Seattle Foodies

It’s lunchtime and you’re in the mood for something special. You close your eyes and imagine yourself on a Tuscan hillside. It’s a warm spring afternoon. At a large table, you’re surrounded by friends and platters of hand-made pastas, organic produce from nearby farms, and succulent meats. It’s rustic, comfortable, and romantic all at the same time. Your wine glass fills with a gorgeous rosso. You breathe in deeply, the flavors permeate your senses, and you feel satisfied even before the platters are passed.

When you open your eyes, somehow you find yourself outside Trevor Greenwood’s ravely reviewed Cantinetta, staring through the front window, pining for a taste of Chef Brian Cartenuto’s magic. But sadly they won’t open until dinner.

Unless it happens to be Seattle Foodies First Friday Lunch on June 4th, when Cantinetta will open it’s doors for a special three-course Seattle Foodies-only lunch! (Special thanks to Robyn, Bruce, and Dana.)

Chef Brian will select our lunch based on last-minute market availability, so the menu will be a bit of a surprise. But here’s a recent example to get you salivating:

Shaved fennel salad, tangerines, oil-cured olives, fennel pollen

Ricotta gnocchi, pork & beef spezzatino, preserved tomato, chilies, mint

Lemon panna cotta, Marion berry compote, almond cookie

It’s $25 per person (plus drinks, tax, and tip), and the first courses will be served family style. 11:30am, Friday, June 4th at 3650 Wallingford Avenue. Please R.S.V.P. before noon on June 3rd if you can make it!