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Image of Waiter and customer at Breadline restaurant, Seattle, April 1980
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Waiter and customer at Breadline restaurant, Seattle, April 1980

The Breadline & Soup Kitchen was a Pioneer Square restaurant owned by Jack Fecker, Steve Darland, and Bill Keegan. Located at Second Avenue South and Jackson Street, the eatery was themed on the Great Depression, specifically the 1929 stock-market crash that led to breadlines and soup kitchens. The menu of soups, stews and homemade bread advertised "1929 prices and atmosphere"…
ID Number:2000.107.185.18.02
Date:1980
Image of Exterior of Clark's Top-Notch Restaurant, Seattle, June 29, 1939
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Exterior of Clark's Top-Notch Restaurant, Seattle, June 29, 1939

Michigan-born Walter Clark (1897-1990) first came to Seattle after WWI to open a restaurant for an employer. By 1930 he was able to buy a restaurant for himself, Marie's Barbecue, in the University District. Together with his wife, Eugenia Power Clark (1918-1998), Mr. Clark presided over an empire that included 22 restaurants in Seattle, Portland, Tacoma, and Yakima, and received…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.01
Date:1939
Image of Waitress taking orders at the Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, June 7, 1981
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Waitress taking orders at the Dog House Restaurant, Seattle, June 7, 1981

Originally located on Denny Way, the Dog House restaurant was conveniently located for northbound travelers on Aurora Avenue, the Seattle section of Route 99. The Dog House restaurant and bar were also popular with locals. After the location was bypassed by the Battery Street tunnel in the 1950s, the restaurant moved nearby to Seventh Avenue and Bell Streets, where it…
ID Number:2000.107.185.19.06
Date:1981
Image of Man removing sidewalk paint outside Duke's restaurant, Seattle, October 14, 1986
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Man removing sidewalk paint outside Duke's restaurant, Seattle, October 14, 1986

An investment in Ray's Boathouse led former stockbroker Duke Moscrip to open his first Duke's Chowder House in 1977 in Lower Queen Anne. Famous for their clam chowder, the Duke's chain has expanded throughout the Northwest.In this image Robert Wolbert blasts away the blue and white checkerboard on the sidewalk outside Duke's restaurant at 236 First Ave. in Lower Queen…
ID Number:2000.107.185.20.03
Date:1986
Image of Owner hugging staff at Jake O'Shaughnessy's, Seattle, 1993
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Owner hugging staff at Jake O'Shaughnessy's, Seattle, 1993

Restaurateurs Mick McHugh and Tim Firnstahl opened Jake O'Shaughnessy's Restaurant with what they claimed was the world's largest assortment of single-malt Scotches. First located in Lower Queen Anne at the northeast corner of Mercer Street and First Avenue North, it was displaced by a Larry's Market in 1993 and relocated to Bellevue Mall until closing for good in 2001.In this…
ID Number:2000.107.185.21.05
Date:1993
Image of Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979
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Exterior of Jolly Roger restaurant, Seattle, March 11, 1979

A speak-easy during Prohibition called the China Castle, Seattle's last-surviving roadhouse was built in 1929 with a lookout tower and a secret tunnel. After the repeal of Prohibition it was renamed the Jolly Roger, a dining and dancing club with a skull-and-crossbones flag and neon anchor sign as beacons. Declining after WWII, the building later housed a coffee shop, an…
ID Number:2000.107.185.22.02
Date:1979
Image of Lifting the Polynesia Restaurant, Seattle, January 25, 1982
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Lifting the Polynesia Restaurant, Seattle, January 25, 1982

In 1961, the Polynesia Restaurant opened at the end of Pier 51, in advance of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The popular Tiki-style restaurant closed two decades later, a casualty of the expansion of the Washington State Ferry Terminal. In January 1982, after the interior fixtures and furnishings had been removed, the building was reinforced with steel I-beams and lifted…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.04
Date:1982
Image of Moving the Polynesia Restaurant, Seattle, January 25, 1982
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Moving the Polynesia Restaurant, Seattle, January 25, 1982

In 1961, the Polynesia Restaurant opened at the end of Pier 51, in advance of the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair. The popular Tiki-style restaurant closed two decades later, a casualty of the expansion of the Washington State Ferry Terminal. In January 1982, after the interior fixtures and furnishings had been removed, the building was reinforced with steel I-beams and lifted…
ID Number:2000.107.185.23.05
Date:1982
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
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