The Crab Pot? (Seattle, Bellevue, Kirkland: rental car, rental, hotel)

[guylocke]

Chandlers has gotten some pretty stellar reviews from the locals. I'd love the king crab leg and half dungeness crab, but 56.95?? Is that normal for delicious crab?

[allforcats]

Originally Posted by guylocke

Chandlers has gotten some pretty stellar reviews from the locals. I'd love the king crab leg and half dungeness crab, but 56.95?? Is that normal for delicious crab?

Yep. The Bering Sea is far, far away above the Arctic Circle, mind-numbingly dangerous to fish, and the products harvested there require tons of technology to get them to your table quickly, safely and yummily.

This is where you separate the wheat from the chaff, the Chandler's (etc.) from the Crab Pot. So spend, impress your folks with your amazing elegance ("Everything he knows he learned from us!"), and work a little harder next month or squander less and you'll replace the money in no time, right? OR buy the best at Pike Place Market and cook it at home.

Oh. P.S. To pay for Safeco Field, or Qwest Field, I forget which, there's 14% tax on restaurant meals. I'm just saying...

[Ira500]

Some of the places in Chinatown do amazing jobs with crab. Crab in black bean sauce, mmmm! Some of those places include the Honey Court, Hing Loon, HoHo, and Ocean City.

[mitsuturbo]

Originally Posted by allforcats

You get to choose how you want to spend that two hours -- on an experience with food that's a step up from McDonald's, or on seafood dishes you and your parents will remember with love.

If you'd prefer the second choice, here's a start:
Salty's
McCormick's Fish House (4th Ave.)
McCormick and Schmick's (2nd Ave.)
Shucker's
Tom Douglas' Dahlia Lounge
Fom Douglas' Etta's
Flying Fish
Oceanaire
Ray's Boathouse
Anthony's Homeport

P.S. A good steak you can get in any decent city, and at home. Fresh, varied, creative, perfect seafood requires a seafood-obsessed seaport like, uh, Seattle.

Have fun!

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There are a couple more i know of, which i'd say are sort of halfway in-between. Those are Chinook's, at fishermen's terminal (salmon bay) and Fisherman's Restaurant, past the Crab Pot, on the end of Pier 57. The 2nd one is a great place to go in the summer, when you can sit outside and enjoy a great view of Elliot Bay.

[Ira500]

Fisherman's and Crab Pot are the same ownership, and there is another Crab Pot in Bellevue, which is not nearly as good as the Seattle outlet, so if you've only been to the Bellevue Crab Pot, you'll have gone to a really bad place, where the Seattle waterfront store is much better. Also in the same 'hood is Elliott's, which is consistently good.

[spacecadet610]

Which places? i LOVE crab in black bean sauce!

Originally Posted by Ira500

Some of the places in Chinatown do amazing jobs with crab. Crab in black bean sauce, mmmm! Some of those places include the Honey Court, Hing Loon, HoHo, and Ocean City.

[MichaelinWA]

I've been to both Crab Pots, and you're definitely right. My visiting parents loved the Seattle one.

Originally Posted by Ira500

there is another Crab Pot in Bellevue, which is not nearly as good as the Seattle outlet, so if you've only been to the Bellevue Crab Pot, you'll have gone to a really bad place, where the Seattle waterfront store is much better.

[seattlenextyear]

I thought the restaurant tax was 9.3%?

[MichaelinWA]

9.5% in Seattle, I think.

Originally Posted by seattlenextyear

I thought the restaurant tax was 9.3%?

[guylocke]

9.5% in Seattle, I think.

Is that on TOP of sales tax, or was there originally no sales tax on foods but now there is a 9.5% on food due to the stadium(s)? When will it expire?