Fort St. George is a cozy, late-night spot in Seattle’s International District serving inventive Japanese-American comfort food with standout dishes like garlicky spaghetti and rich doria.
"It really doesn’t get more Seattle than the Fort. In the upstairs level of a ‘90s office building in the Chinatown–International District, Fort St. George specializes in yoshoku cuisine — American diner dishes with Japanese stylings. The sports bar is best known for its take on spaghetti bolognese drizzled with garlic mayo, although the versions with tarako (cod roe), kimchi, and enoki mushrooms are equally comforting. The half-dozen dorias, described as “a Japanese-style risotto/casserole,” and curry bowls are solid bets that come in fun options like shrimp and baby scallop or Japanese hamburger. Baseball on TV, Japanese beers on tap, and a postcard view of Hing Hay Park complete the C-ID arc." - Meg van Huygen, Mark DeJoy, Eater Staff
"This Chinatown-International-District staple serves the type of low-brow comfort food that generally doesn’t get much love outside of Japan, but which its citizens can’t live without. This includes Japanese-style pasta, served with cod roe, enoki mushrooms, and topped with pork cutlet or a hamburger patty. You can also get omurice and Japanese curries or bento with grilled mackerel, karaage, or vegetable croquettes." - Jay Friedman, Eater Staff
"Folks sometimes call this place “the Japanese Denny’s” thanks to its shabby diner aesthetic, its ‘80s vaporware cocktail bar, its deep-fried comfort food, and the late hours it keeps. The yoshoku Japanese-Western menu is a wacky bricolage of American classics like spaghetti — say, topped with soy sauce-butter chicken or bolognese and garlic mayo — and variations on doria (a Japanese casserole of rice, meat, and cheese), ramen, udon, katsu, omelets, Asian fusion hamburgers, and platter-sized pools of curry. It’s always a weird, fun time in here." - Meg van Huygen, Harry Cheadle
"This is by far the best bar to go to in the ID. Don't be put off by the weird-ass 80's office vibe when you walk through the shared entrance. The food is really weird and really good, American food with an asian influence. Our favorite is the ketchup fried rice with an egg omelet on top." - Shore
"Fort St. George is a second-story spot that feels like a time capsule of the 2000’s—it’s above a fully functioning travel agency, a karaoke bar, and the oldest retro video game store in the PNW. But most importantly, Fort St. George serves damn good Japanese comfort food, be it spaghetti and meat sauce artistically drizzled with garlic mayo, or a bacon and mushroom doria, a.k.a. creamy risotto baked with a bubbly cheese top. And if their thick katsu curry can’t warm your soul or cure a heartbreak, just head downstairs to sing some Celine Dion for a few hours." - aimee rizzo, carlo mantuano, kayla sager riley
