7 editor picks in Seattle.
7 italian places in Seattle we have eaten in, sorted by editor score. All cuisines in Seattle | Italian across every city.
Italian cooking in Seattle spans rustic Piedmontese pasta to handmade salumi, with a strong showing on Capitol Hill and around Pike Place Market. Spinasse on Capitol Hill is the city's reference point for tajarin and other northern Italian dishes, while The Pink Door near the market pairs pasta with a theatrical room. Salumi in Pioneer Square remains a beloved cured-meat counter.
Spinasse in Seattle's Capitol Hill cuts its tajarin a millimetre wide at the marble counter every morning, a Piedmontese pasta room 17 years old and still.
OrderTajarin alla salvia, the 40-egg-yolk pasta cut a millimetre wide with brown butter and sage.
TipThe bar seats five and walks in 17:00; the small dining room takes Resy 30 days out and goes within an hour.
The Pink Door in Seattle's Pike Place Market is the unmarked Post Alley Italian room: a 1981 institution with Elliott Bay views, nightly cabaret and proper.
OrderThe Bolognese lasagne with a glass of Sangiovese on the deck overlooking Elliott Bay.
TipThe deck takes reservations only April through October; aerial cabaret runs Thursday to Saturday at 21:30.
The Pink Door in Seattle's Pike Place is the unmarked Post Alley Italian since 1981: red-sauce kitchen, Elliott Bay deck, nightly cabaret on Thursday.
OrderThe Bolognese lasagne with a glass of Sangiovese on the deck overlooking Elliott Bay.
TipThe deck takes Resy only April through October; aerial cabaret runs Thursday to Saturday at 21:30.
Salumi in Seattle's Pioneer Square is the Armandino Batali institution: house-cured charcuterie, porchetta sandwiches and the rotating seasonal menu.
OrderThe braised porchetta sandwich with Calabrian chimichurri and pickled peppers.
TipOpen Monday to Friday 10:00-18:00; weekends 10:00-15:00, and the porchetta sells out by 14:00 Saturday.
Altura in Seattle's Capitol Hill is Nathan Lockwood's weekly-changing Italian tasting room: Acquerello DNA, Pacific Northwest ingredients, three James Beard.
Spinasse in Seattle's Capitol Hill is the Piedmontese pasta room: tajarin cut a millimetre wide every morning, and a Menu Degustazione for the full kitchen.
Cafe Juanita is a 30-minute drive from Seattle in Kirkland, the James Beard winning Holly Smith Northern Italian tasting room since 2000, omnivore.
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