Last night my wife and I ate at IVAR’s to celebrate their new tipping policy. Ivar’s is going the whole way … raising workers to a real wage … $15/hr .. and doing away with tipping Management is serious about paying workers a fair wage. Prices on the menus will rise by 20%. T[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Gourmet Eating’
January 8th, 2011 - 8:11 pm § in Uncategorized
Eating Sorta Near Here
According to the NY Times, Willows Inn on LUMMI ISLAND, WASH. is Wonderful! Willows Inn, on the tiny San Juan island of Lummi, is about two hours from Seattle by car and ferry. Yet it is about to become a destination restaurant, thanks to its new chef, Blaine Wetzel. The 24-year-old, formerly the pr[...]
Chum is cheap, is Kita Good?
Ever consider eating Kita? Or do you feed it to your cat? How many times have I told visitors not to eat Kita? Kita is the name Ivars’ puts on the chum salmon, cheap stuff we in Seattle also call catfood. Kevin Bailey of Crosscut claims that chum has gotten a bad rap over the years. [&hel[...]