Coffee Meltdown - Tully's has recently closed several stores
including their Greenwood and Queen Anne locations. More to come?
Steelhead
Coffee - take three local companies, two Pacific Northwest icons
and what do you get? A great new coffee blend that benefits an
excellent cause and is supported by one of Seattle's best
restaurants! Caffe Vita has created Steelhead Coffee. A
portion
of the proceeds from the sale of the coffee goes to Long Live the
Kings (www.lltk.org) a local,
privately-funded, nonprofit working to bring salmon back to
self-sustainability. Supported by Kevin and Terresa Davis of
Steelhead
Diner,
the coffee can be purchased on all of their websites (www.steelheaddiner.com,
www.caffevita.com). Steelhead
Diner also sells the coffee by the bag (and the cup). For the month
of August, Steelhead Diner will provide each of their guests with a
free cup of coffee. They're working on getting the coffee into
retails locations as well. On August 15, the three companies hosted
guests to a coffee tasting at Steelhead Diner. The coffee is sure to
be a big success! Photos: top, Kevin and Teressa Davis; middle
Holly Hoag of KCTS and Rob Scott, publisher of Where magazine;
bottom, Seattle Chef Tom Black and LLTK Executive Director Barbara
J. Cairns.
Yama
Yahoo! - Yama held its first and hopefully not last "Sunday on
the Roof Top" on August 10. They have a great patio on the 3rd
floor, surrounded by Bellevue on the rise. As the afternoon
moved
into evening, the lights came up and it was a beautiful sight. Yama
Executive Chef Warren Seta, 0/8 Executive Chef Dan Thiessen, Seastar
Owner/Chef John Howie (left) and Red House Beer & Wine Tapas Bar
Chef Patrick Frank (sorry, no picture!) each demonstrated a dish of
their choice.
Dan
Thiessen collared a couple of young helpers for his demo (below),
and Warren pulled in a sous chef on his demo--KING TV's Lori
Matsukawa (notice the role reversal, top picture). Kona
Brewing
Company provided beer and Yama offered happy hour prices on sushi,
hot food and drinks. Live music was provided by Jazz Horn (Mike
Simpson, horn and vocals; Chris Spencer, guitar; John Giuliani, Jr.,
bass). Keep an eye on the Yama website,
www.yamasushibellevue.com,
for event information.
Chef Tom Black
- is moving on from his stint at 35th Street Bistro. He says he has
"a few irons in the fire" and will ponder his next move after
returning from a family reunion in early August. 35th Street Bistro
will not be looking for another well-known chef; they want to be a
simple neighborhood bistro with great food. As always.
Organic beer in King County! Elliott Bay
Brewing Company (West Seattle and Burien) has been awarded organic
certification by the Washington Department of Agriculture for 12 of
its draft beers. It's the first brewery in King County to produce
certified organic beer. The brewery also serves organic tea and
locally-roasted coffee, composts all of their food waste, recycles
waste fry oil into bio-diesel and reuses spent grain from brewing as
an ingredient in their burger buns and as feed supplement for
livestock (we're not all that different, us and the stock). These
folks are serious about taking care of the planet; it's a good
thing.
BOKA loss, Colson Building gain -
Marc Papineau, GM at BOKA will be moving to The Corson Building
effective August 1. He has worked at Campagne and Earth & Ocean and
is a certified sommelier. He will be creating and maintaining the
wine program at The Corson Building. Since menus aren't designed
until a day or two before implementation, Marc will be altering the
wine list just about as frequently. Fun stuff for a wine guy.
Mackay movement - As of August 5, Chef
Peter Levine will move from Troiani to Waterfront Seafood Grill. He
takes over from Chef Steve Cain who is moving to the Bellevue El
Gaucho. Chef Roger Greene is taking Peter's spot at Troiani. He and
Peter have known each other since culinary school in 1985 and Roger
has a wide background in the industry. He is already in place at
Troiani. Now you have reason to try all the locations again!
