Adana

Adana {meaning “nickname”} highlights Chef and Owner Shota Nakajima’s beautiful Japanese fare with a casual, rotating prix fixe menu of 3-courses with 3 selections per course for a set price of $37. Guests experience authentic Japanese cuisine with multiple choices to curate their own tasting menu.

Beautifully mixing seasonality with flavor, texture and appearance, Shota’s Japanese dishes are simple and clean, focused on letting the individual ingredients shine. Adana’s food is similar to what Shota’s family cooks at home with a focus on the seasonal ingredients from the Pacific Northwest.

Adana’s notable liquor program offers a spectrum of spirits, but has a definite focus toward Japanese whisky (many of which are not available in the U.S.), single malts, 15-20 selections of sake and Japanese-inspired cocktails.

Chef Shota and Executive Chef Chris Hoey, have fashioned a bar menu that makes for a perfect pairing with the Japanese beverages and Haarstad’s drinks.

Find them at adanaseattle.com.

Spinasse

Acclaimed Spinasse in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, helmed by Chef Stuart Lane, is focused on the cuisine of Northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Even though it is casual, Spinasse exudes a fine dining atmosphere with its professional, knowledgeable service and highly curated selection of Italian wines.

Handmade pastas are among diner’s favorites dishes here, making this intimate spot a dining destination for food lovers near and far. Counter dining affords the opportunity to watch the pastas being made each evening. Recently, the Food Network’s, Top 5 Restaurants, named Spinasse’s Tajarin al Ragu pasta as one of the “Best Italian dishes in the U.S.A.”

Find them at spinasse.com.

mbar

Wassef and Racha Haroun’s newest culinary experience is located in Seattle’s burgeoning South Lake Union neighborhood and is situated on the 14^th floor with breathtaking views of the city and Puget Sound.  mbar’s innovative design merges indoors with outdoors to create one large space.  Punctuated by progressive mixed media art elements, the Haroun’s selected local, regional and Lebanese artists to play a major role in the modern décor and visual ambience.

Leading the kitchen is Food & Wine magazine’s Best New Chef and Bravo Top Chef alum, Jason Stratton, who draws inspiration for the contemporary menu from his cooking roots and his fluency in Northern Italian, Spanish and Middle Eastern foods.

Find them at mbarseattle.com

Artusi

Located on bustling Capitol Hill is the lively location of Artusi, the contemporary, Italian-focused bar and restaurant adjacent to northern Italian sibling, Spinasse. Named after Pellegrino Artusi’s book Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well, Artusi is guided by Chef Stuart Lane, who takes additional culinary liberties here, offering a broad selection of Italian dishes from many regions.

While Artusi’s Italian-spirit focused cocktails have garnered many accolades, guests should not miss the opportunity to try Lane’s food; antipasti to nibble with a beverage, one of Lane’s house-made pastas, rabbit confit risotto or a bowl of hearty soup.

Find them at artusibar.com

Mamnoon

Wassef and Racha Haroun’s modern outpost in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, celebrates their native flavors of Syria, Lebanon and the greater Middle East.  Recently, award-winning chef Jason Stratton came to the mamnoon kitchen to serve as executive chef. A James Beard nominee and Food & Wine Magazine, “Best New Chef”, Jason brings his contemporary culinary perspective to the restaurant’s traditional Middle Eastern dishes and cultural techniques.

To further the perspective of Mamnoon’s culinary point-of-view, Jason has enlisted long-time colleagues, noted Pastry Chef Carrie Mashaney (Bravo TV Top Chef Contestant, Season 11) and Sous Chef David Gurewitz.

Find them at mamnoonrestaurant.com.

Mamnoon Street

A recently launched spin-off from their wildly popular, take away concept on Capitol Hill, Mamnoon Street feeds the hungry technology masses in Amazon’s new Doppler building in Seattle’s Regrade district.

Now available as a stand-alone restaurant with a full-service bar, the menu highlights Mana’eesh (fresh baked flatbreads), sandwiches (falael and kefta arayess), Mezze and small plates (hummus, baba ghanoush, fattoush and quinoa tabbouleh) and the coveted, roasted lamb and chicken shawarma.

Find them at mamnoonstreet.com.

anar

Racha and Wassef Haroun bring anar; their quick casual, juice and vegetarian dining with Middle Eastern flavors to Amazon’s Doppler building in Downtown Seattle. Predominantly gluten free, anar is ideal for a morning kick-start, a healthy salad for lunch or a late afternoon snack- either eaten in or taken out.

For a late afternoon pick-me-up, anar offers sweets and a ‘mocktail’ with labneh, date syrup, rose water, grapefruit and orange zest.

Find them at anar.life.