Mr. D's Greek Delicacies
| Mr. D's Greek Delicacies | |
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 The restaurant's exterior, 2022 | |
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| Restaurant information | |
| Owner(s) | Demetrios Moraitis |
| Food type | Greek |
| Street address | 1518 Pike Place |
| City | Seattle |
| County | King |
| State | Washington |
| Postal/ZIP Code | 98101 |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 47°36′33″N 122°20′28″W / 47.6092°N 122.3412°W |
| Website | mrdsgreek |
Mr. D's Greek Delicacies (sometimes Mr. D's Greek Deli)[1] is a Greek restaurant at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.[2]
Description
[edit]Mr. D's Greek Delicacies is a Greek restaurant in Pike Place Market's Triangle Building, in Seattle's Central Waterfront district. The menu includes gyros,[3] and the business also sells feta and pita.[4]
History
[edit]The business is owned by Demetrios Moraitis,[5][6] who also owns Mr. D's Greek Restaurant and Lounge.[7] He is known for sculpting famous people out of meat.[8][9] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant operated via take-out and delivery,[1] and utilized a "pop-up" patio for outdoor dining.[10][11]
Reception
[edit]Seattle Metropolitan says, "If 'yeeros' at Mr. D's charmingly worn street-eats shop stretch the word delicacies—meat a smidge too salty, tzatziki more like a yogurty ranch dressing—they're still satisfying as hell."[12] In Seattle Magazine's 2013 guide to "cheap eats" in Seattle, Leslie Kelly and Allison Austin Scheff wrote:
Yes, there really is a Mr. D, and Greek-bred Demetrios Moraitis is our hero. (Make that our gyro.) Those wonderfully messy sandwiches are dripping with flavor, especially the lamb 'yeero' ... This walk-up window attracts a huge crowd around lunchtime, but it moves swiftly.[4]
Sonja Groset included Mr. D's in Eater Seattle's 2015 "guide to the best cheap eats" at Pike Place Market.[13]
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b Craighead, Callie (March 24, 2020). "What's open, ready for pick up at Pike Place Market". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on November 3, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Yaeger, Mercedes (April 4, 2008). Market Ghost Stories: Meet the Souls of Seattle. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4389-6260-3. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Speak Greek? Seattle-area chorus offers restaurant raves". The Seattle Times. March 31, 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ a b "Restaurant Guide: Cheap Eats in Seattle". Seattle Magazine. July 8, 2022. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Five things you didn't know about Pike Place Market (and a cookbook!)". The Seattle Times. July 10, 2012. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Mr. D's has maintained the integrity of predecessor Lemieux's, including its rear". Seattle Weekly. December 7, 2009. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Swick, Shaun (October 24, 2016). "Strong Character". City Arts Magazine. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Coughlin-Bogue, Tobias. "In Sodo, There's a Greek Restaurateur Who Sculpts Celebrities Out of Gyro Meat and Talks to Strangers for Hours". The Stranger. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Allison, Ross (September 13, 2011). Spooked in Seattle: A Haunted Handbook. Clerisy Press. ISBN 978-1-57860-501-9. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
- ^ "Pike Place Market debuts new outdoor dining locations". Seattle Refined. August 28, 2020. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Luschei, Abby (August 28, 2020). "Pike Place Market debuts new outdoor dining locations". KOMO-TV. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "Mr. D's Greek Delicacies". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on November 4, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ Groset, Sonja (July 13, 2015). "A Guide to the Best Cheap Eats at Pike Place Market". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on October 24, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
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