Mr. D's Greek Delicacies

Mr. D's Greek Delicacies
The restaurant's exterior, 2022
Map
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Demetrios Moraitis
Food typeGreek
Street address1518 Pike Place
CitySeattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98101
CountryUnited States
Coordinates47°36′33″N 122°20′28″W / 47.6092°N 122.3412°W / 47.6092; -122.3412
Websitemrdsgreek.com

Mr. D's Greek Delicacies (sometimes Mr. D's Greek Deli)[1] is a Greek restaurant at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.[2]

Description

Mr. D's Greek Delicacies is a Greek restaurant in Pike Place Market's Triangle Building, in Seattle's Central Waterfront district. The menu includes gyros,[3] and the business also sells feta and pita.[4]

History

The business is owned by Demetrios Moraitis,[5][6] who also owns Mr. D's Greek Restaurant and Lounge.[7] He is known for sculpting famous people out of meat.[8][9] During the COVID-19 pandemic, the restaurant operated via take-out and delivery,[1] and utilized a "pop-up" patio for outdoor dining.[10][11]

Reception

Seattle Metropolitan says, "If 'yeeros' at Mr. D's charmingly worn street-eats shop stretch the word delicacies—meat a smidge too salty, tzatziki more like a yogurty ranch dressing—they're still satisfying as hell."[12] In Seattle Magazine's 2013 guide to "cheap eats" in Seattle, Leslie Kelly and Allison Austin Scheff wrote:

Yes, there really is a Mr. D, and Greek-bred Demetrios Moraitis is our hero. (Make that our gyro.) Those wonderfully messy sandwiches are dripping with flavor, especially the lamb 'yeero' ... This walk-up window attracts a huge crowd around lunchtime, but it moves swiftly.[4]

Sonja Groset included Mr. D's in Eater Seattle's 2015 "guide to the best cheap eats" at Pike Place Market.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Craighead, Callie (2020-03-24). "What's open, ready for pick up at Pike Place Market". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Archived from the original on 2022-11-03. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  2. ^ Yaeger, Mercedes (2008-04-04). Market Ghost Stories: Meet the Souls of Seattle. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-4389-6260-3. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  3. ^ "Speak Greek? Seattle-area chorus offers restaurant raves". The Seattle Times. 2011-03-31. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  4. ^ a b "Restaurant Guide: Cheap Eats in Seattle". Seattle Magazine. 2022-07-08. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  5. ^ "Five things you didn't know about Pike Place Market (and a cookbook!)". The Seattle Times. 2012-07-10. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  6. ^ "Mr. D's has maintained the integrity of predecessor Lemieux's, including its rear". Seattle Weekly. 2009-12-07. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  7. ^ Swick, Shaun (2016-10-24). "Strong Character". City Arts Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  8. ^ Coughlin-Bogue, Tobias. "In Sodo, There's a Greek Restaurateur Who Sculpts Celebrities Out of Gyro Meat and Talks to Strangers for Hours". The Stranger. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  9. ^ Allison, Ross (2011-09-13). Spooked in Seattle: A Haunted Handbook. Clerisy Press. ISBN 978-1-57860-501-9. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2023-01-12.
  10. ^ "Pike Place Market debuts new outdoor dining locations". Seattle Refined. 2020-08-28. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  11. ^ Luschei, Abby (2020-08-28). "Pike Place Market debuts new outdoor dining locations". KOMO-TV. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  12. ^ "Mr. D's Greek Delicacies". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on 2022-11-04. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
  13. ^ Groset, Sonja (2015-07-13). "A Guide to the Best Cheap Eats at Pike Place Market". Eater Seattle. Archived from the original on 2022-10-24. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
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