Great eats Portland, Seattle, Vancouver

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Great eats Portland, Seattle, Vancouver

My husband and I will be taking our first trip to Portland, Seattle and Vancouver in July. Staying downtown in all 3 cities. We are not steak and potatoes kind of diners. Looking for some great seafood or ethnic places. Restaurants need to be wheelchair accessible. ALL suggestions will be greatly appreciated. All price ranges are ok. THANKS!!
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Old May 1st, 2016, 10:58 AM
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Lola's at the Hotel Andra is my current Seattle favorite. Jake's Famous crawfish in Portland is an old seafood favorite. Are you sushi or ramen people?
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Old May 1st, 2016, 11:39 AM
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Thanks! Yes, LOVE sushi!!
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If you like oysters, I highly recommend Shuckers at the street level of the Fairmont. We typically order a half a dozen each of two different Baked oysters - the Rockefeller and the Olympic are our favorites - and a bottle of champagne. Of course, they have raw oysters as well.
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I like Shiro's. Be in line before opening or (preferably) have a reservation. There are other places though.

Walrus and Carpenter in Ballard (Seattle for oysters)! I think they are better than shuckers for raw, but shuckers is a nice splurge all around!
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Diners, Drive Ins and Dives highlighted a place called Pines State Biscuits (2204 NE Alberta 503-477-6605). The Biscuits looked to die for!
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Alberta Street is also a cool area for art, food, boutique home grown arts and food. It's in NE. Hopefully some of the Portland locals will weigh in.
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A good lunch place in Portland Kenny & Zukes Jewish Deli.:
http://www.kennyandzukes.com/
It is about 2 blocks south of Powell's World of Books.
Powell's also has a small cafe in the corner.
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In Seattle in and around Pike Place Market we enjoyed Serious Pie for pizza, Emmett Watson's Oyster Bar for seafood/chowder and Il Bistro for Italian (though the name sounds French).
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That Jewish deli sounds great tomfuller! is this a relatively new place? I noticed there are two locations.
Our daughter and her family will be returning to their home in Portland later this summer - it will be on our list of restaurants to try out.
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...when we can visit them. I miss our trips up to Portland.
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The original Kenny & Zukes has been around for decades. It is across the street from the Mark Hopkins hotel.
I have not been to the second location which is quite new.
We did walk from the Amtrak station to the deli going past Powell's. I had for my drink, a bottle of Birch beer that you can't get anywhere else.
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Jake's is a Portland institution, and in all the guidebooks, but it's living off its laurels and certainly not one of the restaurants that put Portland on the map as a food destination. If that's what you're looking for, pick a few off this list: http://pdx.eater.com/maps/best-portland-restaurants-38. Most if not all are wheel chair accessible. Our favorites from that list: Castagna, Le Pigeon, Little Bird, Imperial, Pok Pok, Country Cat... Roe is the only seafood restaurant listed, and it's very good, but we also like Southpark. Best oysters in town IMO are at The Parish, but I don't think the food there is that great.

Should have asked, will you have a car?

(Tom, isn't the Mark Hopkins in San Francisco?)
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Seattle:

Wild Ginger http://www.wildginger.net/
Steelhead Diner
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oops...

Steelhead Diner
http://steelheaddiner.com/

Etta's Seafood
http://tomdouglas.com/index.php?page=ettas

Long Provincial Vietnamese
http://longprovincial.com/

Wann Japanese Izakaya
http://www.wann-izakaya.com/

Lecosho
http://lecosho.com/
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Kenny and Zukes first opened in the early 2000's, so not that long ago.

That would be the Mark Spencer for here in Portland, not the Mark Hopkins.
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Another restaurant in the Market: Maxmillian's. While I like the food at Il Bistro, I don't think it is wheelchair accessible. I'd call them and check.

Elsewhere downtown, consider Loulay (current home of the Chef in the Hat).

The recently opened Goldfinch Tavern in the Four Seasons hotel is excellent. We also like Spur Gastropub in the Belltown area (just north of the downtown core).

If you also want places outside of downtown Seattle, let me know.
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I was thinking the same things for Il Bistro. It's down steps and a cobblestone drive below the Market. It would be tough going to mobility challenged folks.

Assagio's on 4th Ave is Italian and flat just off the sidewalk. Or Il Terrazo Carmine in Pioneer Square, same.
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We also like Spur Gastropub in the Belltown area (just north of the downtown core).

Went bust and closed recently.

Seattle is quite hilly; where will you be staying and how will you be getting around? Or should we be focused on restaurants with level access for several blocks around?

In Vancouver I'd look at the Granville Island complex, which has a number of level-access restaurants as well as a terrific food court with common seating. http://granvilleisland.com/
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Sorry to hear that Spur is gone, Gardyloo.

I agree, Suze, Il Terrazo Carmine is excellent.
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