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LisaM

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52. The original Red Robin on the Lake Washington ship canal.

Fri Feb 13, 2026, 01:02 PM

Feb 13

It had killer views and they seated us right by the window. This was (I think) right around the time they first started franchising, so it wasn't yet the huge chain it is now, though there were multiple locations. It was November, so the water views at night were beautiful.

Of course they knocked it down for apartments because developers are determined to strip every last ounce of charm and quirkiness out of Seattle, so we went one last time before it closed and the place was full of couples who had gone there on their first date. It had a crazy parking lot where you parked sideways at a 45 degree angle, but there was more normal parking across the street). I still miss it.

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Where did you go for you first date with your SO? We went to Red Lobster. And you? [View all] debm55 Feb 12 OP

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Hey, I used to take my future wife to restaurants in Northport. NNadir Feb 12 #11

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Yeah, I looked up some stuff on Northport history, and from what I can tell, the restaurant in which that tale... NNadir Feb 13 #23

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Well congratulations. It would appear that she's had 53 years... NNadir Feb 13 #29

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It's hard to say since we were friends before we were lovers. NNadir Feb 12 #7

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He came over to my apartment, and we talked until 3 am Mad_Dem_X Feb 12 #8

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It was the sort of restaurant that more or less typified the mid 1980s: surrealAmerican Feb 12 #22

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The original Red Robin on the Lake Washington ship canal. LisaM Feb 13 #52

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