| Iron Horse | |
| Street-Address: | 311 3rd Avenue South |
| City: | Seattle |
| State: | Washington |
| Zip: | --> |
| Country: | United States |
| Coordinates: | 47.5996°N -122.3305°W |
The Iron Horse was a hamburger restaurant in Seattle, Washington, established in 1971 by Charlie Maslow.[1] Located in Pioneer Square, food orders at the restaurant were delivered by model trains which moved along a track that circled the dining area.[2] [3] [4] 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.[1]
After the closure of the Iron Horse, the subsequent closing of another train-themed Seattle restaurant – Andy's Diner – prompted the Seattle Weeklys Mike Seely to eulogize that in "the sweet hereafter ... the Big Engineer in the sky makes a choice between Andy's and the Iron Horse".[5]
The restaurant was located at 311 3rd Avenue South, near the King Street Station.[6]