Kabul, One of Seattle’s Only Afghan Restaurants, Is Closing After 33 Years | Eater Seattle

"For three decades, this quiet stalwart of Seattle dining—one of the city’s only Afghan restaurants—regularly landed on “underrated” lists (including Eater Seattle’s) and served dishes you can’t find elsewhere, like ashak (pasta dumplings with tomato and yogurt sauce) and kabuli palaw (spiced rice topped with raisins). Opened by Polish immigrant Slawomir Pytlasinski, it was sold in 1994 to Wali Khairzada and fellow Afghan Sultan Malikyar, with Khairzada becoming sole owner in 2000. After its storefront was vandalized following the 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center, the neighborhood rallied by deliberately eating here and students from across the region sent letters he kept. Now, citing high costs and his age (74), Khairzada is closing the restaurant on December 31." - Harry Cheadle