Post by jonasclark on Oct 29, 2012 12:22:54 GMT -5
Nearly forgot Milt's BBQ near Redmond, WA. Killer barbecue, worth the trip. In an old early-80s strip mall. High ceiling. Two white Lady Deltas...with broken, dropped flywheels.
Remo Borracchini Bakery, central district, Seattle. Funky 60s Italian bakery. People either tend to love it or hate it - either nice old employees and awesome everything, or terrible food, rude service. I'm in the "love" category. They have four bananafans, the sort with a narrow switch hub that has a toggle reverse switch. All are off-white with cane blades. I've never seen any of them running, but having been going there since I was a kid, I hope they never take them down. There are three in a row over the area in front of the counter, and another a few feet back behind the register. That last one has always had a screw missing from one bracket, with the blade off at an angle, and recently a second blade has followed suit.
Azteca Mexican Food, Southcenter, Tukwila, WA. Now part of the local "Azteca" chain, this used to be Casa Lupita, an independent place. The bar has a very high ceiling with an enormous chandelier that looks as though it might have come from an old theatre, and there were four AB Victorians on very long downrods, and two tiny AB Four Seasons 36" up over the bar, barely visible behind an overhang.
Some time in the past ten years, these were all replaced. The Four Seasons are now little ugly huggers. The four main fans got replaced by cheapies using the old downrods, and recently two of the cheapies have been replaced by different cheapies. I don't know what kind of cheapies they are, or what the huggers are - all I know is that they're nothing cool. The chandelier is still there, but they relamp it infrequently, so it's often not fully lit. At least the food is good. (Aztecas ARE a chain, but they vary in food quality - the one in Bellevue has horrible food, but it does have a 1970s Casablanca loop-arm wall sconce!)
Remo Borracchini Bakery, central district, Seattle. Funky 60s Italian bakery. People either tend to love it or hate it - either nice old employees and awesome everything, or terrible food, rude service. I'm in the "love" category. They have four bananafans, the sort with a narrow switch hub that has a toggle reverse switch. All are off-white with cane blades. I've never seen any of them running, but having been going there since I was a kid, I hope they never take them down. There are three in a row over the area in front of the counter, and another a few feet back behind the register. That last one has always had a screw missing from one bracket, with the blade off at an angle, and recently a second blade has followed suit.
Azteca Mexican Food, Southcenter, Tukwila, WA. Now part of the local "Azteca" chain, this used to be Casa Lupita, an independent place. The bar has a very high ceiling with an enormous chandelier that looks as though it might have come from an old theatre, and there were four AB Victorians on very long downrods, and two tiny AB Four Seasons 36" up over the bar, barely visible behind an overhang.
Some time in the past ten years, these were all replaced. The Four Seasons are now little ugly huggers. The four main fans got replaced by cheapies using the old downrods, and recently two of the cheapies have been replaced by different cheapies. I don't know what kind of cheapies they are, or what the huggers are - all I know is that they're nothing cool. The chandelier is still there, but they relamp it infrequently, so it's often not fully lit. At least the food is good. (Aztecas ARE a chain, but they vary in food quality - the one in Bellevue has horrible food, but it does have a 1970s Casablanca loop-arm wall sconce!)