Best Restaurants 2009: Seattle's Rebel Chefs

Call them bold, call them brilliant, call them presumptuous. But when you’re looking for the chefs who are creating the new taste of Seattle, you’ll have to call on these six. Some have cult followings, others can brag of splashy national magazine coverage. But all of these chefs are pushing the boundaries and breaking the rules in dining rooms around our city.

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The Sweet Chemist: Dana Cree, Molly Moon’s and Poppy; The Idealist: Matt Dillon, The Corson Building and Sitka and Spruce; The Perfectionist: Justin Neidermeyer, Spinasse; The Quiet Revolutionary: Ashley Merriman, Branzino; The Controversial Reinventor: Gabriel Claycamp, Culinary Communion and The Swinery

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The Undergrounder: Michael Hebb, Pike Place Fish Fry and One Pot

 Photographed on: February 10, 2009, at The Corson Building in Georgetown. Photo by jim Henkens