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Looking for something to do the Thursday before PAX?
Aerox | 3:57 PM on 08.05.2008 53 comments


This is for everyone who is getting into Seattle on Thursday before PAX starts and doesn't have plans yet.



We found this awesome restaurant and figured that I would let you guys know about it if you don't have plans for the Thursday night before PAX yet. If you're not going to PAX, sorry I'm spamming you with this.

So, there is a restaurant in Seattle called FareStart. Normally it is open only for lunch, and the idea behind the restaurant is that it takes homeless people and provides them with job training at a relatively high end restaurant so that they can enter the working world. On Thursdays they do a guest chef night where a prominent chef from the restaurant community comes in and does a 3 course dinner. While that sounds sketchy, the food is supposed to be amazing. It's also within walking distance of most of the hotels we're all staying at (6 blocks from the Sheraton at least).

So far we have 2 tables with reservations for 6:15 on Thursday night. If you guys don't have any plans, you should totally come eat with us. It is tasty, socially conscious, and pretty damn cheap. The full 3 course meal is only $25 (not including booze), and 100% of the proceeds go to the program.

The menu for that night is here:
http://www.farestart.org/restaurant/guestchef/calendar/EarthandOcean_Menu.html

Reviews of the restuarant are here:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/farestart-seattle#hrid:wQlU96jWiBQNu0n8KNVMaA/query:restaurants

Unfortunately, you need to make your own reservation. They're changeable, so if you can get even one more person, just make the reservation and then add people later. Any tables larger than 4 people are already gone, so the max you can have at a table is 4. Do it quickly, because these Guest Chef Nights fill up pretty fast. Once we get there we can see if we can just all be seated next to each other. If not, I plan on flinging bread at Dexter from across the restaurant.

Make reservations here:
http://export.opentable.com/opentables.aspx?t=Rest&r=12331&f=&q=&m=2&p=2&d=8/28/2008+6%3A00%3A00+PM

Finally, the suggested attire is business casual. Nothing fancy.

LIST OF CONFIRMED DINERS:
The Best Table:
Aerox
Hito
Knives
Mid3vol

Double Date Table:
Dexter
Libby
Naia
Zero

Fun Sexy Time Table (Whites Only):
Necros
King3vbo
LostCrichton
MadNinja

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN Table (ONE SPOT OPEN):
McSnow
The GHost (Yay he's back from Africa!!!!)
Chooly CHOOLY IS LAME. THERE IS ONE OPEN SPOT LEFT.
Mystery Friend

Nihon Is Going to Make Nintendoll Dress Up As Cammy Table:
NihonTiger
PowerGlove
Nintendoll
GuitarAtomik

Kung Fu Panda Dreamworks Extravaganza Table:
Ceark
Ceark's lovely co-worker

Everything's Bigger in Texas and maybe New Zealand? (Protip: It's because they're overcompensating for something) Table:
CountingConflict
Coonskin
Tactix
Macca

I'm running out of table names Table:
RiserGlen
FooLiz
Suff0cat
Asian Joe

Afterwards, the plan is to head out to a nice, cheap bar called The Redwood and get really drunk.
The Redwood

If you can't make it to dinner, you should definitely come out for drinks with us. It's going to be EPIC.

Start PAX off right. Come hang out with us.



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Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
You didn't mention that Necros wants in, but has nobody to sit with yet!
Coonskin05's Destructoid Blog
Are we (as in Destructoid) still doing Furniss' house that night?
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
I'm with Coon, I thought Furniss' party was Thursday night
Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
Dinner at FareStart is at 6:15. I'm sure that leaves time for Furniss afterward.
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
It is my understanding that the Furniss thing is not happening. We are going barhopping instead.
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
nm signed up
CountingConflict's Destructoid Blog
If Coon and some TX people want to get a table for that night then hit me up.
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
Thats the best idea for a restaurant ever.

I can't make it though :(
Knives's Destructoid Blog
:D :D :D!!!! PAX!!
Necros's Destructoid Blog
Looks like King and I are having a romantic dinner together, anyone want to make it a double date?
king3vbo's Destructoid Blog
NO ONE MUST RUIN OUR ROMANTIC DINNER
Knives's Destructoid Blog
Rockvillian will be there in spirit :).

Wait!! Does that mean you Rocky has to die?
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
I will be there. My flight gets in at like noon Pacific and I need to kill time.

