Final yr Eater Seattle coated Pop Pop Pizza and Wine, a pop-up from a restaurant trade vet Brian O’Connor that was serving elevated tavern-style thin-crust pizza, and by “elevated” we imply that he was internet hosting dinner events on the luxe rooftop deck of his Belltown house constructing. O’Connor is now launching a three-month-long residency on the Northlake Tavern that he’s calling “Pizza Lab.”
This might be “an experimental and ephemeral restaurant the place we’ll discover and check a lot of service codecs, menus and occasions that we would finally incorporate into our first correct brick and mortar,” O’Connor wrote in an e-mail. Northlake has the oven capability for Pop Pop to provide much more pizzas, however the pop-up will even be enjoying round with Chicago-style scorching canine (with Vienna Beef scorching canine), giardiniera, and issues like “caviar crab pizzettes,” in accordance with a press launch.
Northlake Tavern, for the uninitiated, is a old-school pizzeria within the College District that was purchased and restored by native chain Huge Mario’s in 2023, although proprietor Jason Lajeunesse was trying to promote it final yr. For now it stays owned by Huge Mario’s; Lajeunesse’s occasions firm Daydream State is partnering with Pop Pop and Huge Mario’s on this Pizza Lab.
The Pop Pop residency ought to begin in early summer season. Comply with Pop Pop Pizza and Wine on Instagram for updates. Now on to extra information it is best to know:
Thai Siam will get a second life
Restaurant closure tales hardly ever have completely happy endings, however this one does. Thai Siam, a Ballard restaurant that has been in enterprise for 38 years, closed down final month when the constructing it occupied went up on the market. However restaurant proprietor Vhanthip “Nancy” Bhokayasupatt was capable of get a mortgage to purchase the constructing herself, and Thai Siam is coming again, reviews the Seattle Instances. It would reopen in its similar location Wednesday, Might 14, a lot to the delight of its regulars.
Spinnaker Sweets will get a brand new dwelling
Award-winning Spinnaker Sweets began out in a tiny manufacturing facility in Ravenna utilizing hand-built equipment, however because the model has grown — you’ll find it throughout city lately — it wanted to improve its services. So it has moved to Stone Means in Fremont. This week the manufacturing unit opened to the general public, so you should purchase chocolate straight from the supply and tour the place; co-owner Kelly Van Arsdale says that Spinnaker is staffing up and can quickly be opening a chocolate-focused cafe.
Distilleries get awards
Some native distilleries scored huge on the San Francisco World Spirits Competitors, the Seattle Instances reviews. Woodinville Whiskey Co. bought double gold for its rye whiskey, and Astraea Spirits’ Mist Gin bought double gold as nicely. Doc Swinson’s, a whiskey distiller that’s on the verge of opening its first tasting room in Ferndale, bought a double gold for its French toasted bourbon.
