Seattle, WA. (Part 2)

My trip to Seattle wound up lasting a full week. In an earlier post I mentioned that I saw the Space Needle and Microsoft's campus. I was also able to see the Seattle Art Museum, Pike Place Market, Fremont, and a couple other places that I'm forgetting.

What really made the trip, however, was the University Of Washington. On Wednesday, shortly after I flew into Seattle and tracked down my hotel, I walked over to the University of Washington and pretended I was a student. While exploring the campus I stumbled across their school of art, so I walked in and checked out the student galleries.

One of the pieces in the gallery was made by a female student who suffered the loss of her boyfriend. Atop letters that were exchanged during their relationship and newspaper clippings of the drowning were photos that she had taken of places they spent time together and things that were apart of the daily life they had shared. It was awfully personal and chilling.

Neighboring the University Of Washington is a street called University Way that is home to a long strip of shops and restaurants. Along this strip (and nearby) were a number of all-vegetarian and all-vegan eating establishments. The vegan restaurants were incredible... Araya's Vegetarian Place, Pizza Pi, and Mighty-O Donuts (I brought a dozen back to KC!).

There was even a (mostly) raw food restaurant, Chaco Canyon Café. I was excited to try a raw food dish prepared by someone who knows what they're doing, so I asked what items were popular and chose one on the 'best of' list. It was the Spicy Thai Grinder. What I received, however, was not spicy, sure wasn't Thai, and sure as heck wasn't a grinder. It was a mound of nutty paste. Eck! The raw food carrot cake was ok, though.

Nutty grinders aside (no pun intended), Seattle was a great experience.

Comments

[Bryan]

Hi Sarah,

Well shucks, I sure do apologize for the mixup. I went back and reviewed my photos from the trip and checked a couple web sites... you're correct, the restaurant I visited was Chaco Canyon Café. I specifically remember having Rainy Day Vegan Café on my list of restaurants I wanted to visit. And, I remember driving to your restaurant. But something unfortunate happened... I had Chaco Canyon's address down for yours. Grr! It was my mistake.

The next time I'm in Seattle, your restaurant will be the first one I visit. Seriously.

- Bryan

[rainy day vegan cafe]

hello i am one of the owners of rainy day. i just finished reading you entry and i couldn't help but realize you weren't talking about my restaurant. you must have mixed up the name, maybe chaco canyon. rainy day doesn't offer raw food, nor do we have anything like the dish you explained in your entry. so if you could please change the name in the entry to the proper one i would really appreciate it. and if you did eat here i thank you and if you are every in town again, please stop by for a bite. thanks again.

sarah