Seattle Rest. w/ online Gift Certificates

[mtigges]

This is short notice, and unorthodox, so apologies in advance.

We have a colleague who is leaving our office and moving to Seattle. One of the ideas for a send off gift is to give her a gift certificate for a nice restaurant in Seattle. As the timing is a little tight, it would have to be one that somehow does online gift certificates. Since nice places likely have no such thing I might be out of luck. But I thought I would ask in the Seattle forum.

Price range would be around 100 to 150 for a couple.

Thanks a bunch!

Mark.

[Dianabanana]

Well, you can order a gift certificate to any of the Tom Douglas restaurants online, but it looks like they ship the physical card to you. But maybe you can print out the purchase confirmation to give as the gift, and tell them the card is on the way?

[tsquare]

I think most restaurants would welcome the opportunity to pre-sell you a gift certificate and either email you or send a paper certificate.

I received one from Canlis a couple of years ago - it was a small card tucked into a suede envelope tucked into a smallish box. Very classy.

La Medusa sent a paper certificate in a fancy envelope.

You might have to do a preliminary card with the info and follow it with the actual certificate if your timing is that tight.

Another good option would be Ethan Stowell's restaurant group - lots of options to choose from. Here is one of the 4 (am I missing one?):

http://www.howtocookawolf.com/

Nice parting gift! If you know what neighborhood they are moving to, we could suggest something that might be close to home.

[mealiffe]

Maximilien does what you are asking...

http://www.maximilienrestaurant.com/gift/index.html

[mtigges]

Thanks everyone! Very helpful. Looks like Mr. Douglas will have to entertain them.

Mark.