At Eater Seattle, we’ve got to eat out lots — it’s proper there within the web site title, subsequent to “Seattle.” Generally, this analysis reveals up within the articles and maps we publish, however typically, we eat one thing so good that we’ve got to inform everybody about it. This working month-to-month column is a spot for us to share particularly good dishes with you. Discover final month’s version right here.
Grand Central Bakery has been round so lengthy that it’s simple to take it as a right. However the sandwiches listed below are persistently surprisingly good. Living proof is that this seasonal particular starring salmon from Bristol Bay. The fish itself is satisfying smokey (it’s salmon that tastes like salmon, which isn’t at all times the case, if that is sensible), whereas the caper-and-scallion inexperienced cheese offers it an acidic chunk. Supporting all that could be a heat poppyseed baguette that has a little bit of a sourdough-y chunk. To prime it off, it comes with an enormous pickle spear, which ought to be customary in every single place.
When this little South Park cafe reopened after a hearth broken it final yr it added dinner service and has grow to be a secretly wonderful French restaurant. Our server stated the duck breast was the perfect within the metropolis and we’ll consider it — pores and skin so crispy it crackles, tender meat, a facet of jus wealthy with umami. (For those who get the fries, that jus makes an important dipping sauce.)
Kin Len is a hip little spot within the coronary heart of Fremont that does cool cocktails, however one evening this month I wasn’t in as a lot of a “cool cocktail” temper as I used to be in a “too drained to cook dinner” place. Fortunately, Kin Len’s road meals travels nicely as takeout, and I obtained this container of exceptionally crispy hen and one other container of creamy, easy pink curry. It was consolation meals each that evening and the following day, after I reheated it for lunch.
As quickly as I sat down at this Montlake Italian restaurant the server gave me some dire information: There was just one piece of lasagna left. Did I would like it? You guess. This is likely one of the Seattle’s two well-known lasagnas (the opposite is on the Pink Door) and justifiably so — the trick is the various, many layers of delicate pasta that disintegrate in your mouth. There’s no meat, no flashy taste, only a mellow, tomato-y break from the on a regular basis. Simply be warned: They’ll run out of it on some nights.