Also, I need a table to sit with. Anyone?
HarassmentPanda's Destructoid Blog
I wish I could be there. Maybe Rockvillian and I can go out to dinner together and call you guys instead.
Tactix's Destructoid Blog
I'll be there Thursday, but not too sure how into this dinner I will be...I didnt understand half of the words on the menu! :P I'll be up for drinking afterwards though!
Hollie Bennett's Destructoid Blog
that sexy time table does sound good...
RalphsBFF's Destructoid Blog
Thanks for letting me know that I'm going... I wasn't aware.
madninja's Destructoid Blog
I am going, put me on the sexy table. And it isn't a date, it is a three-some. But I need help reserving.
Necros's Destructoid Blog
Okay, so from people who emailed me, the Sexy Time Table is filled up with me, King, Madninja, and LostCrichton.

Everyone else, start a new table!
Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
I signed us up, Lib. Hope you don't mind.
power-glove's Destructoid Blog
I want in, I'll sit with whoever is going to be at the new table.
McSnow's Destructoid Blog
I've booked a table for 4 but that may well be taken up already by myself, Chooly, The GHost & friend.
That's also if we can make it in time, our plane only lands at 4.40pm. o.O
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
power-glove and I are set, but we have room for two more, I believe.
CountingConflict's Destructoid Blog
I'd like to go to this. Anyone up for having me at their table. I'm a classy gent... I swear.
Wedge's Destructoid Blog
Well I'll be there then I guess... but that's too rich for my blood =X.
naia-the-gamer's Destructoid Blog
Damn, we're going to be taking over this place huh?
Qalamari's Destructoid Blog
Ooh, that sounds like fun, but my plane doesn't get in until like 10:30. Hope you guys have a blast, though.
nintendoll's Destructoid Blog
I wanna go.

That meal sounds super-beefy :)

@Nihon Tiger

Wanna throw me in that table?
ScottyG's Destructoid Blog
My flight doesn't arrive until 8pm. I'm sure you'll still be there then, but I'd still need to get to my hotel and find the friends I'm staying with. Sorry. :(

However! I am looking for something to do on Sunday night! Specifically a place to stay, as my friends are leaving Sunday whereas I'm not leaving until early Tuesday. We could work something out maybe? ^_^
naia-the-gamer's Destructoid Blog
Also, I'm at the double date table?

Lame.

:P
Rockvillian's Destructoid Blog
Okay it's settled. I'll go to dinner with Panda and get He-brews, then I'll let him dispatch me somehow so I can come join you all in your memories as a spirit.
Hitogoroshi's Destructoid Blog
LOL @ Whites only table
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
@Nintendoll: Sure thing.

We still have room for one more, though, so if anyone else needs a spot, it's open.
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
Crap, 6:15 is already filled to the brim with tables of four, it seems, as is 6:30.

You can still get a table for two at 6:15 or 6:30, though. But you probably want to move on this quick.
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
You can also try for 6:00.
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
Aerox, quick question: does the time for this matter? If I shifted to 6:30 from my current 6:15 booking, would it totally separate us from the rest of you?
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
@Nihon

I doubt it. I would just go with whatever you can. When we get there we are going to try to see if we can get seated at tables next to each other, but it may not happen. 15 minutes shouldn't make a huge difference.
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
Thanks :)
Coonskin05's Destructoid Blog
Again, I would go, but my flight touches down at 9:15, which means I probably wont get off the plane til 9:30, which means I won't get out of the airport til at least 9:45...you can see where I'm going with this. I will be at the bars as soon as I can get there, however.
NihonTiger90's Destructoid Blog
CountingConflict has expressed interest in being the 4th at our table. I approve of this.
nademagnet's Destructoid Blog
Damn, I want to go. But I'm not getting there until Friday around noon.
ceark's Destructoid Blog
I just reservered a table of 2
Dexter345's Destructoid Blog
Hahah, I like that I'm now at the "Double Date Table."
FooLiz's Destructoid Blog
I wanna go
Someone book a table with me at it
That's the day of my Jimi Hendrix tour, so after the long bus rides to and from his grave I will be tired
Wedge's Destructoid Blog
They tour Hendrix's grave? I used to live (literally) across the street from that.
FooLiz's Destructoid Blog
before or after he was exhumed
nintendoll's Destructoid Blog
I can't wait for the pictochat magic that will inevitably happen this night. :)
The Incredible Edible Egg's Destructoid Blog
I wants a table, but I have nobody to sit with. Anyone willing to help? I have good table manners... sometimes.
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
Egg - I believe NihonTiger has a spot open at his table since CountingConflict moved to a different one. I would talk to him.
Aerox's Destructoid Blog
Actually Joe, it looks like you're at Riser's table.


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