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Image of Sambo's sign on Aurora Avenue, Seattle, July 29, 1976
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Sambo's sign on Aurora Avenue, Seattle, July 29, 1976

The first Sambo's restaurant opened in Santa Barbara in 1957 as a low-priced pancake house catering directly to blue-collar customers. The name, a mash-up of the owner's names, was exploited for its "excellent promotional potential” in association with "Sambo," the main character of the controversial 1899 children’s book by Helen Bannerman, whose name came to be a racist slur for…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.02
Date:1976
Image of Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981
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Diners eating at Scandia Cafe, Seattle, June 8, 1981

First opened around 1910 on Howell Street at Eighth Avenue, the Scandia Cafe was located on the street level of the Howell Hotel, a by-the-week hotel patronized by mostly Swedish seamen and off-season loggers. Owned since 1947 by Esther Johanson (1898-1989), the cafe moved to the Soames-Dunn Building at the Pike Place Market in September 1976 when the original building…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.03
Date:1981
Image of Interior of Trader Vic's restaurant at Washington Plaza Hotel, Seattle, July 6, 1969
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Interior of Trader Vic's restaurant at Washington Plaza Hotel, Seattle, July 6, 1969

Trader Vic's was a Polynesian-themed chain restaurant founded in 1934 by Victor Jules Bergeron, Jr. (1902-1984) in California. The first franchised Trader Vic's opened in Seattle in 1940, and the chain expanded quickly during the Tiki culture fad of the 1950s and 1960s. The Seattle branch moved to the Washington Plaza Hotel (now the Westin) in 1969, however it closed…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.01
Date:1969
Image of Supporters of the Turf Grill and Smoke Shop gathering for protest, Seattle, November 28, 1984
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Supporters of the Turf Grill and Smoke Shop gathering for protest, Seattle, November 28, 1984

The Turf Grill and Smoke Shop opened in Seattle in the 1920s at 1407 Third Avenue. In addition to food, it sold beer and wine, cigars and cigarettes, and also had a barber shop. The Turf moved to Second and Pike in 1984 when 3rd Avenue was closed for the building of the Bus Tunnel (now the Transit Tunnel). In…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.02
Date:1984
Image of Surfside 9 listing on Lake Union, Seattle, July 23, 1966
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Surfside 9 listing on Lake Union, Seattle, July 23, 1966

Seattle's floating restaurant Surfside 9 opened about 1960 on a converted ferry originally built in 1900 as the steamer City of Everett, a member of Puget Sound's Mosquito Fleet. Docked at the south end of Lake Union from about 1950, the restaurant was initially known as the Four Winds, famous as the headquarters of the Seafair Pirates. This image of…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.03
Date:1966
Image of Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989
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Friends dining at Vito's, Seattle, May 16, 1989

Opened in 1953 at 927 Ninth Avenue in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood by Vito Santoro (1921-2000) and his brother James "Jimmy" Santoro (-1971), Vito's historic bar had slowly deteriorated after Vito retired and sold the restaurant in 1994. The bar was reopened and restored to its mid-century glamour and style in 2010 by new owners Greg Lundgren and Jeff Scott.In…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.04
Date:1989
Image of Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955
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Exterior of Von's Café on 4th Ave., Seattle, July 1, 1955

Begun by Frank Rippe (1871-1934) in 1910, Rippe's Cafe catered to Seattle's upscale late-night crowd with mahogany and brass booths and 24-hour service. Purchased in 1940 by movie theater magnate John Grey Von Herberg (1877-1947) and renamed Von's Cafe, the restaurant remained a local favorite until its closure in 1963. This image of Von's Cafe at 1421 Fourth Avenue was…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.05
Date:1955
Image of Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987
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Waitress at Wharf Restaurant, Seattle, May 31, 1987

The Wharf was a popular restaurant at Fisherman's Terminal in Seattle's Interbay neighborhood from the late 1950s until its closure in 1987 due to an expansion and modernization of the terminal by the Port of Seattle. The restaurant had been a favorite spot for seafood, as the terminal was home to the Pacific Northwest fishing fleet.In this image, Nella Hyatt,…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.06
Date:1987
Image of Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980
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Diners singing at Weinstube Bacchus, Seattle, May 18, 1980

Weinstube Bacchus was a German-style "wine room" emphasizing wine and classical music located in Seattle's Lower Queen Anne neighborhood at 4 West Roy Street. Marilyn Roy and her husband Bill Weis opened the small club in January 1979, hoping to provide a place for opera performers and fans to sing and enjoy music together in an informal setting. The club…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.07
Date:1980
Image of Wheedle sitting with diners at the Space Needle, Seattle, July 19, 1982
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Wheedle sitting with diners at the Space Needle, Seattle, July 19, 1982

In 1974, the children's book "Wheedle on the Needle" debuted, offering a fanciful explanation of the blinking red light atop Seattle's Space Needle. Seattleites warmed to the gentle character of Wheedle, eventually adopting it as an icon of their city. From 1978-1985, the Seattle Supersonics made a redesigned Wheedle their mascot, and for most of the 1990s the Wheedle was…
ID Number:2000.107.185.26.08
Date:1982
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