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Meves Cafeteria, Seattle, 1934

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Located in the triangle-shaped Nestor Building at 1611 Westlake Avenue, Meves Cafeteria was a popular restaurant in Seattle. The cafeteria opened in 1917 at 1415 Third Avenue. It moved to Second Avenue and Seneca Street in 1920, and again to Fourth and Pine in 1926. In 1932, the cafeteria moved to this location on Westlake in 1932, and stayed here until it closed in the early 1940s.

Signs in image: Chop Suey Noodles. Meves Cafeteria. Troy Laundry. Creamery. Shoe Repair. [...illard] Bldg.
Photographer's Reference Number: 34-210

Note from MOHAI records: Meves Cafeteria Ext.
Caption information source: "Restaurants of Seattle 1853-1960" by Mrs. Hattie Graham Horrocks, accessed online from the Seattle Room, The Seattle Public Library, at https://cdm16118.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15015coll6/id/1972/rec/1
ID Number: 1983.10.4964.23
Date: 1934
Creator(s): Webster & Stevens, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.4964.23
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Restaurants