Iron Horse (restaurant): Difference between revisions

The '''Iron Horse''' was a [[List of hamburger restaurants|hamburger restaurant]] in [[Seattle, Washington]] established in 1971 by Charlie Maslow.<ref name="st">{{cite news|title=End of the line for Iron Horse|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=20001122&slug=TTNA2DPP4|accessdate=January 19, 2008|work=[[Seattle Times]]|date=November 22, 2000}}</ref> Located in [[Pioneer Square, Seattle|Pioneer Square]], food orders at the restaurant were delivered by [[model train]]s which moved along a track that circled the dining area.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Samson|first1=Kam|title=Frommer's Seattle and Portland 2001|date=2001|publisher=[[Wiley & Sons]]|isbn=076456191X|page=[https://archive.org/details/frommersseattlep00karl/page/64 64]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/frommersseattlep00karl/page/64}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=What our writers love this week|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/what-our-writers-love-this-week-117/|accessdate=January 19, 2018|work=[[Seattle Times]]|date=October 31, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Shannon|first1=Robin|title=Seattle's Historic Restaurants|date=2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=0738559156|page=87}}</ref> The Iron Horse closed in 2000, its then-owners citing increasing rents created by the [[dot com boom]], combined with a loss of event business occasioned by the demolition of the [[Kingdome]], as reasons for its shuttering.<ref name="st"/>