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Image of Staff serving lunch at the Market Café, Seattle, January 27, 1982
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Staff serving lunch at the Market Café, Seattle, January 27, 1982

In addition to welcoming more than 10 million visitors a year, Seattle's Pike Place Market is also a thriving neighborhood home to more than 400 residents, many of whom are low-income seniors. The Pike Place Market Foundation supports social services within the Market and greater downtown Seattle community, including the Pike Market Senior Center and Food Bank, Pike Market Childcare…
ID Number:2000.107.185.22.03
Date:1982
Image of Interior of Palomino Restaurant and Bar, Seattle, July 20, 1990
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Interior of Palomino Restaurant and Bar, Seattle, July 20, 1990

Palomino Restaurant and Bar opened as Palomino Euro-Seattle Bistro in 1989 in downtown Seattle at the Pacific First Centre. The restaurant continues to serve a rustic European menu at the original and additional locations.This image shows the interior of Palomino Euro-Seattle Bistro. In the back left of the frame the open kitchen allows visitors to watch the chefs at work.…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.01
Date:1990
Image of Server pouring coffee for diner at F.X. McRory's, Seattle, December 30, 1990
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Server pouring coffee for diner at F.X. McRory's, Seattle, December 30, 1990

F.X. McRory's Steak Chop and Oyster House, one of Seattle's most popular bars and a hub for sports fans, was opened in 1977 next to the Kingdome by restaurateurs Mick McHugh and Tim Firnstahl. Famous for its Irish pub feel, 45-foot-long marble bar, and massive selection of spirits, the restaurant closed in June 2017 when the new owners of the…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.02
Date:1990
Image of Owners sipping drinks at F.X. McRory's, Seattle, August 27,1978
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Owners sipping drinks at F.X. McRory's, Seattle, August 27,1978

F.X. McRory's Steak Chop and Oyster House, one of Seattle's most popular bars and a hub for sports fans, was opened in 1977 next to the Kingdome by restaurateurs Mick McHugh and Tim Firnstahl. Famous for its Irish pub feel, 45-foot-long marble bar, and massive selection of spirits, F.X. McRory's was only the second bar on the west coast with…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.03
Date:1978
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 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 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 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 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
Image of Catfish Corner menu, 1997
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Catfish Corner menu, 1997

Woodrow (Woody) and Rosemary (Rosie) Jackson opened their Catfish Corner restaurant at 2726 E. Cherry St and Martin Luther King, Jr. Way in 1985, specializing in “Southern, farm-raised catfish.” The Jacksons sold the business to new owners in 2009, but the popular restaurant closed due to financial difficulties in 2014. In 2021, Woody and Rosie’s grandson Terrell Jackson opened “Jackson’s…
ID Number:2000.107.189.14.03
Date:1997
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