Voula’s Feliks

A vintage mural, dating to 1958 and depicting what was at that time, the proposed Ship Canal Bridge, decorates the main dining room at Voula’s Offshore Café on Lake Union. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) The Vlahos family began operating the breakfast and lunch café in September 1984; its named for founder Voula Vlahos, who’s now retired. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) Voula’s was founded by Voula Vlahos in 1984; her sons Nikos (left) and Sikey are running the popular spot these days. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) Voula’s is known by some for the acres of hash browns which seem to always be cooking on the restaurant’s voluminous grill. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) 

 Detail from the 1958 dining room mural by artist Gene Buck. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) The restaurant was smaller and was known as Rose’s Café, and was an extension of a carpentry shop, when it was depicted by Gene Buck in the 1958 mural. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio) The I-5 Ship Canal Bridge dominates the view to the west of Voula’s. (Feliks Banel/KIRO Newsradio)
Voula’s Feliks