Loulay (restaurant)

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Loulay Kitchen and Bar
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Loulay (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Established2013 (2013)
Street address600 Union St
City Seattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98101
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′37.5″N122°20′0.5″W / 47.610417°N 122.333472°W / 47.610417; -122.333472

Loulay Kitchen and Bar, or simply Loulay, was a restaurant by Thierry Rautureau in Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] [2]

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Description

The French menu included French onion soup, duck confit sliders, [3] roasted chicken, and braised short ribs. [4]

History

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Thierry Rautureau

The restaurant opened in 2013. [5] Loulay closed in March 2020, following the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic in Seattle, and never reopened. Thierry Rautureau made the closure permanent in August 2021. [6] [7] [8]

Reception

The restaurant was dubbed "Best Restaurant of the year" by Seattle Metropolitan . [9] Thrillist gave it accolades as one of "The 21 best new restaurants in America", [10] and "Seattle's 11 best new restaurants of 2014". [11] Its burger was dubbed "Seattle's 10 best new burgers of 2014". [12]

See also

References

  1. "Seattle's James Beard–Winning Restaurants". Seattle Metropolitan . Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  2. Billups, Sara (February 21, 2014). "Scheff and Clement 'In Like' With Loulay". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  3. Wolf, Laurie (January 20, 2015). Food Lovers' Guide to® Seattle: The Best Restaurants, Markets & Local Culinary Offerings. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN   978-1-4930-1662-4.
  4. Williams, Allison (June 18, 2019). Moon Seattle. Avalon Publishing. ISBN   978-1-64049-210-3.
  5. "Chef Thierry Rautureau's elegant Loulay opens in downtown Seattle". Puget Sound Business Journal. Archived from the original on June 16, 2021. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  6. Guarente, Gabe (August 9, 2021). "Lauded Downtown French Restaurant Loulay Kitchen and Bar Will Not Reopen". Eater. Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  7. "Beloved French chef Thierry Rautureau closes Loulay — his last restaurant in Seattle". The Seattle Times. August 9, 2021. Archived from the original on November 8, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  8. Rautureau, Theirry; Rautureau, Kathy (August 9, 2021). "Thank You For The Memories". Archived from the original on December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
  9. Robinson, Kathryn. "Best Restaurant of 2014: Loulay". Seattle Metropolitan . Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  10. Alexander, Kevin, Childers, Liz (December 7, 2014). "The 21 best new restaurants in America 2014". Thrillist. Archived from the original on August 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  11. Kasinger, Chona. "Seattle's 11 best new restaurants of 2014". Thrillist. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015.
  12. Kasinger, Chona. "Seattle's 10 best new burgers of 2014". Thrillist. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2014.