"This was the restaurant that skyrocketed Tom Douglas into becoming one of Seattle’s first celebrity chefs, and it’s honestly still worth the hype, almost 30 years later. Dahlia serves Pacific Northwestern cuisine at its most quintessential — dishes are based on local seafood, meat, and produce, often with an Asian influence. The dining room is usually packed at night, but the bar isn’t, and an early evening there with a plate of Puget Sound oysters is a serene pleasure." - Meg van Huygen