Beef Tartare, Rain Shadow Meats Squared (Pioneer Sq)
I posted a teaser last week about my business trip to Seattle in which I promised more pictures would be coming. I have finally gotten my act together so here’s how I spent my 5 days “working” in the Emerald City! (As a side note — working in the meat industry really has its perks — we ate constantly.)
On the drive to Seattle from Portland, we stopped in Olympia to get dinner at the Water Street Cafe. The food was pretty fabulous and the pasta special was super good. I’m going to ignore the sprinkling of dried parsley on the rim.
The next day, my friend and co-worker Breezy and I embarked on day-long trip around Seattle doing sales calls.
We started in Ballard:
Watching our lunch cook at Stoneburner
Roasted cauliflower with agro dolce and an incredible pizza with sausage, olives and mozzarella. Oh yeah, and a bottle of rosé.
Inside Stoneburner — a very pretty restaurant.
After 25 other sales calls (not involving eating and drinking, I swear) it was 5 pm. Exhausted and in need of sustenance, we found an adorable little wine shop/cafe called The Bottlehouse where we settled in for some happy hour treats:
The most incredible cheesy sandwich with tomato jam and a pickle, The Bottlehouse.
I like pink wine!
The next day we did more sales calls, hitting up two of my favorite butcher shops, The Swinery (in West Seattle) and Rain Shadow Meats (which has two locations, Capitol Hill and Pioneer Square).
The Swinery, West Seattle
Porchetta sandwich topped with crispy pork bits, Rain Shadow Meats Squared (Pioneer Sq)
Since it was a Saturday, we spent the rest of the day wandering around town. We stumbled across a shop called Glassybaby. It was full of the most beautiful hand blown glass votives and tumblers I have ever seen. Absolutely gorgeous colors! If I could have afforded it, I would have bought them all.
We popped into Nacho Borracho, a new restaurant specializing in nachos (of course) and fabulous boozy slushies. Seriously, the nacho were amazing — their homemade cheese sauce is the stuff dreams are made of. And the drinks! They were so good I’m still thinking about them. If you live in Seattle, this place should be on your radar. It’s got quality ingredients in a slightly dive bar/hipster type atmosphere. I would live here if I could!
Nacho Borracho, Seattle, WA
Another evening, my boss treated us all to a never-ending feast at Loulay Kitchen & Bar, followed by more food and drinks at Aragona.
Seared Foie at Loulay, Seattle, WA
Panna Cotta, Loulay, Seattle, WA
Basically it was a long weekend full of food, fun and festivities.
I love my job!
Just a grill full of Iberico pork Costilla Falsa (boneless ribs)…
Seattle water front from Pike Place Market
I love the Ferris Wheel in such an industrial looking setting.
Till next time, Seattle!
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Wow – that was one delicious business trip!
Seriously! I needed to go on a meat detox when I got back to Portland. It’s amazing how much you can eat in 5 days when you put your mind to it. =)
Clearly it’s a tough job. But somebody has to do it. 🙂
Exactly! 😉
Love that city…although there are a lot of hills, eh? I am going to have to try some of these places the next time I’m there, the food looks amazing!
Yes, lots of hills! Luckily the longest uphill walk we took was under the influence of a lot of wine so it wasn’t too bad. 😉 And all the food was so spectacularly good — we ate so much it was almost sinful.
I might come out of retirement if I could have your job! It looks like a great time–your photos make everything look fab!
Thanks! It’s a sometimes stressful job being in the meat biz, but trips like this totally make it worth it!
You ate fiddlehead ferns and drank pink wine with someone named Breezy!??
Oh yes I did! And we drank a lot of pink wine. We even brought 4 bottles up for our hotel stash. =)
Hard to pick a favourite. Everyone a winner.
Indeed!
it all looks amazin’! Did you buy anything at Glassbaby? Even just one glass? 😉
It was a super fabulous trip! But no, I resisted all urges at Glassybaby. I thought I might buy one but I couldn’t decide so I just left empty handed. However I did find a $10 cashmere sweater at a vintage shop that I bought so I came home with something! =)
You had me at the Beef Tartare photo and then made me cry at the fiddlehead pasta…I adore fiddleheads, but don’t get to enjoy them as much as I used to, since I no longer live in an area where they’re plentiful or appreciated. And seared foie gras? Oh my! You lucky dog!
I love fiddleheads too — though I’m lucky to live in the PNW where they are on every springtime menu. The foie was wonderful too. I make a point to eat as much of it as possible whenever the opportunity is there. =)