Well, it turned out to be much more difficult than I thought to assemble a list of “must go” restaurants in the Seattle area. The problem: just too much to choose from! I spent a few hours going through the lists I talked about in an earlier post. I also spent more time on Google. The result is that I was completely overwhelmed. I did put together the beginnings of a list that we can use more as a guideline than a target list:
| Wild Ginger | El Gaucho | Le Pichet | Agua Verde |
| Dahlia Lounge | Lola | Harvest Vine | La Carta de Oaxaca |
| Canalis | Daniel’s Broiler | Monsoon | Lampreia |
| Cafe Juanita | Crush | Volunteer Park Café | Sutra |
| Rover’s | Steelhead Diner | Le Gourmand | Salumi |
| Metropolitan Grill | Cactus | Salish Lodge | Elliott’s Oyster House |
| Cafe Campagne | Purple Café & Wine Bar | Kingfish Café | Taberna del Alabardero |
| Etta’s | Ruth’s Chris Steak House | Corson Building | Palace Kitchen |
| Ray’s Boathouse | 13 Coins | Sea Garden | Tavolàta |
| Serious Pie | Flying Fish | the Herbfarm | Altura |
These are mostly restaurants that were mentioned as top restaurants on multiple lists or were in some of the areas where we will be spending a lot of time. For instance our new office is in the Belltown district, so I gave Belltown restaurants preference. For the most part, however, we will simply use this list as a reference when we don’t know where to go. We will mostly continue stopping in places that look “cool” or are recommended by people we know.
Since we are heading up to Seattle today to do a walk through on our new house and check construction progress at the new office we may actually get a chance to have a meal someplace which would give us an opportunity to write about our first experience. We shall see …
-Randy
Randy & Claire's Northern Michigan 
Great choices. Can’t wait to see your reviews!
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