With the warm welcome, delicious homemade comfort food and cozy atmosphere you might think Scott’s Bar and Grill is family owned.
“We try to have that feeling,” said Scott’s Bar and Grill general manager Jennifer Jordshaugen.
But, actually, Scott’s is the oldest of 30 national restaurants owned by Restaurants Unlimited out of Seattle.
Originally opened in November of 1971 as “Clinkerdagger,” the restaurant changed its name (under same ownership) to Scott’s Bar and Grill in December 1982.
The name was changed to “Scott’s,” Jordshaugen said, because they thought it sounded good — like a friendly, neighborhood place.
She added, “it also works out because we have a bartender here named Scott who has worked here for more than 10 years.”
The corporation also owns palatable Palomino, Palisade and Cutter’s Bay House in Seattle and Stanley and Seaforts in Tacoma, among others.
Many South Snohomish County and North King County residents have been coming to the elegant, yet homey, neighborhood restaurant for years and continue to call it one of their favorites.
My family included.
It was a few years ago now that we decided to take my Dad, who lives in California, there for Father’s Day. I had been there before, but that time it especially impressed not only me and my husband, and most importantly my connoisseur of quality food father. So it’s tradition now, whenever he’s in town, to go to Scott’s.
My kids love Scott’s, too. While it is a fine restaurant, the children’s menu is packed with great, friendly items and they enjoy the crayons and coloring book provided. Some of the tables are also fashioned with white butcher paper that doubles as a nice canvas for the artists in my family.
The open style “exhibition kitchen” as they call it, is fun to watch for little ones with wiggles or any interested guests while you wait for your food to be prepared.
Something that is unique about Scott’s, Jordshaugen said, is that there are several people who are returning guests each day and much of the staff has also been there for years.
“They return because the crew knows what they like and they get used to the same great food,” she said. “we have a special relationship with our guests.”
Several of the dishes on the menu have been there since the restaurants inception over 30 years ago.
“There are several dishes on the menu that if we took them off we’d have several people very upset about it,” Jordshaugen said.
Some of those popular, signature menu items are the prime rib, chicken Dijon, fresh salmon, key lime pie, chicken fettucine, sesame chicken salad and one that I look forward to: their fresh, crunchy pea salad with bacon and water chestnuts.
“I tried to take one of them off the menu after I first started here and try something new and exciting— and about 100 people were upset,” Jordshaugen said, “needless to say we put it right back on the menu.”
The similarities between the 30 restaurants, Jordshaugen said, is that they all pride themselves with having top quality food — the freshest fish, best beef and all of their sauces and soups are homemade, along with a number of their desserts.
Jordshaugen was proud to add that Scott’s in particular has a new executive chef in its company: Jarad Gallagher, trained at culinary schools in Paris and London.For more information about Scott’s Bar and Grill visit its website www.scottsbarandgrill.com. Signup with the Email Club and get a $15 gift certificate for your next visit and other offers.
Shannon Sessions is the editor for the Lynnwood/ Mountlake Terrace edition of the Enterprise Newspapers.
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