"slimy food service pork cutlets" is the most nauseating thing i've read in a while. thanks for that :-{

Can't wait to read it. I remember when Kurt had Septieme over on 2nd Ave in Belltown. I lived very nearby. He'd pull up in an actual Land Rover, for chrissake, with his veggies and such. I thought...hmmm, trust-fund baby. But Septieme was excellent and I miss those days and my times there. He certainly knew what he was doing in the kitchen, and he was a significant contributor to what made Seattle so very exciting then.

I wondered why he abandoned (is that the right word?) his restaurant after all the work he put into it - both on 2nd Avenue and then moving it up to Broadway - for the wilds of Vachon Island. And financial problems? Wow. That's news. I thought the restaurant did very well. Who knew?