Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, write up from the Missoula Public Library:

Our upcoming selection is Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford (a Montana author). Ford's debut novel follows Chinese-American Henry Lee in mid-1980s Seattle. After learning that the belongings of Japanese Americans interned during WWII were discovered in the basement of a hotel, he traces the experiences of his youth and his first love, Keiko Okabe, who was interned with her family during the war.

Have you read this book?  And do you know the name of the establishment in Seattle referenced in the book?