Post by nutsberryfarm 🏜 on Nov 10, 2020 23:05:50 GMT
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www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/rip-randys-goodbye-to-the-boeing-field-diner-decked-out-with-airplanes/
Out on the edge of Boeing Field, Randy’s is the kind of classic American diner that was endangered in the Seattle area even before the COVID-19 pandemic. The last time I went there, on a cold night this past February, the coffee was hot and the refills came along at exactly the right moment, with the regular sitting at the counter getting one more cup just in time to catch his bus. The grilled cheese at Randy’s looked like a picture you’d take of a grilled cheese to show someone who’d never had that most basic, beautiful pleasure. When a plate of fish ’n’ chips got polished off but the 3-D confetti of peas, corn kernels and carrot cubes remained, the server observed, entirely amiably, “Nobody’s eaten their vegetables.”
And as it had for decades, Randy’s still went far above and beyond the call of dream-diner duty — the interior of the circa-1970 former Denny’s was filled to its pitched rafters with hanging model planes, while cabinets and cases and walls held more aeronautical memorabilia than could be believed. Randy’s was still open 24 hours then, and a late supper in an orange-and-pink-upholstered booth felt like a cinematic special occasion, so simple, specific and good.
Now, after Nov. 15, Randy’s will be closed forever. “Not that we want to … ” co-owner Lucia Roadenizer said Monday. “We lasted as long as we could.”
It’s safe to say there’s nowhere like Randy’s, a quietly amazing retro testament to Seattle’s time as the Jet City. It’s layered in not just artifacts, photos and maps, but also in the memories of countless pre-shift breakfasts for Boeing machinists, innumerable visits with children agog, untold post-bar-time stops for sodden sustenance, a lot of great dates.
