Imagine if every hole-in-the-wall with a patio offered food as flat-out stunning as chef Manu Alfau’s tribute to his Dominican heritage: yam and smoked gouda empanadas with sofrito, sloppy baguette sandwiches packed with salted green tomatoes, a puerco asado plate whose rice and beans could proudly stand alone. And all the pristine sourcing and blazing creativity comes with a heaping side order of what may be this year’s most important ingredient: value. Homemade potato chips come with a salt of the day homemade fries might be parsnip, turnip, and yam. The sandwiches, soups, salads, and sides burst with more than quality and freshness, like in a slab of blackened cod with sweet slaw on a panino roll, or a perfect toss of arugula with flank steak, blue cheese, red onion, and honey mustard. Since first setting up shop on Capitol Hill, Homegrown's expanded to eight locations across the city, including a downtown outpost a few minutes walk from the courthouse. Seattle’s already met you at this sustainable sandwich stop, and you taste amazing. Like the glorious ShankLamb: lightly toasted ciabatta bread oozing braised lamb shank and chive aioli, ruffled with lettuce and tomato and the occasional thrilling detonation of hot pepper. A second location in Benaroya Hall has its own list of specialty sandwiches. The Pioneer Square location is just a short walk from the courthouse they're in Belltown and downtown too.Ī dozen each “Traditionalist” and “Progressive” sandwiches fill the chalkboard of Pioneer Square’s manliest hipster-brick deli choose among the latter for the smartest innovation. Bitches get stuff done, and can do so with biscuits in hand. Biscuit Bitch (5 min)Įquipped with cheddar-topped hangover cures, this self-described “trailer park to table” cafe serves up gravy-drenched biscuits with southern-inspired fixings: garlic grits, hot links, pork sausage, and more. A couple of salads and a dessert round out the offerings, making this ticket to Italy no more than $20. Arrive early lines can be epic. Easton’s repertoire is bottomless, his seasonality admirable, his passion winning. On weekday mornings pasta geek Mike Easton blogs photos of that day’s handful of seasonal choices-maybe creste di gallo pasta with braised Treviso, garlic, chilies, and olives maybe gnocchetti with sweet corn and sage-which pulls Pioneer Square office workers in droves. What's your favorite haunt in this bustling neighborhood? Show it some love in the comments, send an email, or start a forum thread in its honor.Image: Elizabeth Podlesnik Seattle Municipal Court Il Corvo (4 min)ĭon’t underestimate this order-at-the-counter, lunch-only joint its pasta is legitimately transcendent, and quantum leaps ahead of the field in creativity. Note: Map points are ordered geographically and are not ranked by preference. Before a game, during lunch hour vegging out in Waterfall Garden Park, after a tour of the historical underground scene, sipping wine along the art walk route - there's no longer a time of day to avoid Pioneer Square. So, here is Eater's list of current neighborhood favorites, from old standbys to new winners, from gourmet Indian food to cocktails and sake. The landscape of this exposed-brick borough is shifting constantly. It makes sense, given the area's proximity to Downtown, Pike Place Market, CenturyLink Field (home of the Seattle Seahawks football team and the Seattle Sounders soccer squad), and Safeco Field (where the Seattle Mariners play baseball). Once known for sordid affairs and "da clubs," Pioneer Square, the original neighborhood when Seattle was founded in the 1850s, has become the city's "It" location for restaurants over the past few years.
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