You’ve got more in common with Birkin and Bardot than that pretty pout and penchant ...
Recipe for a Beloved Italian Restaurant: 1. Take a charming Old Ballard location. 2. Add a Tuscan menu of antipasti, secundi, and piatti forti including house-made pastas. 3. Mix in a romantic atmosphere. 4. Serve to grateful chowhounds.
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Be like the French: Drink wine all day at a charming street-side cafe. White Beaujolais with oeufs plats starts the day, pair pinot with paté for le déjeuner, then share a pichet over a très authentique dinner.
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Sometimes fancy can be overly fussy. (Do smashed spuds need ten seasonings and four garnishes?) Understatedly elegant, Zoe serves a Seattleite’s dream dinner. Simple seasonal ingredients mingle with masterfully prepared meats and fresh seafood.
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You mayo or mayo not be a sucker for a deliciously stacked sammie. Either way, the cafe’s got healthy, often locally sourced options like homemade soups, salads and, yes, sandwiches. But it’s their conscientious practices that make them our heroes.
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You’ve got more in common with Birkin and Bardot than that pretty pout and penchant ...
Drink to the dirty pop singer at this unassuming but charming French bar that offers smelly cheeses, fine wines, and cool cocktails like the Jane Birkin.
Red, red wine, go to my head when I go to this joint. Make me forget that I’ve got to go home.
You could learn a few things from the Russians, but there’s no need to spy. Just belly up for delicious pierogi and chilled vodka shots at this SLU bar next door to sister spa Banya 5.
Mark Twain allegedly said that the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in ...