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Monday, February 20, 2012

That's Amore

I ate my way across Seattle.  Or the Belltown portion of it, anyway.

David and I just returned from spending a long weekend in Seattle.  We ate a fantastic dinner with my friend Jimmy and his partner John at Sitka and Spruce, had goat tagine at Lola and ate perhaps the world's best English muffins at Dahlia Bakery.  Oh, yes, we also went to a play at the Seattle Rep, haunted Pike Place market and went to the Seattle and Frye art museums.  But back to the food.

Artisan English muffin with scrambled egg, goat cheese and spinach, aka Heaven.
But the best part of the trip:  pizza.  Specifically, the pizza at Serious Pie.  Reader, I went back more than once--and pizza is not one of my favorite foods. 

This pizza is thin-crusted, blistered in a wood-fired oven and topped with organic ingredients, some locally sourced.  I tried the pizza with buffalo mozzarella, crushed tomatoes and olive oil, pizza with hedgehog mushrooms, cheese and truffle salt and pizza with duck confit and braised leeks.  They were all brilliant.

The menu is small, just six pizzas, a few appetizers including house-cured salumi and a few desserts.  It also has a small wine and beer list, featuring mostly Italian wines and Pacific Northwest beers. 

Serious Pie is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.;  it doesn't take reservations and depending on the hour may have a line going out the door.  Hit it near opening or after 1 p.m. on a weekday and just be prepared to wait on the weekends.  Seating is limited to 48 and is at six long communal tables.  The space is tight and noisy, but worth it for the food.

Details:  Serious Pie, 4th and Virginia in the Belltown neighborhood. 

29 comments:

  1. I LOVE Serious Pie! Tom Douglas is a genius, really is amazing pizza :)

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  2. Didn't you just love Seattle? I ate my way through it last August. I tried to get my hands on crab for each meal of the day! Somehow I missed this - but there's always next time. SO many place to eat... so little time.

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  3. Seattle definitely has some awesome placed to eat! I am glad you enjoyed your weekend, surprised you were coerced into having pizza since it is not your favorite. However, this is not your run of the mill pizza judging by the ingredients you listed. Quality ingredients can make all the difference. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Oh yes, that is amore! Glad you had a great time in Seattle! Buzzed ya <3 =]

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  5. Oh that sounds like a great pizza! Looks like you had great time on your trip..Glad you enjoyed it!!!

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  6. Wow, that must have been some pizza! :) I've never been to Seattle, but I'd love to eat there!

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  7. I need that sandwich! I'm hopping on a plane to Seattle ASAP!

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  8. I want that English muffin.
    I want those pizzas.
    I want that charcuterie plate.
    I want to haunt Pike's Place.
    I want to visit Seattle.
    (Sorry for the rant---I really enjoyed your post!)
    Serious pizza, indeed! :)

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  9. Looks like a great eating adventure. I need to have those kind of adventures too. :) Glad you had a nice little mini-vacation. :) Have a great week! ~ Ramona

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  10. Oh, I have always wanted to go to Seattle just to eat the food! Everything looks and sounds amazing!

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  11. Wow! Sounds like you had an amazing trip! :)

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  12. Nice spread of food with a wonderful holiday. Seattle must have been a great place to explore.

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  13. You had such a beautiful food excursion there! So many places and meals!

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  14. Ah! Serious Pie is one of my favorite places in the world. Its where I fell in love with morels. I cleaned my pie plate and them stole a slice of my sister's. It always blows my mind how good everything in Seattle is.

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  15. your blog is delicious! drooling all over my keyboard :)

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  16. Oh it's the duck confit pizza that I would die for, I absolutely love duck confit, what a novel idea! That muffin looks good too!

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  17. That pizza sounds unbelievably good! Now if only I lived near Seattle!

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  18. I love that blistered in an uber hot oven look and taste. Delicious looking food

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  19. Those pizzas sound amazing!!! Next time I visit my sister in Seattle, I think I will have a dinner suggestion :)

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  20. That pizza looks awesome! I just wish I was back in Seattle...

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  21. I like the taste of wood fired oven pizza. We do not get this gluten free. But when ever I go to Downtown I eat it. Next time I visit Seattle I am going at Serious Pie.

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  22. When you find a good pizza restaurant, you KNOW its gotta be good. Most pizza is pretty okay, but if you keep going back? Uh huh, its a keeper! I adore Seattle and am jealous you got to spend some time there. Such a lively and wonderful place. Hope you're having a great week!

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  23. Oh, that sounds fantastic! I LOVE pizza and became a HUGE fan after living in Sicily - your pizzas remind me of that magical time! What a treat!

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  24. Wow,,,gorgeous looking Pizaa,I'm sure taste YUmmY as it looks :0
    Ridwan

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  25. One of my best friends and his wife just moved to Seattle, I will have to let them know! I love wood fired oven pizza, that crust looks amazing!

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  26. Sounds like you had a terrific time in Seattle. I have to make my way across the country one day for a visit. Everyone says how great it is.

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  27. Friends of ours live south of Tacoma. I LOVE the Pacific NW, I could totally move there tomorrow, no matter how much rain they get. This looks TERRIFIC, makes me wanna hop on a plane. :o/

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