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The city of Seattle, Washington, has many notable restaurants. As of the first quarter of 2017, Seattle had 2,696 restaurants. Seattle restaurants’ gross annual sales are a total of $2.9 billion as of 2016. [1] Seattle is the fifth city ranked by restaurant-density with 24.9 restaurants per 10,000 households. [2]
Bush Garden opened as a Japanese restaurant in 1953. [7] It was once considered a destination dining establishment, attracting visits from celebrities and politicians as well as locals. [ 8 ] During the 1950s, its owners introduced tatami rooms in which diners could eat at floor level, but with a hidden pit where diners could extend their legs ...
Pacific Place is an upscale shopping center in downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. Opened on October 29, 1998, it is located at 6th Avenue and Pine Street and has a total area of 335,000 square feet (31,100 m 2). It has five floors, the uppermost of which features an 11-screen AMC Theatre (formerly General Cinema) and
The Chinatown–International District (abbreviated as CID) is a neighborhood of Seattle, Washington.It is the center of the city's Asian American community. Within the district are the three neighborhoods known as Chinatown, Japantown and Little Saigon, named for the concentration of businesses owned by people of Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese descent, respectively.
Downtown Seattle is the largest employment center in the Puget Sound region, with an estimated employee population of 243,995 in 2013, accounting for half of the city's jobs and 21 percent of King County jobs. [12] Several Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Downtown Seattle include Amazon, Nordstrom, and Expeditors International. [13]
Jade Garden Restaurant serves dim sum; the menu has included dumplings, [1] steamed pork buns, prawns, and hot and sour soup. [2] For Lunar New Year, the restaurant has served cakes with Chinese sausage, dried shrimp, taro, and dried daikon. [3] Murals have been painted at the restaurant. [4] [5]
1200 Fifth, formerly the IBM Building, is a 20-story office building in the Metropolitan Tract, part of downtown Seattle, Washington, United States. [4] The building was designed by Minoru Yamasaki, who also was architect of Rainier Tower on the corner diagonally opposite, and the World Trade Center in New York City. [5]
Waterfront Park and the Alaskan Way Viaduct, in 2008. As of 2020, the main route along the Central Waterfront is Alaskan Way.Alaskan Way follows the route of the earlier railway line and one-time Railroad Avenue along the "Ram's Horn" from just north of S. Holgate Street in the Industrial District to Broad Street at the north end of the Central Waterfront.