Black Friday In Seattle Washington

Washington state for less

From wondrous Walla Walla to Seattle’s trendy Capitol Hill region, Washington State is a cornucopia of good cuisine – much of it affordably priced. James Beard said, “Food is our common ground, a universal experience.” The common ground here is local, and the common touchstone the Pacific.

If you find yourself in the Pacific Northwest bring along your appetite, and a nose for good wine:

Ristorante Machiavelli is one of those places so reasonable, so redolent with good food and fine wait staff that it’s first-come, first-served. A Capitol Hill magnet for foodies, it’s located at 1215 Pine St. in Seattle. There are ample entrees under $10. Try the Conchiglie della Casa – spinach shells, sausage and marinara. The price: $9.95. The founders of Machiavelli are veteran San Francisco restaurateurs, and they know how to create a legitimately charming, warm ambience to go along with one of the best value-priced menus in town.

Boom Noodle . Solid, sumptuous Asian fare is the focus here – and rice noodles are available gluten-free. Prices are predictably reasonable, the service swift. Try Seafood Donburi for $11.50 – flash-seared salmon, grilled with white prawns, avocado and veggies on a bed of rice. Boom Noodle can be found at 1121 Pike St. in Seattle.

Nimbus . This epicurean enclave is on the 14th floor of a Bellingham building, with great views of the great Northwest. The premise here is local purchasing, from local farmers and fishermen. Put into practice that means dishes such as pan-seared, cumin-scented wild salmon with cucumber and cabbage ceviche. Nimbus is located at 119 N. Commerce St. in Bellingham.

Whitehouse-Crawford is one of the most respected restaurants in the state, a Walla Walla haven for fine cuisine housed in a building that’s on the National Register of Historic Places. Reservations (509-525-2222) are, as they say “highly” recommended. That’s because the menu is both extraordinary, and extraordinarily creative. Case-in-point: black bean stew with greens, pan-fried masa dumplings, feta and (ready for this?) fried egg. It all works, and the price is $24. You’ll find Whitehouse-Crawford at 55 W. Cherry St. in Walla Walla.

Coho . As the name implies, the place specializes in sea food. You’d expect as much from a restaurant located in Friday Harbor, in the San Juan Islands. That seafood comes from the cold, clean water of the Straits of Juan de Fuca. Something from the land? The beef is local, and grass-fed. Perhaps something between fish and beef? Order the creamy nettle pesto with linguini for $23. Coco is conveniently located at 120 Nicholas St. in Friday Harbor.

GameFly Opens New Distribution Center in Seattle | Press Release

LOS ANGELES, June 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- GameFly, Inc., the leading online video game rental subscription service, today announced the official opening of its latest distribution center located in Seattle, Washington.  The warehouse is the company's fifth distribution center, and will enable GameFly to deliver games more expeditiously to its members. The new facility will be servicing customers in Washington, Oregon, Alaska and Idaho. "We continually strive to provide our members with the best service possible, and adding the Seattle distribution center to handle the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, will do just that," said Dave Hodess, CEO of GameFly. "We also recently acquired Direct2Drive.com, giving customers more choices with over 3000 PC/Mac games to download, in addition to the thousands of console titles that can be rented or bought at GameFly." GameFly, the number one online video game rental service, allows members to rent one or more video games concurrently, with no due dates, late fees or shipping charges. Users can easily select titles and manage their list of games online from the GameFly website at www.gamefly.com or from the GameFly App for iOS and Android devices. Members receive games via First-Class Mail and return them to GameFly at their convenience using prepaid mailers. In addition to selling video games through the "Keep" feature, GameFly also sells new and used video games. With the recent acquisition of Direct2Drive.com, GameFly is now the number two online retailer for downloading Windows and Mac video games.

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