Ray's Boathouse

Ray's Boathouse is a restaurant in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States, located on Shilshole Bay along the Puget Sound shoreline. It is noted for its seafood and views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains,[1][2][3] and has been listed as one of the city's top restaurants alongside The Herbfarm.[4] It appeared in 1,000 Places to See in the USA and Canada Before You Die,[5] and has featured on lists of tourist destinations by Moon Guides (Williams), Fodor's and Frommer's, among others.[6][7][8][1]

Ray's Boathouse in the 1970s

The restaurant originally opened in June 1973. In 1983, Ray's was one of four restaurants that began serving fresh Copper River salmon for the first time, and is credited with bringing awareness of local food to Seattle's fish consumers.[9][10][11] That year the restaurant also introduced commercially harvested Olympia oysters to its menu, heralding a "comeback" for the species which had had a total harvest measured in hundreds of gallons a few years earlier.[12]

At one time the restaurant employed Chris Cornell as a chef, prior to him co-founding the rock band Soundgarden.[13] In 2002, Ray's was awarded in the America's Classics category of the James Beard Foundation Awards.[14][15] In 2004, its then-executive chef Charles Ramseyer was recognized as one of the nation's most innovative fish chefs by Wine Spectator.[16] The establishment was refurbished in 2013.[17]

References
  1. Smith 1999, p. 115.
  2. "Ray's Boathouse: Why We Live Here – A new chef tinkers with tradition at Seattle's quintessential view restaurant", Seattle Magazine, September 2012
  3. Melissa A. Trainer (October 5, 1997), "CHOICE TABLES; In Seattle, the Ingredients Shine", The New York Times, Whenever we want to enjoy well-prepared Northwest seafood in a relaxing setting, we head to Ray's Boathouse. Smack on Puget Sound and boasting views of the Olympic Mountains, the restaurant looks out on fishing vessels, sailboats and kayakers cruising by.
  4. Amrine 2011, p. 109.
  5. Schultz 2011, p. 901.
  6. Moon Guide 2017
  7. Fodor's
  8. Frommer's Guide (2001)
  9. First Copper River Salmon Arrive, CBS Seattle, May 16, 2013
  10. Cassandra Callan (May 17, 2013), "30 Years of Love for Copper River Salmon", Seattle Met
  11. Greg Atkinson, "Hooked on fish: With fresh thinking, Ray's Boathouse set a seafood standard", Pacific Northwest, The Seattle Times
  12. R.W. Apple Jr. (April 26, 2006), "The Oyster Is His World", The New York Times
  13. https://www.upvenue.com/article/1250-the-early-careers-of-grunge-musicians.html
  14. 2002 award winners, James Beard Foundation, retrieved 2017-05-19
  15. Stevenson Swanson (May 15, 2002), "A gourmet gala: Annual Beard Awards recognize food world's high fliers, including chefs, writers, designers", The Chicago Tribune
  16. Johnson, Johnson & Van Gytenbeek 2005, p. 172.
  17. Providence Cicero (May 31, 2013), "Ray's Boathouse still sails on service and fresh seafood", The Seattle Times
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