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Image of Diners drinking tea at Queen Mary, Seattle, October 4, 1990
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Diners drinking tea at Queen Mary, Seattle, October 4, 1990

Opened by Mary Greengo in 1987, the Queen Mary Tea Room and Restaurant serves Victorian-themed fare in Seattle's Ravenna neighborhood.In this image Dedee Gall, left, and Janet Jones enjoy a formal afternoon tea at Queen Mary. Caption information source: The Seattle Times, November 13, 2003, p. H6Caption information also derived from captions written by Post-Intelligencer staff and attached to the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.01
Date:1990
Image of Fire inspectors at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 27, 1987
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Fire inspectors at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 27, 1987

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.02
Date:1987
Image of Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988
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Ray's Boathouse rebuilt after fire, Seattle, March 11, 1988

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.03
Date:1988
Image of Fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987
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Fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.04
Date:1987
Image of Boat being moved from the fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987
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Boat being moved from the fire at Ray's Boathouse, Seattle, May 26, 1987

One of Seattle’s landmark waterfront restaurants, Ray’s Boathouse, burned in a spectacular fire on May 26, 1987. A wiring problem beneath Ray’s pier caused plumes of smoke, which spread up into the restaurant through the kitchen floor and prompted the evacuation of customers and staff. Some 50 to 60 fire fighters, plus 20 fire trucks and boats fought the four-alarm…
ID Number:2000.107.185.24.05
Date:1987
Image of Chef serving diners at Rosellini's, Seattle, December 5, 1975
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Chef serving diners at Rosellini's, Seattle, December 5, 1975

The Tacoma-born son of Italian immigrants, Victor Rosellini (1915-2003) founded a string of acclaimed and successful restaurants in downtown Seattle, beginning with Rosellini's 610 in 1950, and Rosellini's Four-10 in 1956. Well-known as Seattle's premiere host, Mr. Rosellini maintained a reputation for treating all diners with equal elegance and non-partisanship despite his relation to cousin Albert Dean Rosellini (1910-2011), the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.25.01
Date:1975
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
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