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Get the inside scoop on Seattle, WA
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- Robert
- October 15, 2009
Visiting Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Compact in size, yet filled with opportunities to experience both spectacular scenery and culture in many forms, and facilitated by a functional public transit system, Seattle is an fun and easy city to visit. Most visitors find the downtown area attractive. The urban core contains excellent restaurants, live music venues, art museums and galleries, bookstores, an active regional theater hub, the renowned Pike Place Market, the Seattle Symphony and Pacific Northwest Ballet Company, as well as the Seahawks pro football and Mariners major league baseball teams.
Many of Seattle’s top restaurants feature African American chefs and/or owners. I recommend the efforts of Daisley Gordon, executive chef at Campagne Restaurant and Café Campagne; Wayne Johnson, executive chef at Andaluca, Mulugeta Abate owner/chef of Pan Africa Market Restaurant; Richard Dwyer owner/chef at Casuelita’s Caribbean Cuisine; co-owner/chef Sabrina Tinsley at Osteria La Spiga Italian Restaurant; and a few miles south of downtown, Jacques Saar, chef at Afrikando Afrikando, serving food based on the cuisine of Senegal.
My other favorite restaurants in or near downtown are Wild Ginger for Pan-Asian cuisine; Black Bottle for informal dining in a stylish, youthful atmosphere; Boka Restaurant in the Hotel 1000 for fine dining in a high-concept contemporary environment; and Green Leaf Vietnamese Restaurant in the colorful nearby International District.
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Dining
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Fine Dining, Group Dining
One of the few big American cities I've never visited. Sounds interesting. It's on my radar.