Louie's News

December 27, 2005:

Seattle restaurant icon Art Louie was working the floor in his usual style on the evening of December 23, ordering dinners for parties, telling jokes, patting customers on the back and calling the elderly women "girls." Shortly after 9:00 PM, he ordered his customary root beer, then came into the office and slumped heavily into a chair, complaining that his legs wouldn't work. As his sister-in-law Rose Louie rallied friends to lift him and called 911, a clot in Art's brain was shutting down his conscious being, leaving him in a state from which he wouldn't recover.

The mood at the Louie family Christmas dinner was subdued with Art in the hospital in a steadily declining state. When he passed to the other side on the morning of December 27th, he closed the door on a chapter in Seattle restaurant history. Art was a host who knew almost everyone in town, made everyone else feel immediately at ease, and specialized in ordering his own favorite dishes for acquaintances new and old, oftentimes making lifelong friends in the process.

Arthur J. Louie, 1918 - 2005. Rest in Peace, Pal.

March 13, 2005:

Two-sport standout Chira Louie (she also runs track) helped the King's Women's Basketball Team to a State Championship in Division 2A, with a 59-55 victory over the Chewelah Cougars - click here to read the story in The Enterprise http://www.enterprisenewspapers.com/index.cfm?Action=story&StoryID=20053161521823

May 7, 2004:

Local ska band the Uptowns, featuring Louie's server Nick Louie on trumpet, releases their second full-length CD, "The Beast" - available at select local music outlets, or go to http://www.theuptowns.com for more information . . .

June 26, 2003:

Longtime Louie's waitress Kay Felder was the subject of a recent article by Seattle Times reporter Nancy Leson featuring local restaurant employees of "unusually" long tenure - Kay has worked for George and Rose Louie for 39 years and is still going strong - click here to read the article - http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/foodwine/135076237_tasteintronew25.html

May 7, 2003:

Fastpitch softball star Chiya Louie, granddaughter of Louie's owner Rose Louie and daughter of Larry Louie, was featured in an article by Seattle Times reporter Matt Massey as one of the Metro League's most feared hitters - click on this link to see the article - http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=prepnotes07&date=20030507&query=chiya+louie

April 16, 2003:

Another great article on "Ingraham's Big Stick" by Post Intelligencer writer Molly Yanity, with color pictures of Chiya by Scott Eklund - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/preps/117735_prep16.html

October 20, 1964:

Charlie Louie's obituary, written by John J. Redden, from the Seattle Times