Tuesday, May 08, 2007

What's the latest haute spot for Seattle chefs? Walla Walla

re: from Leslie Kelly, P-I restaurant critic: "WALLA WALLA -- This corner of the state is not the new Napa Valley, though it's easy to make the comparison. / Thanks to a growing number of Seattle transplants -- chefs, budding winemakers, innkeepers with gourmet aspirations -- the booming wine country here has become a delicious destination. /The town so nice they named it twice has long been famous for onions, asparagus and its penitentiary, but over the past decade the community has grown into a red-hot wine region, blossoming from seven producers in the late 1990s to more than 100. /With such explosive growth come tourists, and those hungry for upscale dining will find a town transformed..."...

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