The cause is impending rise in the minimum wage, of course.

How did I never hear of this place?

18K in unpaid rent, according to Capitol Hill Blog.

http://www.capitolhillseattle.com/2014/0…

@2: Too busy posting on every comment forum on the internet, probably.

Sure do hope it's replaced with a Prohibition-era-themes cocktail bar staffed entirely by guys with mustaches and suspenders.

Oh, and maybe they can put some stuffed heads on the wall, and put an ampersand in their name, too.

Themed. Argh.

I'm guessing it's the same deal as what happened with The Erotic Bakery. You run a small business for nearly 30 years, you get tired and you want to do other things and enjoy your life.

They used to have a branch right near me on Kent East Hill, but it closed a while back...sad as the food was quite good.

Why God? Because Larry.

Where will it end? Never. I still hear people boo-hooing about all kinds of places like Gordo's in Shilshole, that Greek place in Fremont (now a Chase Bank, ugh) among tons of other places. I will miss Catfish Corner too...as I also miss Frederick and Nelson's basement diner.

Ah shit...that really sucks...

Noooooo! Where will I get my fried catfish & hush puppies fix now?!?

I'd like to crawl back into old/weird Seattle (e.g. - pre year 2000, it seems) and enjoy some good times. I really miss the funky old Seattle we used to be, even just 20 years ago.

Change happens and we can't stop it, but for old Seattlelites like myself, it's really hard to watch the last vestiges of old/weird Seattle disappear, one after another after another, all to be replaced with corporate chains or painfully hip places trying hard to be painfully hip.

Some may not understand what I mean, but I trust that some of you who have lived here a long, long time will get what I'm saying. Cheers.

If neither an erotic bakery nor a catfish place can survive in Seattle... Do they need to join forces and make an Erotic Catfish place?

@14

If they do, then I hope they serve fishsticks.

YOUR GOD CANNOT HELP YOU NOW.

There's an entire generation of small business owners who've reached retirement age. They can't pass on the business to the children, because said children disdain the businesses that put a roof over their heads. The businesses can't be sold to younger entrepreneurs because the succeeding generations only want to work for Amazon, Microsoft, Google or a high-tech start-up. Immigrant newcomers just want to operate franchise businesses. So a way of life is passing and it has nothing at all to do with the minimum wage and everything to do with the lifestyle expectations of those who are not yet retirement age.

@3, only $18k? But the Stanger staff got free meals there. Why God? Where will they get free meals and drinks for mention on Slog?

@13

I'm with you. Been saying for years that Seattle isn't any better than it was in 1995, just twice as expensive.

No more dive bars at twice the price?

That makes it worse.

#10 The Paul Bunyan room!

Thanks Obama!

#19

Someone just tuned me into Montreal.

I checked craigslist and apartment prices are beyond reasonable.

Any first hand info here?

@19, More right of way public transportation and an NHL franchise will certainly help.

Seattllelan and Snacktruck, I was more of a F&N Tea Room fan (let's just forget that horrible interlude in the 70's when they renamed it "The Restaurant") but I did also love the Paul Bunyon Room. And the bakery. And the weird little specialty food store they had.

Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. Fuck.

Still the site of one of my favorite police reports of all time: http://www.centraldistrictnews.com/2010/…

Their web site is still up and announcing future events.

I am glad to see that most of you are old farts, this site beats the senior center.

When I have a hankering for catfish, and hush puppies, I get out the Fry Daddy.

Find fresh crawdads is as easy as going down to PDX.

They had some intense burgers. I could barely open my mouth wide enough for a full bite. Hand-formed, fresh double patties stacked between soft buns, dripping with cheese and their killer homemade remoulade. They didn't get enough credit for those cheesy b' - glorious gut bombs! "Like a bong hit for the belly."

y'all do know that frying catfish is pretty danged easy.. much easier than frying chicken, but yeah, you too can do this at home..
you need some catfish ( frozen is fine, fresh is finer, but stay away from fish caught 'locally' and stick to farmed fish. in the case of catfish, gettin locally caught fresh catfish is likely to be toxic or nuclear cause they eat EVERYthing floatin near the bottom of the crick ) a skillet ( cast iron, but if you wanna use a 'dutch oven'.. well you ain't dutch, so ), some grease ( peanut oil only.. save your olive oil for your caprece's and crusty baguettes ) , some corn meal ( 1 cup ), flour ( 1 cup ), salt and pepper ( if you cheat and use laury's then you stupid ) and a sturdy paper sack ( ok then... get you a gallon ziplock and be irritated because your still damp fish is muckin up the process and stickin to the sides of your plastic) and a stove ( with a gas burner so you can control things. but if you do have a 'fry daddy', then go on with your bad self and your first world concerns.get the grease to hot, but not smokin , then add the fish which you've tossed in the bag with the other dry ingredients to the grease until golden on all sides. dry and drain on paper towels, and you're grub.
oh... and hot sauce. frank's or sriracha ( save that tabasco for your granmommy's scrambled eggs. ) hush puppies, too ?.. baby, stick to tater fries. you do know how to make fresh fries don't you ? taters, and grease..and salt. in that order.
done.

I love you, Riz.