I have very fond memories of going to Andy's as a kid for boy’s night out with my dad. (I loved the RR sign drink stirrers they used to give you.) Anyway, it would be wonderful to see it return...

Brava! So glad you,too, have a fondness for Andy's. My dad used to play gin rummy with Andy in the late afternoons before the dinner crowd would arrive- he had been out on sales calls at Boeing and didn't want to go back to the office where he might get stuck with some task or other. So, he went to Andy's instead. He had his favorite table in the bar and Millie was always there, with her smile and good cheer.

Ask Andy to tell you about the annual wild game dinner he used to organize - and about the tuxes he and a couple of guys had made of camouflage - just for the dinner.

I would be a regular patron if the Chow guys took it on. The only other group with the appropriate sense of whimsy and history would be McMenamins.

Please find a way to make it accessible to folks with mobility issues.

Nancy, it's delightful to see you online - (you're still a "babe"). The foodies who have followed you for many years will enjoy you online also.

And having access to the "inside info" makes you that much more appealing.

My family loved Andy's prime steak.
Nancy B

I was so glad to see your photo. You are even better looking than I imagined! It will be a treat to catch up with you here. Thanks for all the wonderful hours reading you!

p.s. I would go back to Andy's in a minute. I wish I felt as confident as you sound that it will open again.

I ate at all three of Andy's diners because his waitresses picketed his place telling the public what a great guy he was,
I was brokenhearted when the Tukwila diner closed because those Zephyr cars reminded me of the days I spent eating in trains dining cars.I also ate with a gfroup in the car ob Fourth reputed to be president Roosevelts private car.
All had great food ,terrific waitresses,and big drinks.

Actually, I don't think the Chow Foods folks would be a good fit. They'd try to turn Andy's Diner into some yuppie "hip" place, with hugely expensive menus, really weird ingredient combinations, and ruin a perfectly good diner menu. As in, you wouldn't be able to get *plain* simple good food - any simple dish would have to have *something* done to it to give it their "signature" - steak fries would have cumin on them, baked potatoes would be sweet potatoes only and only with salmon mousse on them, ground round would turn out to be some sort of beefalo only available from Greenland or something and cost 20 bucks per patty. With, of course, bleu cheese crumbles. Ew.

Ditto for it being a Tom Douglas outpost - three times the price, half the food, four times the "wtf?" factor.

I wish Jak's would take on the job and give it new, but history-honoring, life and therefore have a south-end presence. Or Ruth's Chris. Or The Met. Or build on a stage area and turn it into a great jazz/steak place - Jazz Alley, make a Jazz Train spot! Jazz Bones, open up a branch in Seattle!

Or some microbreweries taking it over, keeping it historical but freshening it up with some lovely new microbrewpub food - Pyramid. Hale's Ales. Snoqualmie Falls Brewery.

Oh, SO many other possibilities, other than the wacko weirdo foodies in town who wouldn't know what to do with a good ground round.

We were so happy to hear that Andy's may be opening again soon. We have been going to Andy's since 1962 and still loved the Prime Steak. Of late we had been meeting friends every Thurs night and always enjoyed seeing the previous owner Andy -he is such a class act !!