Oct 20, 2025 - Food and Drink

Seattle restaurant hacks: Artusi's antipasto platter

Melissa Santos

Plate with a bowl of mixed green and red olives, a bowl of dark brown coated nuts, mixed salad greens, sliced meat, a piece of fried bread, and a glass candle on a tiled table. — The antipasto misto at Artusi includes all this, plus a plate of bread and seasonal spread (not pictured). Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios

The antipasto misto at Artusi — the sister bar to Italian joint Spinasse — is my new Seattle dinner hack.

Zoom in: For $33, you get a generous plate of appetizers that can serve as a light dinner for two (depending on how hungry you and your dining companion are).

What to expect: During a recent visit, the antipasto sampler included a large portion of hazelnuts roasted with Controne chile, muscovado sugar and fennel pollen; bread with seasonal spread (ours was ricotta with caramelized onions); a chopped salad with chickpeas and salami; plus burrata and olives.

The most filling and show-stopping part of the plate was the fry bread, which came with aioli, cooked prosciutto, radishes and salsa verde.

Artusi also offers a pasta night deal on Sundays and Mondays, where you can get two pastas and a bottle of wine for $47.

Stop by: 5–10pm Sunday through Thursday; 5–11pm Friday and Saturday.

1535 14th Ave. (on Capitol Hill)

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