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Larry Stein

Larry Stein
I'm going to be there from Tues late afternoon thru Thurs morning. Work stuff. I believe I'll be working at the Swedish Hospital location in Cherry Hill. Still need to confirm that. Since that's the Heart and Vascular facility and I'll be monitoring some hardware installations and intravascular ultrasound procedures, I've gotta figure that's the right place. I'll probably be staying at the Sheraton or Renaissance which are on 5th and 6th Streets.

I won't have a car, but taxi works just fine.

What do you Seattleites and others recommend in the area for dinner? On another board, Salumi was recommended. Where else? What about Wild Ginger?

I might be able to jeebus, but am not sure. I'll be with the marketing person. She's pretty cool so I'm guessing she might be amenable to such activities.
 
Hey Larry,

I looked at the old thread and it seemed good to me. The updates I'd add:

Pichet is basically a good Paris bistro in Seattle, it's good but it's not haute cuisine by any stretch. Just depends on what you want.

Cafe Campagne is my go to spot at this point, along with Tamarind Tree, which is really good, esp for the price. You can buy off the upstairs list at cafe campagne. You can eat at the bar at Campagne (restaurant upstairs from the cafe)and it's very good for the price. Tamarind Tree's list is terrible so bring something if you go. For a more haute cuisine sort of thing, Crush and le Gourmande are the top of my list. Crush much more inventive, le Gourmande old school/Olneyesque.

I agree with Lee that Wild Ginger is just ok, unless you see a show at the Triple Door, and then the package is great.

Larry, I could jeeb at around 7:30 on Tuesday. Or, Weds. is my Burgundy group and we might actually have a couple cancels so it might be possible to have you join us. I'll email you more details.
 
originally posted by Brian C:
originally posted by Larry Stein:
Thanks, SharonThat's more than enough to work with.
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I would add Salumi for lunch and Tilth to that list.
Cheers
Brian
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salumi, salumi, salumi!!! everything is really good, but the meatballs are extraordinarily amazing. expect to wait a bit...
 
Paseo has two locations; one in the fremont district and one down by the water near the shilshole bay park. Talk about a bangin' sandwich.....
 
might be a little far, but Eva is really good. You might remember James Hondros from the WCWN used to post. He and his wife Amy own/operate Eva.
Amazing soups and everything is very very good. Nice wine list too.

jc
 
You should absolutely eat at Tilth. Despite the rave reviews for many Seattle restaurants, I find most of them a bit amateurish here and there (compared to NY, say). Tilth, though, is a class act; and the food is wonderful.

Have fun,

Mike
 
Guys, any updates for Seattle? My business partner is going to be there for a week or so. He'll be with his fiancée so I don't think they'll be keen on meeting 2nd degree strangers.
 
But he's a nice guy, so if any of you want to do something, let me know and I'll ask him. I'll send some interesting wines with him if something gets set up.
 
Much of the above is still good, some isn't.

They should bring interesting wines in any case as you can byo anywhere and on the whole the local lists are not much good. Lots of WA stuff.

Not sure if Brad would still reco Cafe Campagne. Campagne upstairs is long gone.
I prefer Le Pichet which is quite nearby, a solid bistro.
Le Gourmand is gone.

On the high end Canlis and Crush with Canlis well above Crush in cuisine and price.
RN74 and Wild Ginger have big lists. Food at WG is generic asian fusion though.
I would choose Tamarind Tree but you will have to bring wine.

I have not been to Sitka & Spruce, but Lee (or was it Brad?) was raving about it at dinner the other night.

Eva is in a funky little neighborhood (Tangletown) a long bus or cab ride north of downtown. The food is nice, and the wine list is probably the most disorderly in Seattle. If you are going to journey far north of the ship canal, my current favorite is Cafe Munir. Terrific Lebanese small plates. No winelist apart from one vintage each of Musar Red, and Musar Jeune Blanc. And the glasses suck, but the corkage is $15. Great whiskey selection however, I guess the chef is a fan.

Closer in - I haven't been to Tilth for a year or so, and the QPR was not there for me. Likewise on the other Maria Hines restaurants - Golden Beetle is a more expensive, faux Munir, and my wife really disliked Agrodolce which opened recently in Fremont - faux sicilian cuisine. There are some Fremont area options though - Revel, Joule, The Whale Wins (same owner as Walrus & the Carpenter), so places to eat after you've toured the Troll, the Rocket, Lenin, Theo Chocolate, etc.

Back downtown, I like Lecosho but have not really ordered anything except Porchetta there. It's also very dark inside. Most of the new restaurant activity is in Capital Hill and S Lake Union and I don't get down there much. Besides Sitka & Spruce, I've heard great things about Restaurant Zoe which was good in it's Belltown location but I have not been to the new incarnation yet.
 
originally posted by Brian C:
Had a favorable experience at the Golden Beetle last week foodwise. Mediterranean/middle eastern bent.
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Brian, try Cafe Munir some time. You'll be blown away and at about 2/3 the price.
And the menu is roughly 70% vege.
 
originally posted by Jim Diven:
originally posted by Brian C:
Had a favorable experience at the Golden Beetle last week foodwise. Mediterranean/middle eastern bent.
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Brian, try Cafe Munir some time. You'll be blown away and at about 2/3 the price.
And the menu is roughly 70% vege.
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Funny, ended up at GB because we couldn't get a seat at Munir on short notice a couple Sat ago. Just ate small plates there but they seemed solid.
 
For sure Sitka and Spruce. My fave. One of the few Seattle places I've been that transcends into national caliber.

Crush. Inconsistent but the best meal I've had in Seattle was there.

Revel is great. Loud tho. Sit at the counter.

Cafe Campagne is our go to place. We eat there all the time. Sort of an old friend, French comfort food. Lesli and I got married in the sister restaurant which is called Marche, upstairs in the old Campagne spot. Marche is great to. Cyril the sommelier for both is great.

We honestly don't keep up that much with the latest though.
 
i'm surprised there's been no mention of spinasse. recommended a while back in "art of eating" for piedmontese cusine. my visit was spectacular.
 
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