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You might not know it, but great food is one of Seattle's best attractions. Any day of the week, you can fall into almost any local restaurant and have a good meal. If you're after chefs with name recognition, we have those, too.  Because of our great eating options, Seattle also has some interesting events that showcase its food and chefs quite well. One of the more unusual programs is the FareStart Guest Chef Night.

FareStart is a restaurant that is manned by homeless and disadvantaged people who are receiving on-the-job-training in the food-service industry. And every Thursday night is the aforementioned Guest Chef Night, where a local chef will come in, work with the students, and prepare a three-course meal to serve to as many as 200 guests. Indeed almost all of Seattle's superstar chefs has done at least one stint at the FareStart kitchen.

Not only is it a great program, but it is one of the best food deals in the city at only $24.99 - all of which goes directly back into the program.  Thus, it is not surprising that reservations ("strongly suggested") fill up fast.  Visit OpenTable or link through from their on-line calendar.

If you can't get reservations to dinner, stop by for lunch. They serve (and provide carry out) from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.