East) ever again. Big
 crowds, no reservations, so go early, go late, or eat in the bar.

 General note: the Eastside shuts down at about 9 PM (some restaurants
 at 10). The supermarkets are by and large open all night, but the dining
 choices are limited...

 There are Denny's on 148th Ave near NE 24th Street and also just south
 of I-90 (the latter is a teenager hangout and is also near the local
 community college). Beyond that, you'll have to cross the 520 bridge into Seattle,
 where I recommend the College Inn (University Way and NE 40th St; also a
 good pub downstairs till closing, which is 2 AM in Washington State)
 and Stella's Trattoria (next to the Metro 10-plex cinema on NE 45th St),
 both of which are open all night.

  Well, that's the lowdown on Bellevue (Redmond is just an overgrown
 cow town that happened to contain enough empty real estate to build
 Bill's Software Factory, due to the somewhat gerrymandered Bellevue-
 Redmond border.) Have a good time, even if you decide not to go to
 work for Uncle Bill, and feel free to ask if you have questions.

 Jeff Carroll
 [email removed]

       for salmon or seafood:

             IVAR's - the best is the smokehouse right on
                   lake washington or union.

             SALTY's - pricier but still good, on Akli shores, looking
                   across at the Seattle seafront

       for greek food:

             KOSTA's /Costa's (can't remember which way they spell it)
                   in Fremont, near the lower bridge and walking distance
                   from Red Hook brewary in the old trolly barn.

       locals will have many more ideas - but these are places i go to on
 almost every trip (at least 1-2x per quarter).

 oh yes - another recent discovery was CACTUS, a southwestern/tapas restaurant
 near lake Washington (½ block).  decent sherry, apetizers or tapas and
 seriously tasty but HOT entrees.  moderate to expensive.  minor yuppie factor
 but god anyway!

         //| irene hensley                 / 408.748-6417
        / /  /  customer training         / "[email removed]"

  admittedly expensive but...the edgewater hotel (since a fairly recent remodel)
  is great... pine log furniture, overstuffed armchairs, big fat plaid quilts,
  good sized rooms (i stayed on the water side) furnished decks, comfy lobby,
  super staff, etc. room service breakfast was excellent and at my door in
  20 minutes.

  for restaurants: The Coastal Kitchen- 15th AV, Capitol Hill area. Great
               Carribbean-New Orleans cooking, full bar, and free
               entertainment from the salad chef. If you go, sit at the bar
               to eat (no reservations required for the bar). Its the
               kitchen, too.

               Brad's Swingside Cafe- 42nd (?), Fremont area. Down one
               exterior wall of this very small (8 tables) establishment is
               painted *The Best Italian Restaurant in Seattle*. I believe
               they can claim to be the best in the entire northwest. Don't
               expect spaghetti with tomato sauce, etc. Try the Aglio Olio.
                   (Reservations)

               Testa Rossa- Broadway, Capitol Hill area. Grandest Chicago-
               style pizza (and more) in Seattle. Best spot for
               people-watching on Broadway.
               (No reservations required)

               (If you want to take a ferry ride and have time to head
                north)
                The Star Bistro- In Langley on Whidbey Island. Really
                innovative salads and generally super nouveau northwest
                stuff.
                    (Reservations)

 From  Thu Sep 23 08:59:12 1993
 Article: 5810 of rec.food.restaurants

 I haven't lived in Seattle since I graduated from the University of
 Washington back in 1985, but if you want an experience that is unusual and
 a lot of fun, eat at the SpaceNeedle.  There are 2 restraunts, one at the
 top and one about a third of the way up.  Both are fun and give excellent
 views of the city.  It's a wonderful view at sunset on a clear day
 especially from the revolving one at the top.  If you decide on it, make
 reservations and note that it's not cheap. (at least for a starving college
 student.)

 Also, there are some wonderful hole-in-the-wall chinese restraunts near the
 kingdome in the chinatown portion of Seattle.  We used to go there after
 Mariner games.  Excellent and cheap.

 Enjoy your trip.  I'm jealous.

 Mark Stover

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 Someone wrote:

 > I will be travelling to Seattle and Vancouver in the Fall for the first time
 > and was wondering if anyone knew of any restaurants they would like to
 > recommend.  If you know of anything very special (can be expensive) or less
 > expensive but fun or unique, please let me know.  Also, non-seafood would
 > be much appreciated, as I am allergic.
 >
 > If anyone could recommend hotels in the area, that would be great, too.
 >
 > Thankx!

 Someone wrote:

 >I will be travelling to Seattle and Vancouver in the Fall for the first
 time
 and was wondering if anyone knew of any restaurants they would like to
 recommend.  If you know of anything very special (can be expensive) or
 >less

 Best seafood plus great ambiance is Ray's Boathouse on Shilshole Bay in
 Seattle. Best steaks in Seattle are the Metropolitan Grill in downtown
 Seattle.