The Red House

Another great restaurant. It serves tasty tapas and excellent hand made desserts.

More importantly, they sell wine at retail plus a $5.00 corking fee. Let me repeat that. They sell wine at retail plus a $5.00 corking fee. I love having a good bottle of wine with my dinner that doesn't double the bill.

The chef and owner, Gino, is very friendly. When we questioned the waiter about one of our dishes, he passed the question on to Gino. Gino came out and told us all about our food-- the ingrediants and the recipies.

Melrose Grill

The Melrose Grill is my favorite steak house. It's in a restored saloon that's been around since 1901.

The Melrose is part of the revitalizaton of Renton. All around it the buildings look run down. It's on a quiet street with no foot traffic-- if you didn't know about it, you wouldn't eat there.

But then you go in. It will be full of people and the wonderful smell of food. The steaks are excellent. The martini's are great. They have many interesting beers on tap.

Good Stuff.