MIKE'S CHILI PARLOR

MIKE'S CHILI PARLOR

Greek Restaurants

In the new photo, Mike Semandiris stands in front of this fourth-generation landmark tavern in Ballard which serves a chili sauce with original Greek flavoring. Opened by his great grandfather, Mike’s is one of an endangered breed of restaurants (the urban chili parlor) and has survived for over 98 years surrounded by development in the trendy, gentrifying Ballard neighborhood. One must be 21 years old to visit and cannot order a tuna-fish sandwich. It sports a blue-collar atmosphere where a sign reads “Mexican with a touch of Chicago and a pinch of old Greece.”

Old photo courtesy of Mike Samandiris, new photo by John Nicon

https://m.facebook.com/MikesChiliParlor/
Greek owned or operated restaurants

The Greeks in Washington Museum

1941 and 2014

Mike Semandiris

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https://m.facebook.com/MikesChiliParlor/ # 2014-01-006, Mike's Chili Parlor T shirt

jpeg format black and white photodigitized from original photograph and original color photo

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Photograph

Selected and posted from A PLACE AT THE TABLE book

Seattle, Washington
20th and 21st centuries