Hawks Nest, Darrington, WA

Stonehouse Cafe and Bar SeaTac Airport

No Bleu cheese
Looks good
Good size
Lots of meat
Bread not toasted
Cheese not melted
Meat good
Jus not hot
3 overall
Red frilled skewers
Happy I got aioli on side
Quality 4

5 Point

Sandwich alone a very dry 2 

Looks standard
No visible butter
With Dave
Fun spot
Talked to Europeans who were surprised by Seattle's liberal nature and had been to dunes in Lincoln City and ridden in someone's Subaru impreza
Good Au jus
Toasted bread
Jus fully saves
Overall 5
The reason jus was invented was to mask a shitty sandwich
Stale bread ftw
Salad expanded into full plate size
V good salad except needed croutons or seed
Salad with Cheddar that should be thicker shredded, cuke, cubed tomato, dry nice greens, could have had olives

Nordstrom Grill - Seattle, WA - Two Cheeses Confuse and Delight

Tasting Notes

• Started with a nice Argentinian Malbec that was recommended by the bartender
• Comfy in there
• Calming music was playing overhead 
• Felt a bit fancy like you might expect inside of a Nordstrom
• Feels like a steakhouse but was quiet.  Filled in later (I got there at 11:30 apparently before the lunch rush)
• Very good jus that I gave a 5 at first blush but downgraded to 4 over time.  Could have been hotter.  I think you want the jus to be molten lava hot, Jim Gaffigan
• Hard but good bread
• Sandwich was a 4
• Not huge in size
• Overall 4
• Definitely tasted above average and left a parmesan taste in your mouth upon completion
• Sweet pickle was provided which was quite fancy and a unique, nice touch
• Parmesan nice and pretty rare as a topping on FDs
• Bartender said that the French Dip is "their most popular item" and that people freak out and get really sad when they are sold out of it.
• The salad was a little mushy
• The biggest strike against this sandwich is that it does not give an option to choose the done-ness of the prime rib.  It would also be cool if you can choose cut thickness.  
• I also got a Hendricks gin martini with olives and the olives were great

Summary

Bread 5 

Jus 4

Non-Meat Toppings 4

Meat 4

Overall 4  Very good French dip with Prime rib but still not a 5 like you'd get from a steakhouse