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Monday, February 27, 2012

Chow Opening Today Downtown: La Lot

Posted by Bethany Jean Clement on Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 8:01 AM

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For your lunchtime and future-stomach-needs consideration: La Lot Restaurant & Bar opens at 11 a.m. today. It's named after the betel leaf used in the generally delicious, cigar-shaped beef la lot and elsewhere in Vietnamese cooking. While the restaurant is on the ground floor of the aspirationally slick Aspira condominums, it's got its heart in the right place—inspired by "our passion for food, love of our culture, and unity of family." La Lot's menu includes Vietnamese street-food-style dishes—the sisters used to make banh xeo (savory crepes) at a neighborhood stand—as well as more upscale and fusion stuff. Owner Cynthia Hoang (Pho To Chau, Cafe Pho) also offers a full bar with a “substantial” list of drinks.

It looks all windowy and contemporary, in a pleasant way, and definitely worth a try.

Related: Gentrification is finally encroaching on the Greyhound station—one of the last few-blocks-radiuses in downtown Seattle where a person can still feel a little sketched out. Mixed feelings on this.

lalotseattle.com
The la lot at La Lot.

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as long as the greyhound station & the downtown rest stop are still there, you can still get sketched out. if not, there's always washington from 2nd to 4th. the double header/dome tavern axis.

Posted by Max Solomon on February 27, 2012 at 9:23 AM

Visit the bus stop on 3rd Avenue.

Posted by biffp on February 27, 2012 at 9:42 AM

Word #2!

Posted by Suz on February 27, 2012 at 9:50 AM

Visit Two Weeks Barbershop on that block--one of the few places (possibly the only place) that an African American can get a good haircut in this city.

Posted by neo-realist on February 27, 2012 at 10:50 AM

"gentrification" = "the neighborhood is getting better and I don't like it"

Posted by Reader01 on February 27, 2012 at 11:26 AM

I'm eating a tamarind beef salad from there right now. I'll be going back.

Posted by levide on February 27, 2012 at 12:31 PM

Nothing makes me rage quite like when a new restaurant can't be bothered to get their stupid website together by the time they open. People want to see the menu, guys. Get it up there.

Posted by tournant on February 27, 2012 at 5:24 PM

Tournant, we took your advise. We have our complete menu on our website www.lalotseattle.com

Thanks.

Posted by Lalotseattle on March 3, 2012 at 12:11 PM