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SpinassevsLark Restaurant
Spinasse and Lark Restaurant are both rated highly by experts. On balance, Spinasse scores slightly better than Lark Restaurant. Spinasse scores 90 with endorsements from 11 reviews like Fodor's, Where and Zagat.
Spinasse
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Frommer's
Travel + Leisure
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Michelin Guide
Not For Tourists
Condé Nast Traveler
Where
The Infatuation Show All Reviews
1531 14th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
From $31/night
Fodor's "With the friendly service and dynamite grappa, amaro, and an Italian-focused wine selection, you likely won't mind paying the price, even if the restaurant is loud and small." Full review
Frommer's "This little hole in the wall on Capitol Hill is the most authentic-feeling Italian restaurant in Seattle." Full review
Travel + Leisure "Piedmontese cuisine is the backbone of this rustic, open-kitchen restaurant in Capitol Hill." Full review
Zagat "Chef Jason Stratton turns to the Piedmont region for inspiration at his "must-try" Capitol Hill trattoria, where "attentive" servers deliver "delicate, sublime" (and "pricey") pastas." Full review
Gayot14.0
"Spinasse's lofted ceilings and full-wall windows give it an airy feel. Rustic wood tables and lace curtains add a soft touch." Full review
Michelin Guide "Nonhern ltaly's Piedmont region is the inspiration behind Spinasse, whose housemade artisan pasta-including tagliatelle with braised pheasant and huckleberries."
Not For Tourists "Definitely occasion dining, but a meal you won't soon forget."
Condé Nast Traveler "Rabbit is a Piedmont passion, and Stratton's polpetti di coniglio—basically, meatballs made of rabbit—are a novelty. " Full review
Where "Spinasse has become known around Seattle for luscious, toothsome handmade pastas. Also expect great antipasti and meats, served family style in a warm, comforting space." Full review
The Infatuation9.4
"In Seattle, a big bowl of hot pasta is a basic human right." Full review
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Since we willingly choose to live in a place that is gray, moist, and slightly passive aggressive (and with many clouds of gnats), it’s important that you find something on this weird little isthmus that makes you feel like you’re being cuddle-puddled by a dozen hyperactive pomeranians instead of crumbling on the ground and splaying across the pavement in SAD-fueled apathy.
Lark Restaurant
Concierge Fodor's Frommer's Travel + Leisure
BlackBook
Seattle Times Gayot Zagat Not For Tourists Condé Nast Traveler Show All Reviews
926 12th Ave, Seattle, WA 98122-4412
From $9/night
Concierge "Chef Jonathon Sundstrom left the W Hotel's popular Earth and Ocean to open this small, rustic bistro, serving inventive small plates. Exposed beams, wooden booths, and sheer fabric..."
Fodor's "Just off the Pike–Pine Corridor in a converted garage with exposed beams and gauzy curtain dividers, Lark was one of the restaurants that kick-started the small-plate trend in Seattle." Full review
Frommer's "The menu consists of dozens of small plates that you assemble into a meal to fit your appetite. The cheese list is one of the best in the city." Full review
Travel + Leisure "A pioneer of small plate dining in Seattle, James Beard Award-winning chef John Sundstrom established this New American restaurant in 2003." Full review
BlackBook "Lark's M.O. has them serving their small plates with ingredients coming exclusively from farms within a five mile radius that don't abuse their animals or douse their plants with poison."
Seattle Times3.0
"It's small. It can get noisy. The wine list needs an interpreter, parking is tough and they don't take reservations for parties of fewer than six. Other than that, Lark is perfect." Full review
Gayot14.0
"Chef-owner Johnathan Sundstrom has been preparing seasonally-driven farm-to-table fare since way before that term became trendy." Full review
Zagat "Seafood crudo, charcuterie and cocktails with bitters give this afternoon/evening John Sundstrom boîte (just up the stairs from his popular restaurant Lark) its intriguing name." Full review
Not For Tourists "Little plates never had it so good. Casual elegance epitomized."
Condé Nast Traveler "What's not to like about chicken-fried oysters with baby spinach, smoky bacon, and green goddess dressing? Or the simply prepared but divine sugar snap peas with lemon, red onion, and shiso butter?" Full review
