Spring opening for Maxwell's (28. January 2008, 23:13 by Erik) ~ More good eats downtown
Natasha G. (who always has her nose on Tacoma’s nightlife) has a post up over at Spew about the new restaurant going into the Walker on the corner of 6th & St. Helens.
The restaurant was previously dubbed “The Speakeasy,” but when it opens April 1 (assuming everything goes according to plan), it will be called “Maxwell’s.”
When Troy Christian introduced the concept at the fall’s Tour of Urban Living, the restaurant would offer room service to condo dwellers living above.
From Natasha:
Maxwell’s will aim to offer a comfortable, warm and elegant ambiance with plenty of booths and the type of atmosphere that makes the entire establishment feel like a lounge. Every accent will have an art deco feel with music playing that will match this genre.
This space is approximately 4,000 square feet, and there will be a 50/50 split between the restaurant and the bar.
The executive chef of the restaurant will be Matt Coloney.
As with all new restaurants … we look forward to checking it out.
Link to Spew
Link to Walker Condominiums
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On the Walker’s website it says that the Saint Helens neighborhood “will soon be dubbed the Mount Saint Helens neighborhood”. I’m still wondering how you can have a “master” bedroom in a one bedroom unit. I guess whoever it is dubbing the neighborhood as the “Mount Saint Helens neighborhood” could very well be dubbing a common bedroom as a master bedroom even though there are no less than master bedrooms in the unit.
1 | Posted by Crenshaw Sepulveda | Jan 29, 12:41 AM
That room service to residents concept sounds very familiar… think Blue Olive at Thea Foss. Oh wait, Blue Olive closed.
2 | Posted by fieryglass | Jan 29, 10:09 AM
Apparently the Walker folks are going to start using that term. That doesn’t change a damn thing in my mind. How many “Madison” neighborhoods are there in Seattle? 12? 15? 100?
For what it’s worth, I like the sound of the restaurant, at least as a bar (they should try a 60/40 split in favor of the bar) and will be sure to check it out when they open.
I will continue to ignore the apar…sorry, condo$ above Maxwell’s.
(Aside: If you have a “master” bedroom, can you also have a “blaster” bathroom?)
3 | Posted by Erik S | Jan 29, 10:09 AM
For what it’s worth, I like the sound of the restaurant, at least as a bar (they should try a 60/40 split in favor of the bar) and will be sure to check it out when they open.
Nice. This is another node of life downtown. Right now, downtown is almost completely dead with just a few places with any life in them.
One day, it would be nice to be able to have a few more of these so they could connect up so one could walk at night from Fawcett all the way down to Pacific Avenue and back. Maxwells and the Walker have the potential to restore some of the linkage.
Sure would be nice to have the Elks functioning again so that the Spanish Staircase might be able to be used more at night.
The Spanish Steps get used at night… just not by attractive young clubgoers on their way from one expensive new establishment to another.
I think Maxwells sounds great. Think, if you lived upstairs you could just stumble home… in the elevator.
5 | Posted by sassy mcbutterpants | Jan 29, 11:47 AM
Sounds like a classy place. Will they have a real piano there? One that’t in tune and a piano player would want to play? That way they can have live music there.
I could play dark depressing minor key jazz tunes that would make the patrons drink heavily. They could just stumble up the elevator and go home.
6 | Posted by altered chords | Jan 29, 11:56 AM
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