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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Dept. of Substantiated Restaurant Rumors

posted by on August 21 at 11:15 AM

andysdiner.jpgFrom Slog tipper Dan (who heard it from “literally some guy” behind the construction fence): Andy’s Diner—the beloved train-car restaurant in SODO that closed in January—is reopening as an “Asian-and-railroad-themed restaurant sometime next month.”

Over at the Liquor Control Board website, we find a new application for the address under the name “Orient Express Restaurant & Lounge.” The Orient Express! This is a beautiful idea. Let us all wish really hard that it will be beautifully (and deliciously) realized.

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1

Um. So, does this mean Szechuan food served on a bed of coals?

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 21, 2008 11:22 AM
2

Because if there's one thing Seattle needs, it's another Asian restaurant.

Posted by Gomez | August 21, 2008 11:23 AM
3

@1: No, I think it means all the servants will be coolies.

Posted by Ziggity | August 21, 2008 11:24 AM
4

There is one of these in Atlanta. I don't know if they're connected, but ours is delightful.

Posted by Foggen | August 21, 2008 11:28 AM
5

Just in time for my parents' next visit! I am soooo taking them there!

Posted by Levislade | August 21, 2008 11:37 AM
6

Orient Express? Will it take one to Constantinople?

Posted by NapoleonXIV | August 21, 2008 11:41 AM
7

Somehow, I just KNEW that's what the place was going to be called.

Now, they just need to start doing gawd-awful murder mystery dinner theatre there every week (I can already see the title: "MURDER! At The 'Orient Express'"), and the humiliation will be complete!

Posted by COMTE | August 21, 2008 11:41 AM
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#6 - I hear it's Istanbul, not Constantinople.

So...If you've got a date in Constantinople, she'll be waiting in Instanbul.

Posted by butterbean | August 21, 2008 11:50 AM
9

Why did Constantinople get the works?

Posted by rb | August 21, 2008 12:11 PM
10

@9: that's nobody's business but the Turks'.

Posted by Abby | August 21, 2008 12:13 PM
11

God I love teh Slog sometimes.

Posted by rb | August 21, 2008 12:18 PM
12

I think the name will be misleading. I've been burned before.

Either it tastes just like chicken, or Panda Express doesn't serve real panda, either.

Posted by NapoleonXIV | August 21, 2008 12:18 PM
13

Once upon a time, Andy's Diner was a magical place. It's great that the site will be revived, but sad that someone didn't stick closer to the original theme (and name).

Posted by WS Native | August 21, 2008 12:24 PM
14

If you put a gyoza on the tracks, will you get an onion pancake when the train goes by?

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | August 21, 2008 12:29 PM
15

Panda has to be grass-fed.

Well, that plus bamboo shoots.

They stick the bamboo under your fingernails when you apply for an Olympics protest permit, to "reeducate" you.

Posted by Will in Seattle | August 21, 2008 1:27 PM
16

15 - Shhhhh.

Posted by Liston | August 21, 2008 1:36 PM
17

Hercule Poirot is rolling in his grave.

or Shanghai Lily.

One of the two.

Posted by michael strangeways | August 21, 2008 2:43 PM
18

It took more than one man to change her name to Shanghai Lily...

Posted by it'smarkmitchell | August 21, 2008 2:58 PM

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