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seattle dinner train

This sounds really interesting. . .

Dinner Train

Spirit of Washington Dinner Train- This can be a bit pricey, rates are an average of $60, but it is well worth the money. The remodeled vintage train leaves Renton and takes you over the Wilburton Trestle and along Lake Washington's shoreline to the Columbia Winery in Woodinville where passengers leave the train for a 45 minute stopover. The winery offers tours, wine tasting (free!), and shopping; passengers receive a 10% discount on all wines. Brian and I have ridden the dinner train twice, once by ourselves and once with out of town guests, and have had a wonderful time on each trip. I found it to be a great way to entertain out of town guests as you can not only do lots of socializing, but get to sightsee at the same time. Check out their website, www.spiritofwashingto

ndinnertrain.com, for more detailed information.

Seattle Restaurants - lunch or dinner

seafood
Matt's in the Market
94 Pike St Ste 32
Seattle, WA 98101-2066
Phone: (206) 467-7909

Itallian
Salumi
309 Third Ave South
Seattle, WA 98104
206 621 8772

Coffee
Lighthouse Roasters Fine Coffees
400 N 43RD St
Seattle, WA 98103-7106
Phone: (206) 634-3140

San Diego Eats

Erica and I ate at a variety of Restaurants in San Diego . . .

O' Henrys - A small old town establishment next to "the tourist" old town.

Cafe Pacifica - Seafood, great fantastic seafood. For the price Erica was disappointed by her Scallops. I was not disappointed by my Hawaiian Mahi Mahi served with a corn relish salsa, rice. Mine was a party in my mouth!

Old Town Mexican Cafe Across the street from Cafe Pacifica this restaurant was "overratted" on www.citysearch.com but we liked it. I got the chiliquilos con huevos. El Chiliquilos con Huevos esta Bueno. Mi esposa comio quesadilla. Quesadilla esta regularr. . .

Italian Restaurant (Philipnos? something like that) - We went to little Italy and found a long line. We got in it . . .the pizza was fantastic and hanging wine bottles dotted the entire restaurant. To enter the restaurant you go through the Italian deli. . .pretty cool.

We found little Italy in San Diego to be disappointing . . . no Italians left it looked like. Probably best to stick to New York, or San Francisco north coast.

Gas Lamp and the Havana Cigar Factory We don't like smoking, but we loved the atmosphere of this place. Great seats, music, open and airy, and great coffee. The Gas Lamp district was AWESOME and livley . . . probally all night (it was busy from 9-10:30 and the bars were just getting started).

Indy - best eats

Indianapolis isn't known for it's culinary diversity. . .but there are Good Eats to be found.

• Bonges Tavern - Bonges tavern located 30minutes north of fishers is one of the best restaurants in town (or area). The chef's prime rib is much better then the likes of Shulas, Mortons, or Ruth Chris.
• Yats - dis is it. Good food on the cheap. Stick to the orginal at 54th and college. Bring your own bottle of wine and chow down on some of the best etoffe and gumbo this side of new orleans.
• Sichan - located at 116th and Rangeline (carmel) this ranks as our favorite chinease restaraunt. Skip the "american" dishes in the front and go for the Traditional dishes. .such as Chon Qing Mala Beef, or a sichan fire pot.
• El Sol - Until I find better, this restaurant at Washington and Rural near downtown is the best mexican restaurant I've been to. It has such dishes as Carne y Chille con Papas . . and yes they also have american favorites like "Burritos".
• Santorini - Located near downtown this greek restaurant beats "Greek Islands" any day. . .

Did you know that the "Burrito" does not exist in Mexico. If you ask for Burrito the server may just look at you and wonder "why does he want a donkey?"