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Chef Shiro Kashiba's kimono cooking jacket, short chef's hat, and apron, ca. 2000s-2010s
Chef Shiro Kashiba opened Seattle’s first sushi bar in 1970 at the back of the restaurant Maneki. He arrived in Seattle in 1966 after years of rigorous apprenticeships in Tokyo, including under legendary sushi maestro, Jiro Ono. During his more than 50-year career in Seattle, he has run multiple restaurants including Nikko in the Chinatown International District, Shiro’s in Belltown,…
ID Number:2017.45.24.ONLINE
Date:Circa 2000-2010
Atago hand-held refractometer (brixometer) used by local food entrepreneur Jon Rowley to calculate brix, ca. 2008
Jon Rowley, also known as the "fish missionary" by Julia Child, was an influential Seattle food marketer, restaurant consultant, and tastemaker. He used the Atago refractometer when testing the sucrose content, or brix, of fruits and vegetables at local farmers markets.
ID Number:2017.49.1
Date:Circa 2008
Dinner plate from the Dahlia Lounge, ca. 2016
Tom Douglas is a reknowned Seattle chef specializing in Pacific Northwest cuisine who opened his first restaurant, Dahlia Lounge, in 1989. He has essentially built an empire in the food industry by opening over a dozen award-winning restaurants, an event space, a cooking school, and he has established a product line of cooking and food-related merchandise.
ID Number:2018.4.1
Date:Circa 2016
Bobblehead doll of Ivar Haglund in original box, ca. 2000
Ivar Haglund (1905-1985) was a famous Seattle character who, in 1938, established the city's first aquarium on Pier 54, and started a fish-and-chips stand that grew to become the renowned "Ivar's Acres of Clams" restaurant.
ID Number:2018.51.3
Date:Circa 2000
Ceramic flower vase featuring a sculpted lion from the Golden Lion Restaurant, Seattle, ca. 1950s
The Golden Lion was a popular mid 20th century restaurant once located in the Olympic Western Hotel at Fifth Avenue and University Street. It had a British Colonies theme with waiters in turbans and flaming entrees. The restaurant was converted to retail space in the 1970s.
ID Number:2018.51.RefLion
Date:Circa 1950
Wooden cutting board given to Seattle chef Kathy Casey from Dale Chihuly in August 1990
Kathy Casey is a locally- and nationally-renowned chef, who played a key role in bringing Northwest cuisine and women chefs to national prominence. She is also a celebrated mixologist and an accomplished writer, having authored ten cookbooks so far. Renowned local glass artist Dale Chiluly must have enjoyed one of the chef's lunches to have signed and gifted this pig-shaped…
ID Number:2018.71.1
Date:1990
Notes from a Seattle Womxn's March sign board entitled, "Why We March," January 21, 2017
The Seattle’s Womxn's March in 2017 was the largest political protest in the city’s history—over 150,000 people attended. The employees at the downtown Seattle Dahlia Lounge restaurant set out treats and drinks for the marchers along with this signboard to collect hundreds of submissions on "Why We March." The donor commented that, "Our city is very progressive and is on…
ID Number:2018.73.1
Date:2017
Notes from a Seattle Womxn's March sign board entitled, "How We Will Take Action," January 20, 2018
During the 2018 Seattle Womxn's March, the employees at the downtown Seattle Dahlia Lounge restaurant set out treats and drinks for the marchers along with this signboard to collect hundreds of submissions on "How We Will Take Action." The donor commented that, "Our city is very progressive and is on the cutting edge of politics, women's rights, homeless rights, diversity…
ID Number:2018.73.2
Date:2018
Box from Punjab Sweets, 2019
Punjab Sweets, opened in 2001, is an Indian American food establishment that serves Indian food and sweets in Kent, Washington.
ID Number:2019.39.Ref
Date:2019
Manning's Coffee tin, 1 lb. ca. 1938
Brothers Edward McClure Manning (1872-1956) and William Wayland Manning (1874-1938) began selling freshly roasted coffee beans from a small stall in the Pike Place Market in 1908. Soon, they started offering customer cups of brewed coffee, and before long Manning's expanded its menu to include baked goods and full cafeteria service. By around 1950, the company had ten restaurants in…
ID Number:2019.54.1
Date:Circa 1938