New Italian restaurant opens beneath Seattle's Pioneer Square
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Pasta fagioli e cozze (left) and genovese di Napoli. Photo: Melissa Santos/Axios
The owners of Bottega Gabriele, the popular Pioneer Square sandwich shop, have a new restaurant that serves pasta and is open for dinner.
Casa Gabriele is in a warmly lit basement, making it feel like a tucked away special spot.
- It's located across the street from its lunchtime sibling and offers multicourse meals with wine pairings. But you can also order a la carte.
What to try: The pasta alla genovese ($23) is dressed in a rich pork and onion ragù that simmers for five hours. (I asked the chef).
- It's a common dish in Naples, where co-owner and chef Gabriele Russo grew up, but rarely appears on U.S. menus.
- I was also happy to see was a pasta featuring mussels and beans ($22). Legumes and seafood are a pairing I used to enjoy regularly while living in Naples but don't see much here.
Fun fact: Both of the restaurant's owners are Italian and named Gabriele — Russo's business partner, Gabriele Brownstein, hails from Sardinia.
Don't miss: The bomba carta, an after-dinner liqueur from Sardinia that is both herbaceous and sweet, is a perfect way to end your meal.
Stop by: 88 Yesler Way, Seattle. 5-10pm Wednesday through Sunday.
