| Name: | Lockspot Cafe | | Address: | 3005 NW Locks Pl, Seattle, WA 98107, USA | | Map: | Google Map |
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The Lockspot Cafe
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| | | Nothing too special but not bad either, a classic. | |
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| My buddy JD was in town, who I hadn't seen in a while. Within the last few years he has become an IT person so we got to talk tech. He showed me a new 'internet in a box' device he and his friend Adam have created. It is kind of neat and they were looking for input on their globalization / world domination strategy, which I tried to provide. I met them first at the Ballard Public Library, then we went out for a walk, and I got hungry. So we went to The Lockspot Cafe by the Ballard Locks. I ordered the French dip and bought them a beer. I asked the waitress if the sandwich was better with roast beef or burger (that can be substituted) and she thought the roast beef was fine so I proceeded. It was about 2 PM on a Friday and I had the day off of work. We talked about tech, podcasting, the third world and I had a French dip to review. | |
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| | | The salad's lettuce was brownish but otherwise things were fine. The flavor of the dip was not to die for but it was good enough. I feel like maybe it was over-buttered. Is that even possible? | |
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| | | Here we can see some brown-ness on the lettuce, which is not what we want. | |
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| | | Boundary Bay IPA in the background and some flecks of flavor in the jus, which we like to see and enjoy. | |
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| | | Classic bread and visibly buttered, which is fine. But it will only get a 3 (passing score). | |
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| | | The dipped sandwich money shot. Looks good. Some visible fat in the meat which we actually appreciate as a show of imperfection yet deliciousness. | |
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| | | The is a classic French dip sandwich with the standard sandwich roll, buttered and toasted, a pretty good looking jus, okay beef and overall it tasted fine. It didn't have any frills or anything. | |
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| | | Standard bread, buttered and toasted. Good job for this. It could have had too much butter on it but is that even a thing? | |
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| | | This was a decent amount of pretty good, sometimes chewy roast beef. Some pieces were a little fatty but I don't mind that; makes it seem more authentic. | |
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| | | Weren't any. No problem. We don't mind that. We are purists who love meat, bread and jus and don't mind when there are more good things on it but don't require it to get our fix. | |
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| | | It was pretty good jus. I ran out and asked for more which promptly came. It was hot enough and had flecks of herbs or pepper in it, which I like. | |
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| This is a classic and can't really go beyond because it is so traditional. It wasn't perfect but it was good. | |
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| This place is good because of its location but probably not good at all. | |
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| Forgettable dive near the locks. Winning on real estate mainly. | |
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