Quoted: Today the MSG150 crew will eat at the last restaurant in our Japantown route. We will have now eaten at every International District restaurant west of I-5. This is a feat that has never before been attempted and will surely win us a place in Guinness. Or at least a Guinness. I'm buying. We set out for Tsukushinbo again today which, as we learned

Quoted: Though not complete with Japantown, we were dismayed to find our next joint, Tsukushinbo, closed that day. Intrepidly we proceeded into the vast unknown, eastward up our old friend Jackson, under the freeway and into our central station: the Pacific Rim Center. This place is a veritable cornucopia of all things Pacific. We passed the hair salon,

Quoted: The lime green sign calls. MSG150 heeds. Ichiban it is. Mt. Fuji on sign. It mocks the Fuji near by. We mock both the same. We find Ichiban. We are welcomed in to sit. Our hot tea arrives. Menus are green too. "No sushi" explains the sign. We eat no sushi.Ichiban, Seattle Address: 601 S Main St, Seattle, WA, 98104 Cuisine: Japanese Average rating:

Quoted: Today our Japantown route stated to show some of its Japanese roots. The route turned east today on Main Street from 5th Avenue and brought us to Fuji Sushi in the base of a cement urban second growth high-rise housing complex. We were joined today by our friends from Urbanspoon who last lunched with us at the now defunct Made in Kitchen. Let's hope

Quoted: Immediately Next door to Tenoch is a relative newcomer to the neighborhood, the Gyro House. The Gyro House has been here for almost a year now and most of the MSG150 crew have been occasionally to regularly for the past few months. It replaced a fairly horrible Filipino restaurant/night club that had been there for years. In Seattle we pronounce this

Quoted: What: ID Springroll 2009 When: Wednesday, April 29, 6-9 PM Where: Showbox SODO Why: "Party Down for China Town" Come out and support the Seattle International District. The neighborhood is important to us here at MSG150, and to you. Without Chinatown where would we go for lunch? The [deep breath] Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation

Quoted: Today the MSG150 Japantown route took us south along an obscure block of 5th where a couple lunch spots have sprung up in recent years. The first on our tour is the well hidden Mexican burrito joint Tenoch. The MSG150 crew members are all well seasoned Tenoch lunches, so today's outing was more of a formality than an adventure. So let the formality

Quoted: MSG150's ever vigilant International District Intelligence and Observation Team spotted a "Grand Opening" sign last week on Maynard under the Hong Kong sign. The previous ID grand opening was the Crawfish King which is oddly and unfortunately not open for lunch and thus not subject the the MSG150 shakedown impartial review. Hong Kong Bistro is, however,

Quoted: Fourth Avenue between Main and Washington is a mostly neglected, slightly seedy downtown Seattle block. But its fortunes seem to be rising. The new fire station to the northeast and the artist lofts and All City Coffee to the northwest are spawning a resurgence in the area. This block has only one, single story building which is currently home to one