Seattle Meetup

September 12, 2005 10:52 PM

Hey Seattle!

Another meetup? This time, let's do Ethiopian. Queen Sheba has been suggested as the restaurant of choice.

So, when do we want to do this? Ideas?
posted by spinifex23 to MetaFilter Gatherings at 10:52 PM (37 comments total)

I'm in. Oh, am I ever in!
posted by matildaben at 7:23 AM on September 13, 2005

P.S. OK to invite the MeChatters?
posted by matildaben at 7:24 AM on September 13, 2005

When when when? Ooh I want to come!
I have been here for two years now and have not managed to make it to Ethiopian food yet. I'm wasting away (spiritually, I guess, and taste-bud-ly, not physically)!
posted by librarina at 8:30 AM on September 13, 2005

MeChatters? Sure! More the merrier.

So - date ideas? I'm not available Sept 23-25, but the rest of the time is free.
posted by spinifex23 at 8:31 AM on September 13, 2005

I have been here for two years now and have not managed to make it to Ethiopian food yet.

You think you have it bad? I've lived nearish Seattle for nineteen years and still haven't gotten around to having Ethiopian food yet.

I keep meaning to make it up to Seattle for a meet (since I don't think anyone would really want to come down to Olympia for one (although that might work sometime for a combined Port Land/Seattle get together...)) and Sept. 23-25 would have been fabulous. Whatever people decide, I'll try and make it, but I can't make any promises.
posted by Captain_Tenille at 9:35 AM on September 13, 2005

Not available 9/17, 9/21, 9/23-25, or 10/2.
posted by matildaben at 9:46 AM on September 13, 2005

I won't be coming from GA, but to those of you who haven't had Ethiopian food yet, it is fantastic. My wife turned me on to it last year on a trip to Houston.
posted by TedW at 9:55 AM on September 13, 2005

I'm in town next Saturday.
posted by warbaby at 12:48 PM on September 13, 2005

I'm going to the Rollergirls Saturday night. Lunchtime would work, though.
posted by matildaben at 1:52 PM on September 13, 2005

How about Sunday, September 25th? 7 pmish?

I'll be at Foolscap Con in Bellevue, but it'll be wrapping down by Sun afternoon. I can easily make time for Ethiopian food by Sun evening.
posted by spinifex23 at 1:59 PM on September 13, 2005

Loves ethiopian. Will be there.
posted by fatllama at 3:41 PM on September 13, 2005

Will be driving back from Eastern Washington on the 25th and probably not fit for human company.
posted by matildaben at 3:43 PM on September 13, 2005

I have to grab some stuff at IKEA later this month, so I'd be up for it as well.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 4:09 PM on September 13, 2005

*faints*

Dear Leader will be there!

If the 25th will not work, please suggest other dates/times. I'm open to most, aside from the dates I mentioned before. Sat, 10/1 would also work for me, but maybe not for others.

So: Sun, 9/25, or Sat, 10/1? Those seem to be the options that fit into most people's schedules, of those of us that have problem schedules. (Really - that made sense in my head.)
posted by spinifex23 at 4:40 PM on September 13, 2005

I'd go for Sat. 10/1.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 5:03 PM on September 13, 2005

10/1 works for moi.
posted by matildaben at 5:04 PM on September 13, 2005

Can we get caitlinb too?
posted by matildaben at 5:05 PM on September 13, 2005

OK, matildaben, say hi to mathowie for me.
posted by jonmc at 5:19 PM on September 13, 2005

OK - say Saturday, 10/1, 5pm?

Queen Sheba?

Be there, or be kifto.
posted by spinifex23 at 5:28 PM on September 13, 2005

Google Maps
posted by mathowie (staff) at 8:20 PM on September 13, 2005

10/1 it is. Heck, I can walk to this one! Lookout!

/makes series of bad faux karate moves, falls, down, hurts self
posted by mwhybark at 9:42 PM on September 13, 2005

Phooey. I just sent out a buttload of evites to an event I'm hosting on 10/1, until 7 pm.

Have fun, everyone...
posted by agropyron at 11:04 PM on September 13, 2005

Although I'm a food wimp, I'll do my best to get to this meetup. Hey, I can always stop in at McD's first, eh?

*ducks*
posted by deborah at 9:13 AM on September 14, 2005

Do they have booze there or what? I cna't imagine a meetup w/o beer, frankly.
posted by tristeza at 9:28 AM on September 14, 2005

Tris - According to the Seattle Weekly, Queen Sheba has beer and wine.
posted by spinifex23 at 10:11 AM on September 14, 2005

Pfui. I won't be there...
*grumbles*
posted by warbaby at 2:07 PM on September 14, 2005

Just out of curiosity, what is Ethiopian food like?
posted by kindall at 5:53 PM on September 14, 2005

Spicy, robust, tangy...

Go here!
posted by black8 at 8:11 PM on September 14, 2005

I will once again be tending bar that evening, which means I offer myself as pre-funk purveyor of libations. There are many here that know of the locale of which I speak.
posted by vito90 at 10:56 PM on September 14, 2005

From black8's link:

But it is not a "tablecloth" at all. It is the Injera, the sourdough pancake

Okay, it's on.
posted by kindall at 8:45 AM on September 15, 2005

deborah: if you must, there is a Dick's just around the corner. But the Ethiopian food is supremely delish.

The beers I favor here are Moretti's.

FWIW, I have mild concerns about the check-split, as this food is so much about the sharing, and the restaurant may be a bit freaked by an unspecified number of large group attendees.

Suggestions?
posted by mwhybark at 11:08 AM on September 15, 2005

I've actually become a little bit more adventuresome, mwhybark. I even tried Vietnamese food earlier this year (and enjoyed it!). It really sucks being so picky food-wise.

I just hope I can make it this time - the mister is going in for minor surgery on the 27th.
posted by deborah at 1:21 PM on September 15, 2005

Damn, I'm going to be in Michigan at a wedding on 10/1.

For those that haven't eaten ethiopian before here is a quick primer posted on lifehacker today.
posted by freshgroundpepper at 2:35 PM on September 15, 2005

warbaby and freshgroundpepper: let's do everything we can to make sure this meetup does not take place.
posted by agropyron at 3:38 PM on September 15, 2005

mwhybark - would it be hard to split the entire bill by the number who show up, and everyone shares the dishes? You really only order Ethiopian family-style, right? He who gets a beer kicks in a couple bucks more.
posted by tristeza at 4:35 PM on September 15, 2005

Tristeza's solution makes sense to me, as well. So long as we assume people will be honest.

I'm just wondering if jojoinjera will show up.
posted by matildaben at 11:32 AM on September 16, 2005

I was wondering about splitting the bill, and tristeza's solution is good but does not necessarily take vegetarians into account ... maybe two plates & two bills, so we veggies can do our silly no-food-touching thing?
Or is it just me?
posted by librarina at 10:48 AM on September 18, 2005