In case you didn't see it, The Seattle Times had a wonderful article about the history of some of the best restaurants in the area and where the chefs got their starts.

Here is the link:

http://tinyurl.com/preview.php?num=5a5qez

Be sure to click on the links called:

Dineline: A time line of restaurants

All in the family: A restaurant list

They list all the contact info for the restaurants discussed in the article. I have sent this article to out of town friends who are visiting and they found it to be a nice resource.

I didn't find a link "Dineline."

It is about midway down on the page next to paragraph nine which says:

'At Settebello, "There was a core clientele, people who enjoyed the finer things in life," says DeNunzio. Contractor Howard Wright. Gene Juarez on table 40. "And every Friday night there'd be Mrs. Friedlander: Southern Comfort with a cherry!" he laughs, recalling the jewelry-store doyenne's standing order.'