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Mary Kate Murray's avatar

Can I say it? I’m so sorry, but I hated the Seattle Dogs we had. Both of them. I will keep trying but this was a shocker.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

You can say it. It’s the first time I’ve try to regional style of hotdog and haven’t craved more of them.

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Pat Handley's avatar

I'm with you on the Seattle Dog style. I've experimented with a version for our cart and was never happy enough with it to sell. Just blah, IMO.

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Martin Doudoroff's avatar

Ah, the Sorrento. We stayed there once and then I forgot the name. Cool lobby. Bateau sounds fun.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

It was interesting. Certainly made us happy we ended up there and not at Canlis.

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Mary Kate Murray's avatar

I loved Bateau and the Boat Bar next door. If I had more time in Seattle, I would have eaten at the Boat Bar too!

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Shawn Weston's avatar

Hi Mary Kate and Robert — Heading to Seattle next month to hike the Olympic Peninsula and meeting friends in town — definitely have Zig Zag Café on my list. Any other haunts you'd recommend for drinks or unusual treats?

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Drinks: The Doctor’s Office. Canon. Barnacle. Roquette. Food: L’oursain. Bateau. Be sure to try a Seattle Hot Dog.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

That is good news! Thanks for letting us know.

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Kenney Marlatt's avatar

Amy and I love Seattle Dogs and make them at home on occasion. We have not had any version with toppings beyond onions and cream cheese though. I think the key is for both the bun and the grilled onions to be hot, melting the cream cheese into more of a condiment consistency. (We recently had a Seattle Dog in Milwaukee and agreed it was not good — but the toppings and bun were not hot enough and the proportions were off.) For me, I put the Seattle Dog and the Flo’s Dog in the same category — unusual but delicious.

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Robert Simonson's avatar

Perhaps a good Seattle Dog still awaits me.

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