Steelhead Diner

• Cuisine(s): Pacific Northwest
  Hours: Sun 10am-5pm, Tue-Fri 11:30am-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm
  Price: $$
• Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards, cash, ATM/Debit
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Private Party, Business Dining, Water View
  Serving: Brunch, Dinner, Lunch
• Alcohol: Full bar
  Reservations: Accepted
  Parking: Street

Description

Poutine, baby. Pou-friggin'-tine. It's the answer to almost every question mankind asks, the cure to damn near anything that ails us. And you know where you can get some fine poutine? At chef Kevin Davis' Steelhead Diner. Made with Beecher's cheese curds from right around the corner, a trained chef's version of cheap diner gravy, and perfect french fries, Steelhead's poutine is a lowbrow dish served in a very high-tone setting. True, Steelhead's the kind of place that often fills up with suits and swells and beautiful people out flexing their new haircuts and business cards at each other, but sometimes you have to look past the crowds and the surface details to find the really good stuff. And at the Steelhead, that really good stuff includes Davis' idea of the American diner "evolved"-buttermilk fried chicken sandwiches, fish and chips, meatloaf served with juniper sauce and parsnip puree rather than mashed potatoes, and slices of pie filled with caviar. Personally, I love the upscale/lowdown fusion Davis does here, and though I do generally try to get out before the bar starts filling with martini sippers, I could easily live for weeks on nothing but the kitchen's poutine and a couple cases of cheap beer-even if I'd have to get the cheap beer somewhere else.