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When Renee Erickson opened her first French-inspired restaurant in Seattle, Boat Street Café, she was barely out of college, winging it in a major way with the support of friends and family, but not much else. Fast forward a few decades, and she has become a cornerstone of Seattle’s food scene, with a James Beard Award and heaping platefuls of national accolades.

Her restaurants — The Whale Wins, The Walrus and the Carpenter, Bateau, and Bar Melusine, plus the bar Barnacle and the doughnut shop General Porpoise — are musts for any food-inspired Seattle visitor. People come for the décor as much as the food. Always bright and airy, with pretty bold colors and whimsical touches, Renee’s spots are an extension of her eye for design. (She was an art major, obviously.)

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