Chef Renee Erickson to open new Seattle restaurant
Chef Renee Erickson will open a new restaurant named Jeffry's in Seattle. The announcement comes during a period of change in the city's culinary landscape, which recently saw the eviction of the Asean Streat Food Hall.
- Jeffry's is a transformation of chef Renee Erickson's previous Capitol Hill steakhouse, Bateau, and its adjoining Boat Bar, which closed for remodeling in June 2025. The new restaurant is slated to open on March 11. - The restaurant is named after a yellow lab and will maintain Bateau's in-house dry-aging steak program while adding new features like a martini cart. - In a nod to the high cost of dining out in Seattle, Jeffry's will feature a "Humble Cuts" program, offering more affordable and lesser-known cuts of beef alongside pricier options. - The new establishment will operate five days a week, from Wednesday to Sunday, with Grant Montague, formerly of Bateau and Lioness, as the Chef de Cuisine. - Erickson's restaurant group, Sea Creatures, stated that former Bateau and Boat Bar employees would be welcomed back and that Jeffry's will remain a unionized workplace. - This opening follows the recent launch of three other Erickson projects in Pioneer Square in late 2025: Lowlander Brewing, a beer hall; Un Po Tipsy, a New York-style pizza slice shop; and My Oh My, a fine-dining restaurant. - The Asean Streat Food Hall, mentioned in the summary, operated for a little over three years in the Westlake Center mall before its abrupt eviction and permanent closure on February 13, 2026. - The Seattle restaurant industry has been facing significant financial pressures, with a 2025 survey showing 89% of restaurants had raised prices in the prior six months and 42% had reduced operating hours due to challenges like inflation and labor costs.
