Today it’s my choice and I picked one of my favorite ultra casual spot near Capitol Hill. It’s been about a month since I’ve been here and today I see a new menu and find out there has been a change in ownership… uh-oh. This may not be a good thing.
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Today it’s my choice and I picked one of my favorite ultra casual spot near Capitol Hill. It’s been about a month since I’ve been here and today I see a new menu and find out there has been a change in ownership… uh-oh. This may not be a good thing.
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Taylor Shelfish Farms, which opened it’s doors in Capitol Hill on July 21, 2011, was a great addition to Melrose Market.
What a lot of people are just getting turned on to is the fact that you not only can buy a selection of fresh oysters, clams and the ever perplexing goeduck, but it’s also a great spot for lunch & or maybe even a light dinner.
I stopped in not too long ago to chat with Tom Stocks, assistant manager, and got a dozen hand selected and shucked oysters and fantastic glass of wine. They also have one or two daily made chowders.
The space is simple and pristine. I’m sure it’s one of the tidiest seafood shops in town.
They have a great selection and it’s easily accessible.
And this is the geoduck - native to the northwest cost of the US and Canada.
Did you know? The geoduck was once the focal point of a hot little campaign in 1987. It was revealed in U.S. News and World Report that “the Geoduck is threatened with extinction due to a voracious international appetite for aphrodisiacs.” In fact, The Seattle Times featured a few articles about this campaign to “Save the Geoducks.”
Later they were let in on the joke. It turns out it was all just a well executed prank.
Taylor Shellfish also had a great selection of Dry Soda.
I didn’t waste any time.
Next time you’re in Capitol Hill, stop in!
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Once again my Facebook friends came through with a great late night dinner suggestion: Tavolàta (2323 2nd Ave Seattle, WA) I forgot that they serve food until 11 pm. Tavolàta, who participated in my Dine Out Seattle for Haiti earlier this year, has a great dinner menu.Last night’s selection consisted of -Warm Baguette served with Arbequina Olives in an olive oil & balsamic vinegar dip. They are serious about the warm bit. It took them a little bit of time to get it to the table so make sure you ask for it right away so that you have it with your meal.
The Stone Fruit Salad was a tasty antipasti that mixed savory and sweet. It had naturally sweet fresh juicy peaches, plums and cherries tossed with fennel, olive oil and balsamic and was topped with a thinly sliced juniper flavored ham (that one was described to this non-meat eater). This salad was the definitely the highlight!
I followed this up with the Grilled Summer Beans. This was a fried egg atop the edge of a bundle of grilled wax and green beans wrapped in slices of cured capicola (you guessed it, I passed this on). Dessert was the Affogato - a sweetly caffeinated way of ending a meal - for some reason caffeine doesn’t keep me from blissful sleep. I was excited about this dessert, but it wasn’t what I was expecting. Something was up with the ice cream - it just wasn’t creamy. I like Via Tribunali’s much better.
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