Your Weekly Digestion Of Food News.....And More Pizza!
Some slices from Pagliacci Pizza on East Pike
When it rains it pours right? And who wouldn’t love it raining pizza?! Particularly when you come across some more good pizza and don’t have to get a whole pie to enjoy. I mean sure, I can eat a whole pie, but sometimes you remember you are not as young as you used to be and can’t exercise like a youngun’ so you have to watch what you eat to keep the belly from folding over the top of your pants. And if you don’t know what I mean then well….talk to the hand….get off my lawn…bye felicia…and whatever other out of date old person phrase you can remember without being too crude.
These beauties come courtesy of Pagliacci Pizza, a local small chain serving up thin crust pies and slices. They usually have a rotating selection of slice choices and I went with the standard—pepperoni—and an all veggie one to not feel so completely guilty. What I like best about their pizza is the crust. It seems a simple combination of four ingredients—flour, water, salt and yeast that mixed and then proofed for three days. What is produces is a lovely thin, buttery and crunchy crust that avoids the dreaded soggy tip syndrome better than any other slice I have had in this town. It is a stark contrast to the focaccia of Olympia that I enjoyed as a change of pace. There is just something about getting that crunch from first bite to end crust. It has a nice layer of sauce, then cheese, then toppings (which as you can see are not skimped on), then to the oven, then to my table, then into my mouth, then finally to my stomach. Seems like the right route! And at around $4 or so a slice it won’t break the wallet, something that can be hard to find these days. No hidden fees here! There is a reason they have been voted best in the city several times and I’m sure I will be back—more than the four times I have already been—don’t judge me. That is two pretty good pizza spots after a rash of ho hum, things are looking up! Stay tuned to see if the next spot keeps the trend on an upward trajectory. (But even good pizza comes at a cost as they face another round of wage issues—delivery and eating out these days can be a minefield of who to support and who to not)
A new food court! On Broadway! In a comedy club?! You do what you gotta do for business. I’m down!
The Cheese Room, it is a bar, about cheese. You had me at cheese.
A new oyster spot that gives NYC vibes? Because that is what we want in Seattle?
Even a James Beard award can’t keep a restaurant open as Eight Door (sort of) calls it quits.
Rhubarb is not my fave. I mean I get it was used to “fill out” strawberry dishes during hard times as it does take on the flavor of what it is cooked with, but it takes a lot of extra sugar to sweeten the sour and we aren’t exactly in the stock market crash/depression days of the 30s. But if you are into it, then have at it at these spots around town.
Tickets to sporting events are (usually) pricey and so is the food you get. But seems at Seattle Reign games, you might just find a bargain in both.
Well, I guess the Capitol Hill corridor is back. First Dave’s Hot Chicken now a Sweetgreens, the chains are moving in!
Turns out if you are jonesing for some traditional Hawaiian poi a local Seattle company makes it for you—but not me, I’ll pass.
So this place just opened. It’s called Guillotine and is a French bar restaurant. Bit out of my price range—I’ll let everyone else eat $18 masa maple and corn cake.
Let’s finish up with some beer news!
Two local breweries fight over the term “big juicy” because this is what we’ve come to.
And while they fight it out—enjoy Seattle Beer Week May 17th—24th!
