Just a quick heads up for Seattle peeps. Firstly there’s a sample sale TODAY at the Seattle Design Center in Georgetown. Normally it’s open to the trade only, but today it’s open to the public with hopefully loads of sale goodies available. We’ll be there later this morning.
Secondly the best Italian restaurant in Seattle has, very excitingly, recently opened two blocks from our house in lower Wallingford (just north of Gasworks Park). We went to Cantinetta last night and had the most amazing time – fabulous buzzy ambience, friendly and knowledgeable service, a rustic but airy space in a converted corner brick house and incredible food and wine. The rabbit with wild mushrooms and polenta was one of the best things I’ve ever eaten in Seattle.
I’ll try and do a proper review with photos next time I go, but in the meantime I advise you to run there as fast as your legs can carry you.
I LOVE rabbit and don’t find it on many menus around here. And I love _real_ Italian food. I’ll look forward to trying it on my next jaunt to Seattle!
I know. We used to eat rabbit quite a lot when I was young but now you don’t find it in either the UK or the UK – I presume due to squeamishness about fluffy ickle bunny wabbits. But I tell you, this rabbit really did not die in vain.
aack!! I missed the sale! Geez, I’d been meaning to get the info on when it would be so I could finally go… darn! hope you found loads of lovely stuff!
that restaurant sounds wonderful, will have to check it out.
Actually I was VERY disappointed… I’d never been to the Seattle Design Center before and it’s full of shops selling the sort of overwrought, clunky furniture that Eddie Ross would like. Some OK bargains on lighting and textiles, but nothing I was particularly in love with or could afford, so we left empty-handed