Iron Horse | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1971 |
Closed | 2000 |
Food type | Hamburger |
Street address | 311 3rd Avenue South |
City | Seattle |
State | Washington |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 47°35′58″N122°19′50″W / 47.599569°N 122.330478°W Coordinates: 47°35′58″N122°19′50″W / 47.599569°N 122.330478°W |
The Iron Horse was a hamburger restaurant in Seattle, Washington, established in 1971 by Charlie Maslow. [1] Located in Pioneer Square, food orders at the restaurant were delivered by model trains which moved along a track that circled the dining area. [2] [3] [4] The Iron Horse closed in 2000, its then-owners citing increasing rents created by the dot com boom, combined with a loss of event business occasioned by the demolition of the Kingdome, as reasons for its shuttering. [1]
After the closure of the Iron Horse, the subsequent closing of another train-themed Seattle restaurant – Andy's Diner – prompted the Seattle Weekly's Mike Seely to eulogize that in "the sweet hereafter ... the Big Engineer in the sky makes a choice between Andy's and the Iron Horse". [5]
The restaurant was located at 311 3rd Avenue South, near the King Street Station. [6]
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