Located at Sixth Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle, Pacific Place is an upscale shopping center than features boutiques, specialty stores and an 11-screen movie theater. Shoppers with a craving for Italian food can find a cafe and bakery that specializes in the cuisine right inside of the Pacific Place. Additional Italian restaurants are also situated within five blocks, providing visitors with a variety of dining options.
Il Fornaio Ristorante
Established in October 1998, Il Fornaio Ristorante is on the first floor of Pacific Place. The restaurant held "Zagat" dining guide ratings of "very good to excellent" for its food and service and "good to very good" for its decor. The menu begins with seven appetizers, such as the rustichella, flat bread topped with goat cheese, mozzarella, tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives, basil and fresh herbs. A dinner specialty is the linguine mare chiaro, thin pasta with clams, mussels, prawns and scallops in a crushed tomato and wine sauce. Featuring 175 selections, the wine list is a past recipient of the "Wine Spectator" magazine "Award of Excellence." Il Fornaio Ristorante serves lunch and dinner daily. Reservations are highly recommended and accepted online and by telephone. Business casual attire is appropriate. A children's menu is available for young diners.
Il Fornaio Ristorante
600 Pine St.
Seattle, WA 98101
206-264-0994
ilfornaio.com
Barolo Ristorante
Established in September 2006, Barolo Ristorante is on Westlake Avenue, less than five blocks from Pacific Place. As of September 2010, the restaurant held "Zagat" ratings of "very good to excellent" for its food, decor and service. Thirteen appetizers lead the menu, such as the foie gras with cannellini beans, candied wild black cherries and fresh thyme. A signature entree is the tortelloni alla Piemontese, homemade pasta stuffed with mushrooms, topped in a truffle-leek sauce. The wine list includes 300 selections. Barolo Ristorante serves lunch Mondays through Fridays and dinner nightly. Reservations are highly recommended and taken online and by phone. Business casual attire is appropriate. Outdoor seating along the sidewalk in front of the restaurant is available, weather permitting.
Barolo Ristorante
1940 Westlake Ave.
Seattle, WA 98101
206-770-9000
baroloseattle.com
Assaggio Ristorante
Assaggio Ristorante is on Fourth Avenue, less than five blocks from Pacific Place. The restaurant held "Zagat" ratings of "very good to excellent" for its food, decor and service. To begin the meal, the restaurant serves 26 appetizers, such as the finocchio, which consists of layers of fennel, green apples and Parmesan cheese, drizzled with truffle oil and salt. Among the featured entrees are the pork chops marsala, veal osso buco and rigatoni in Italian sausage tossed in a tomato cream sauce. Consisting of more than 110 selections, the wine list is a past recipient of the "Wine Spectator" "Award of Excellence." Assaggio Ristorante serves lunch Mondays through Fridays and dinner Mondays through Saturdays. The restaurant is closed on Sundays. Reservations are recommended and accepted online and by phone. Casual attire is appropriate. Outdoor seating on the restaurant's patio is available, weather permitting.
Assaggio Ristorante
2010 Fourth Ave.
Seattle, WA 98121
206-441-1399
assaggioseattle.com
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