Ultimate Resturants 2006 (SEA)

[dagrassroots]

Okay, I stole this from the L.A. board but it was such a great idea I think that Seattle area needs to do a poll like this. Here is how it works, rate your top five, and only five restaurants in the Seattle area that you would recommend to a friend visiting Seattle, looking for a memorable dining experience. The scoring will go 5 points for a first place vote, 4 for a second place vote, 3 for a third place vote, 2 for a fourth place vote and one for a fifth place vote. I'll set the deadline for voting to be Dec. 20th. After that I will publish the results. If you’re confused, here is a link to the L.A. board’s version http://www.chowhound.com/topics/350619.

I will start with my top five.
1.Salumi
2.Seven Stars Szechuan
3.Palace Kitchen
4.Malay Satay Hut
5.Ezells

[Courtneyah]

1. Le Gourmand
2. Salumi
3. Shiro's (at the bar)
4. Matt's in the Market
5. Paseo

[de_soie]

1. Lark
2. Salumi
3. Union
4. Crush
5. Zoe's

[lazysue]

1. Lampreia
2. Mistral
3. Dinette
4. Tamarind Tree
5. La Carta de Oaxaca

[atiziano]

wild ginger
salvatores
kabab house

[christy319]

Matt's in the Market
Seven Stars Pepper
Green Leaf
Osteria La Spiga
Market Grill

[ssusu]

Memorable dining experience?
1. elemental@gasworks
2. Szechuan Chef
3. Crush
4. Harvest Vine
5. Baguette Box

[Tom Armitage]

1. Salumi
2. Harvest Vine
3. Cafe Juanita
4. Tamarind Tree
5. Kisaku

[n.cole]

1. Harvest Vine
2. Sitka & Spruce
3. Salumi
4. Paseo
5. Cafe Juanita

[dimsumfan]

1. Malay Satay Hut
2. Green Leaf
3. Le Pichet
4. Seven Stars Peppers (or Szechuan Chef, even better, if Bellevue is okay)
5. Saigon Deli

[The Chowhound Team]

Just a reminder that this is a fun activity driven by one of our members and is not an officially sanctioned Chowhound survey. Nobody is expected or obligated to participate.

[claude lorenson]

1-Larks
2-Cafe Juanita
3-Lampreia
4-Tilth
5-harvest Vine

[purefog]

1. Union
2. Salumi
3. Harvest Vine
4. Cafe Juanita
5. Matt's in the Market

[SeaGal]

1. Union
2. Salumi
3. Palace Kitchen
4. Green Leaf
5. Malay Satay Hut

[amyb]

1. Volterra
2. Salumi
3. La Carta de Oaxaca
4. Le Gourmand
5. Zoe

[dandelion]

1. Lark
2. Kingfish Cafe
3. Via Tribunali
4. Crow
5. Union

[soypower]

1. Canlis
2. Wild Ginger
3. Paseo
4. Hosoonyi
5. Shanghai Garden

[malarkey]

1. Lark
2. Union
3. Boat St Cafe
4. Matt's in the Market
5. Le Pichet

[suppergirl]

1. Union
2. La Carta de Oaxaca
3. Matt's in the Market
4. Panos Kleftikos
5. Paseo

[Janer]

1. Union
2. Shiro's
3. Harvest Vine
4. Lark
5. Palace Kitchen

[rockdoggydog]

1. Union
2. Boat St
3. Salumi
4. Thanh Vi
5. Torn between Lark and Saito's

[OCAnn]

1. Palace Kitchen
2. Salumi's
3. Zoe's

[NickZ]

1. Matt's in the Market
2. Tamarind Tree
3. Seven Stars
4. Salumi
5. Lampreia

[dnamj]

1. Cremant
2. Lark
3. Monsoon
4. Tamarind Tree
5. Nishino

[ceester]

1) Matt's in the Market
2) Lark
3) Tamarind Tree
4) Maneki
5) Dick's Drive-In

[fuzzyboy]

1) Monsoon
2) Cafe Juanita
3) Volterra
4) Zoe's
5) Dahlia Lounge

[lara]

1. Cafe Juanita
2. Tilth
3. Matt's in the Market
4. Harvest Vine
5. Union

[New York Michele]

Green Leaf
Malay Satay Hut
Schechuan Noodle Bowl
El Gallito
India Bistro

[gastros]

1. Dahlia Lounge
2. La Carta de Oaxaca
3. Serafina
4. The Herbfarm
5. Hilltop Alehouse

[PAO]

1.Cafe Juanita
2.Le Gourmand
3.Malay Satay Hut
4.Green Leaf
5. Mayuri's (the Indian snack store)

[Lauren]

1. Union
2. Boat Street
3. Palace Kitchen
4. Paseo
5. Crush

[creo420]

1. Le Gourmand
2. Union
3. Volterra
4. Rovers
5. Salumi

[Leper]

1. Harvest Vine
2. Seven Stars
3. Le Gourmand
4. Palace Kitchen
5. Matt's At The Market

[terrier]

1. Pho Bac (II - on 7th)
2. Matt's in the Market
3. elemental@gasworks
4. La Carta de Oaxaca
5. Lola

[terrier]

d'oh, seems I can't edit this anymore, but I want to give more props to Dinette. I'd put it in 3rd and bump everything down like so:

1. Pho Bac (II - on 7th)
2. Matt's in the Market
3. Dinette
4. elemental@gasworks
5. La Carta de Oaxaca

[landguy]

Lampreia
Mistral
Le Gourmand
Lark
Salumi

[pablissima]

1. Sitka and Spruce
2. elemental@gasworks
3. Lark
4. Harvest Vine
5. Barolo

[so_small]

Monsoon
Crush
Szechuan Chef
Harvest Vine
Lark

[ROVER1]

1. Harvest Vine
2. Lark
3. Lampria
4. Palace Kitchen
5. Boat Street

[equinoise]

1. Rover's
2. Harvest Vine
3. Campagne
4. Szechuan Chef
5. Tamarind Tree

[itsonlyfood]

1. Lark
2. Union
3. Harvest Vine
4. Nishino
5. Boat Steet Cafe.

[peter johnson]

In no particular order:

1. Elemental@Gasworks
2. Matt's in the Market
3. Harvest Vine
4. Le Pichet
5. Cremant

[Walters]

Okay, Dagrassroots, I'll bite! (So to speak.)
1. Harvest Vine
2. Le Gourmand
3. Palace Kitchen
4. Seven Stars Szechuan
5. Maximillien's At The Market