Grouchy Chef in Mukilteo closed

Co-workers tried to call ~11:20 the day after my visit and he was booked for lunch (after a company wide email to 200+ people). I'm very happy for the number of local, regular, dedicated customers who have followed him in opening his new place. He will do just as well being off the speedway, with 1/3 the rent. I would bet 90% of his business was word of mouth where he was anyways. From now on I will have to call a day ahead, book a table and know that on any given day I can find people to fill the reservation within 5 minutes. (side note: table in the back seats 8)

I sure hope he doesn't get too busy for me to get in, but I give 10 times the support to local businesses when I can.

jeff87nt in Greater Seattle

Grouchy Chef in Mukilteo closed

He's open and better than ever. No excessive signs (yet). Quite nice inside. Yes, you need to call for reservations. We called at 11:15 for lunch at noon and he was quite fine with that. He just wants to make sure nobody waits.

The capacity is much larger than before, which is nice. The chef is probably happy to have a great kitchen space to work in now as well.

The menu is largely the same (the same regular dishes plus two rotating specials). Today there was confit of duck for $7 (tax included), and it was almost too much food to eat. 2 full legs, a pile of roasted potato and a huge salad.

I would love to hear where GourmetLight goes to spend their hard earned money that could be a better value. These are $20+ dishes for a third of the price. I can handle picking my food up at the counter and filling my own water for $15 savings.

jeff87nt in Greater Seattle

Grouchy Chef in Mukilteo closed

Taken from an email sent by chef Masumoto:

"The opening day maybe around the middle of December or so."

No take-away available, at least at first.

jeff87nt in Greater Seattle