Harry Cheadle is an Eater writer and editor who covers the Seattle, Portland, and San Francisco metro areas. He has been a journalist for 15 years and writing about food in Seattle since 2023.
This is a curated list of Seattle’s most notable and permanent restaurant and bar closures. See a closing we missed? Then drop us a line.
Taku
Big one here: Shota Nakajima, the Top Chef guy and all-around famous chef, has closed down his Capitol Hill fried chicken spot. Nakajima told Eater Seattle that the demands of his career made it impossible to be at the restaurant as much as he wanted to be and he didn’t want Taku to be “half-assed” as a result. He…..