Lost Restaurants of Seattle

An expert in Americana explores the legendary eateries of Seattle's past, from culinary pioneers to neighborhood haunts, roadside diners, and more.
From the nineteenth century to today, Seattle has been home to some of the finest oyster houses, dining rooms, and lunch counters in America. It has seen them come and, in many cases, watched them go. In Lost Restaurants of Seattle, author Chuck Flood celebrates nearly a thousand of Seattle's vanished eateries, along with a few resilient survivors.
Exploring their cuisines and recipes, Flood tells of how Manca's Café invented the irresistible Dutch Baby pancake, while Trader Vic's gained reverence for its legendary Mai Tais. And with wonderful historic images, she shows why places like the railroad car-themed Andy's Diner and the Twin T-P's with its iconic wigwam-shaped dining rooms live on in the city's culinary memory long after their departure.

Chuck Flood has a longtime interest in historic highways, roadside Americana, ghost tow ns, pioneer trails and archaeology. After retirement, he delved into research and writing about places and things that are disappearing from the landscape. A member of the Lincoln Highway Association, the Archaeological Conservancy, the Oregon-California Trails Association and the Montana Ghost Town Preservation Society (among others), he has authored several books in Arcadia Press-s Images of America series-Washington-s Highway 99, Washington-s Sunset Highway and Oregon-s Highway 99-along with numerous articles for magazines and periodicals, with several more in various stages of completion.