Now open:
• The Tin Table, upstairs in Odd Fellows Hall (by the Century Ballroom) on Capitol Hill: The space is dark, intimate, and inviting, with an awfully neat little lounge behind glass shelves filled with antique glassware (don’t worry, it’s glassed in). The chef is Bo Maisano (who did some fine work at Bistro 1200, then was cooking at Madison Park Cafe, which Stranger reader-reviewers LOVED during his tenure). The menu is here.
• Long Provincial Vietnamese Restaurant, downtown: From the owners of the enormously popular Tamarind Tree, another, fancier Vietnamese restaurant where the ill-fated QUBE once stood. “Long” is pronounced laong. It’s Vietnamese for dragon. Here’s the menu.
• Anchovies & Olives on Capitol Hill: The latest from Ethan Stowell (Union, Tavolata, How to Cook Etc.), with an emphasis on seafood. People are loving the raw stuff.
• Lunch Counter on Beacon Hill: By the people of Culinary Communion, in the very pretty Culinary Communion House: “Lavish lunches at lovely prices.”
• Name Unknown Kristos Eastlake on Eastlake: An upwardly mobile-looking, possibly Greek restaurant/lounge near the (great) Le Fournil bakery, run by a gentleman born and raised in Cyprus (thank you, commenter spesh!).
• Lect’s Soup Stop, in Georgetown: A tiny soup place where the tiny Georgetown Truck Stop used to be.
• Urbane, downtown in the new Hyatt on Olive: May I just say the name seems dated already, as does the super-sleek urban[e] interior? Also, from the website: “Counted among the best Seattle restaurants…”—by whom, exactly? It’s not even been open long enough for anyone to go there, much less count it among anything.
• Genki Sushi, lower Queen Anne: Another link in the chain for the originators of conveyor-belt sushi.
• Blue C Sushi in Bellevue Square: Another link in the local conveyor-belt sushi chain.
• And as of tomorrow night, Knee High on Capitol Hill: Where Il Forno pizzeria used to be on Olive Way, a bar and kitchen “run in the spirit of” a speakeasy (“Our cocktails are cheerful reminders of 1920s popular mixers, updated for the 21st century palate. Our menu is rich with local fare and fabulous favorites”).
Photo of the Tin Table by Kelly O.
The name, Kristo’s, is all I know about the ‘Greek’ place. Their doors are like the ones at grocery store, but, despite their lack of the interior’s humor, it’s too far from Belltown or Earl’s to be a meat market.
I was wondering what the name of that place was across the street. Urbane, huh? More like empty. I have yet to see more than two tables seated at that place.
Where is Genki in Lower Queen Anne? Their website only mentions their Hawaii locations.
Stupid Cap Hill hipsters only reporting on their three-block radius.
Genki’s in the building with the new(ish?) QFC. The site where Tower Records used to be, I think.
(But I didn’t like the sushi much when I went. Then again, it was the day after opening.)
In other news, check out the craigslist “busniness” section of For Sale. Type “restaurant” into the search and see how many are on the chopping block.
#4 Only 3 out of 10 of those places are on Capitol Hill.
another Blue C… just what we need.
i’ve only been to the one in Fremont once, but it was ridiculously crappy. i wrote a review about it on some review site and got lots of messages from people disagreeing with me. i actually love conveyor belt sushi as it’s done in Japan, but, you know, with good fish, well-made sushi, and a little variety…
The economy must be improving for so many new restaurants opening.
jw-
i’ll agree w/ you regarding fremont’s blue c sushi:
i had better sushi in f*cking germany.
it’s awful, the quality is depressing, and the perkiness of its patrons is a little wierd.
my sister was in town and one of her friends had raved about how great the happy hour was, so we took her. big mistake. i was surprised no one got food poisoning. blech.
Whatever happened to the Georgetown Truckstop? Bestest coffee and breakfast ever came out of that tiny joint! Anyone know?
most will close in 6 months
best food deal on the hill is Monday at Purr – 6.00 for excellent fresh custom grilled burger, chicken or nice beef, and big glass of tap beer.
Oh, and excellent fries. Try their custom dipping sauce with the fries. Great buy, tasty, my whole office goes there after work. For 6.00 who can cook?
Enjoyed Tin as well last weekend.
FRESH FRESH FRESH
if you are eating any raw fish concoction
and that mean eating within hours of catch, no more than a day
never been impressed by Bo’s cooking. One reason we stopped going to 1200 and MadPark for dinner.
1200’s glory was achieved under Chet’s iron (and incredibly accomplished) hand. Bo wasn’t bad…just never caught my attention like Chet. Nonetheless, reservations for Tin Table have been made and I’m hoping for good things. Thanks for the tip, BJC.
THE MORNING AFTER…
Tin Table was definitely a “go back again soon” experience — service was friendly, efficient, prices are CRAZY inexpensive and the food was delicious. I had the green beans with tamarind chutney as a starter (a sweeter version of Monsoon’s chili paste green beans) and the chicken-and-vegetable-baton salad with a rice wine vinaigrette. Portion sizes were also perfect (on the smaller side, which is moral and healthy). We opted for dessert at Quinn’s (gotta love that brownie with the ’27 sherry) but next time we’ll test the sweets at Tin Table.
Go.
@16: Mr. Cornball, glad the Tin Table was to your liking. You ought to put your thoughts over in reader-reviews so they’ll live on….
If you want to eat at Lunch Counter, you’d better go this week. They’re about to close.