Meet Nadia Abdelrhman, a Stranger reader who has vowed to do everything The Stranger suggests for the entire month of March. Look for her reports daily on Slog and Line Out. —Eds.
I am originally from the east coast, and so far Georgetown is the part of Seattle that smells to me most like my native New Jersey. Luckily no smell in this town can hold a candle to the burning-tires-doused-with-mayonnaise tinged odor emanating from the toxic ecosystem that is the Passaic River. It’s like an old saying we have back in Jersey: you can take a girl out of the pollution, but you can’t take the pollution out of a girl. So thanks Georgetown, for bringing me back to my roots.
With its rustic interior, I imagine Georgetown Liquor Company is a great place to meet for a geeky vegetarian (b)romance. The east wall of the bar/restaurant is lined with old school gaming systems NES, Super NES, and Atari 2600. GLC’s official game list boasts titles such as Battle Toads, Donkey Kong, and Starfox, among many others.
If you are susceptible to names like the Picard and Darth Reuben, the vegetarian/vegan sandwiches will make you feel cool, but if you are simply interested in satiation, their meatless menu does a fine job of filling you up.
As per Megan’s urgings, I tried the Picard and it was hearty. I know all about how Field Roast is made locally here in Seattle, and I am all about supporting local businesses, but I am generally not an advocate of fake meat. Luckily, the lentil Field Roast in the Picard held up well to the melted cheese and roasted onions for a densely chewy bite. Paired with the salty au jus, my sandwich was packing in flavor.
My lunch companions had the Darth Reuben and R2 PITA-2, and being the Suggests patsy that I am, I demanded they offer up bites of their sandwiches. Not a fan of roasted tomato Field Roast, I knew the Darth Reuben would leave me a little flat, but the R2 PITA-2 was refreshing with its plentiful veggies, diced tofu and house-made caesar. Topped off with a Cranberry Crush from the bar, I would say it was a successful lunch.
I must approve this Suggests for setting me up easy, since it looks like the events coming down the pike are all about to pinch my fanny.
Jesus. As a vegetarian super-geek who loves to drink, this review alone makes me want to move to Seattle. I wish I knew of a place like this in the SF bay area.
Nice review! Although, for a review of a place with “Liquor” in the name, you’d think you would have something more to say about your drink?
Also, I think we need to send Nadia to a punk-rock show.
You are my favorite Suggests sleuth thus far, Nadia.
I concur. So far so good! I’m going to check the Georgetown Liquor Company out, and keep watching your reviews.
Nice writeup by Nadia. Georgetown Liquor Company is definitely on my short list now.
Dee @1, I don’t mean to sound like a Seattle snob, but the few times I’ve been to San Francisco, I’ve gone out of my way to try out the vegetarian restaurants, and really, they just don’t quite compare to Seattle’s. I realize this is not a fair comparison considering it’s hard to do justice to a town’s restaurants unless you live there.
But still, I wouldn’t be surprised if some national publication concluded that Seattle had the best veg dining scene in North America. Or maybe second only to NY.
Jersey girl, eh? Poor thing. Best Jersey slogan I’ve heard is the play on Trenton’s slogan, “What Trenton Makes, the World Takes” to “What Trenton Excretes, the World Eats.” That’s about right. Good on you for gettin’ the hell outta dodge.
Put this chick on the payroll, she’s my new favorite Stranger writer!
Seattle has been rated best veg city many times. Definitely better than NYC and SF, in my experience.
And Field Roast isn’t “fake meat”, it’s just delicious not-meat stuff. People need to get over the whole fake meat thing anyway. It tastes good or it doesn’t, that’s all that matters.
GLC rocks^infinity. w00t