George Rashad
Cook and Owner, Gorgeous George’s
7719 Greenwood Ave N, 783-0116
You’re the only chef I know who sits at customer’s tables. Do you
have a fetish for watching people eat your food?
No, it’s just nice. I try to sit at the tables so everyone will feel
at home here. But I don’t come out to sit when I’m in a bad mood. I
can’t fake my face, I can’t be two-faced. If I’m nervous or mad, I’ll
just stay in the back and cook.
What do you learn about people from watching them eat?
Sometimes people just need to put the food in their mouths. Like the
baklava can go straight into your mouth, no forks needed. It’s not
cake. Sometimes people don’t know what they just ordered. It’s
Mediterranean food, with spices from the Holy Land. I say Holy Land,
not Israel or Palestine, because I want both Jews and Palestinians to
feel comfortable eating here.
You should host a peace summit. Camp George.
Whoa, no! I don’t like to be between the Palestinians and the Jews,
but they can come to eat my food. I’m a businessman. You have to pray
for peace and that’s it.
What’s your favorite dish to make?
I was born eating lamb. We don’t eat pork, like the Jews. We love
lamb. Lamb, lamb, lamb! You can tell just by looking at my gut! I like
to kiss my lamb and take my sweet time cooking it. 
Gorgeous George’s has outstanding Mediterranean food. Their lamb is succulent. He turned us onto to a Lebanese red wine that far exceeded my expectations. We loved how cozy the space is and how intimate George is with his customers. Definitely a great place to dine in Greenwood, may be my favorite Mediterranean in all of Seattle.