Death of Chef Tamara Murphy Marks a Week of Loss for Seattle’s Restaurant Community

Chef Tamara Murphy of Terra Plata passed away this week at age 63.

Pioneering Seattle chef and restaurateur Tamara Murphy passed away at age 63 on August 11 after a recent stroke. The co-owner of Terra Plata (which she ran with her partner in life and business, Linda Di Lello Morton) leaves behind a legacy of championing Seattle’s local, organic foods, the farmers who grow them, and anybody else in her community in need of support.

More recent arrivals to the city might know Murphy only from her current restaurant, Terra Plata, where the rooftop patio, bordered with plants, crowned the idyllic urban culinary complex of Melrose

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