Dahlia Lounge![]() Mom spent a good chunk of her retirement money treating 7 of us to dinner at Dahlia Lounge at 4th and Virginia in downtown Seattle. Kristin is in town for a professional conference. She and two other SkillsSource employees are staying at the Westin. Mom, Julie Olufson, Brian and I met them for a meal on the west side of the mountains. The atmosphere is formal, but this being Seattle, you could wear just about anything and not feel out of place. The waiter didn't kneel at our table, nor did he say, "An excellent choice!" Both good attributes in my book. He did use a lot of adjectives when describing the herbs in a sauce, how a meat was cooked and the texture of the dollop of potato that came with the salmon. And the salmon with bearnaise, braised salsify (I had to look this one up) and Bloomsdale spinach. It was delicious. The portion was small, which I'm all in favor of, but the price should have been a touch smaller as well. $26 is too high for a fistfull of fish. |