Seattle’s dim sum scene could also be booming, however one of many metropolis’s hottest dim sum spots is shutting down. The Seattle Occasions reviews this week that Harbor Metropolis, a Chinatown restaurant that’s been round since 1988, will shut on the finish of the month.
The rationale, the Occasions reviews — citing a “group chief accustomed to the state of affairs” — was that proprietor De Han Ma couldn’t come to an settlement with a landlord a few lease renewal. Ma has owned the restaurant since 2008 and “made Harbor Metropolis a go-to spot for har gow shrimp dumplings and different dim sum staples,” the Occasions writes. “Recognized affectionately locally as Mr. Ma, he and his household made Harbor Metropolis a vacation spot brunch spot for dim sum.” Ma additionally owns a Harbor Metropolis location in Tacoma that shall be unaffected by this closure.
Jeff Liang, the top of an area enterprise advocacy group, advised the Occasions that Harbor Metropolis’s departure doesn’t portend extra eating places leaving Chinatown. “That is largely on account of a lease situation,” he stated.
Onto extra (and happier) current restaurant information:
Cornelly will get greater
Cornelly, a pizza and pasta joint identified for its sizzling honey pie, is increasing, reviews the Occasions, and can open a second location within the house that was dwelling to the Queen Anne Cafe. The brand new restaurant, which can hopefully open by early summer season, shall be a lot greater than the outdated one and also will have a full bar and bigger kitchen, enabling them to do brunch service and likewise develop the menu to extra Italian dishes.
Radiator Whiskey plans Ballard location
Extra enlargement information: Seattle Met reviews that meat-and-cocktail purveyor Radiator Whiskey is opening a second location in Ballard. Importantly, this one shall be all-ages, which means that teenagers can lastly chow down on fried pig ears. They nonetheless can’t do the bone marrow mezcal luges that Radiator serves up, nonetheless. Proprietor Dan Bugge (who additionally owns Matt’s within the Market) advised the Met that he’s focusing on April or Could because the opening date.
That’s Amore turns 30
Shoutout to Man Devillier, co-owner of the That’s Amore Italian Cafe. Devillier despatched us an e-mail which reads in full: “This 12 months marks the thirtieth anniversary of That’s Amore Italian Cafe situated on the ridge of the Mt. Baker neighborhood. With spectacular views and a loyal following, looks as if this event is worthy of a blurb in your website.” Hey, 30 years is a very long time within the restaurant business! Devllier and his companion, David Hoefer, took over That’s Amore from the earlier proprietor in 2018 and it stays a charmingly ‘90s-style Italian American restaurant with, as he says, spectacular views.
