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New Chef at Library Bistro and Bookstore Bar

Seattle native David Hatfield previously ran his own restaurant in Central Oregon.

Allecia Vermillion
Author: Allecia Vermillion
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Photo courtesy of Kimpton Hotels.

Downtown’s Library Bistro and Bookstore Bar have a new chef. David Hatfield is now running the show at the restaurant within the Alexis Hotel, and its companion bar, known for a great happy hour and an impressive collection of whiskey.

Hatfield is a Seattle native who previously cooked at the Sorrento’s Hunt Club. He returns to the Emerald City from Bend, Oregon, where he opened locavore restaurant Cafe 3456, raised his own heritage pigs, composted his kitchen waste, and did all manner of sustainability-minded things that suggest he’ll fit right in once again in Seattle. Also: he looks like a model from a snowboarding catalog.

The new chef has already added a few items to the menu, including a monte cristo with housemade brioche, a lamb burger, smoked pork loin, calamari steak fries and a croquet madame with housemade bacon and ham. His predecessor, Tiffany Layco decided to take a break from the corporate restaurant world for a while, according to a rep.




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Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion
Allecia Vermillion has spent a decade at Seattle Met, arriving as food and drink editor, and expanding her role over the years. She served as the magazine’s editor in chief until moving into a newly created executive editor role in 2021. She spearheads Seattle Met’s food and drink coverage and oversees home design content. Allecia’s writing has earned her multiple journalism awards and two James Beard Award nominations over the years. A native of Portland, Oregon, Allecia began her writing life as a newspaper reporter in the Chicago suburbs before making a grateful return to the Pacific Northwest. She has an English degree from Washington University (no, the one in St. Louis) and a masters in journalism from Northwestern University. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two children.