| Coastal Kitchen | |
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 The restaurant's exterior, 2023 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Established | 1993 |
| Closed | February 2024 |
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| Location | 429 15th Avenue E, Seattle, King, Washington, 98112, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°37′22″N122°18′47″W / 47.6228°N 122.3130°W |
| Website | coastalkitchenseattle |
Coastal Kitchen was a restaurant on Seattle's Capitol Hill, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] It closed in late February 2024.
Coastal Kitchen was a New American and seafood restaurant [2] with a rotating menu [3] [4] on Capitol Hill. [5] According to Sunset magazine, "The regional lunch and dinner menus at this Capitol Hill cafe change[d] often, shifting from foods of Gascony one quarter to Indian or Patagonian cuisine the next, and the eclectic art on the walls change[d] as often as the menu." [6] Thrillist described Coastal Kitchen as a "classic fish house and oyster bar" serving chowder, crab cakes, jambalaya with smoked salmon, and shrimp ceviche. [7] The restaurant was also described as "family-friendly" and "hip". [8] [9] Fodor's called Coastal Kitchen "chic yet casual". [10] The menu included albacore and yellowfin tuna, calamari, [11] cod, clams, fish and chips, [12] oysters, pasta with sardines, [13] a smoked salmon scramble, Dungeness crab cake benedict, [14] gingerbread waffles, [15] and huevos rancheros. The Cuban Pete's Shipwreck was described as "a loose interpretation of paella with plump mussels and clams, chorizo and soft sweet peppers". [16] The restaurant also served poutine, [17] spring rolls, fried green tomatoes, and stew. [18]
Jeremy and Tiah Hardy opened Coastal Kitchen in 1993. [19] [20]
The restaurant received an approximately $350,000 remodel in 2012, [21] [22] [23] during which owner Jeremy Hardy closed the restaurant for a month. To commemorate the re-opening the business hosted an inaugural First Shuck and gave away 1,000 oysters at no cost. [24] Seattle Weekly said, "When the dust settled, most noticeable of the changes was a gleaming, marble-topped oyster bar that curves around the open kitchen where the cocktail bar once was." [25]
Zephyr Paquette was head chef as of 2015. [26] Dan and Jonathan Tweten purchased the business in 2016. [27] [28] In 2022, a driver ran a vehicle into the front of the restaurant, causing structural damage. [29] [30] [31] The closed permanently in late February 2024. [32] [33]
In Seattle (1998), Bill and W. C. McRae said the restaurant "serves up some of the best food in the neighborhood". [34] In Hidden Washington (2005), Eric Lucas said Coastal Kitchen "has no trouble maintaining a loyal clientele". [35] In 2015, Deborah Wang of NPR called the restaurant "a fixture of Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood for 20 years". [26] Time Out included Coastal Kitchen in a 2015 list of the best breakfast restaurants in the United States. [36]
