How did we come up with the name…..?
One of the most frequently asked questions by our guests is how did we come up with the name Stumbling Goat Bistro?  When we opened back in 2000 we had originally wanted to call our place “Drunken Boat” (“Le Bateau Ivre”); the title of a poem by the French poet Arthur Rimbaud.  This, however, was not to be.  The Washington State Liquor Control Board informed us that due to a prohibition statute (prohibition, by the way, ended in 1933), we could not use the word “drunken”.

Hmmm... when in doubt! Open a good bottle of wine.
So as any thoughtful folks might do with less than 2 days to name a business, we opened a bottle of wine and proceeded to cull our creative juices and come up with another name.  After SEVERAL unsuccessful combinations we started rhyming things with “Drunken Boat” and finally came upon “Stumbling Goat”.

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Our Chef

Joshua Theilen has worked in some of Seattle’s top restaurants and catering establishments since graduating from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1999; including the Hunt Club in the Sorrento Hotel, Restaurant Zoë, and as the chef at Lowell Hunt Premier Catering.

Most recently, Joshua was the executive sous chef at Trellis Restaurant in the Heathman Hotel in Kirkland. While at Trellis, Joshua won the Northwest Stir publication’s 2008 “Young Lion – Sous Chef” award. Chef Theilen brings to Stumbling Goat Bar & Bistro a passion for clean flavors, fresh local product and classic technique.