Pasta

Our 15 favorite places for Italian food include pasta specialists, bars perfect for apertivo hour, and more.

Via Rosa 11 is an excellent Italian market and restaurant on Bainbridge Island that serves pasta and pizza.

This upscale Italian restaurant in West Seattle specializes in homemade pasta—and it's a great place to celebrate something special.

Bar Bacetto is an outstanding pasta restaurant that makes the (very) small town of Waitsburg a destination.

For a reliably great Italian meal in Downtown Walla Walla, Passatempo is perfect.

Montalcino is an Italian restaurant in Issaquah that serves excellent pasta worth a trip to Issaquah.

Cheese Room is a Capitol Hill Italian restaurant that features a different cheese in each dish.

For a tasty plate of pasta in a casual atmosphere, head to Darkalino's, an all-day Italian deli in Pioneer Square.

Autumn is a pasta spot in Phinney Ridge perfect for a date night, birthday, or just any time you want good gnochetti.

Pasta Casalinga is a small spot downtown at Pike Place for inexpensive homemade pasta.

Lupo is a Neapolitan pizza and pasta restaurant in Fremont.

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Tavolàta in Fremont is one of a few locations of this classic Ethan Stowell Italian spot, and while the menu has some decent dishes, we advise you to head elsewhere.

Rione XIII is a great Italian restaurant on Capitol Hill that serves Roman-style pizza and pasta.

Esters is a counter-service Italian spot in Fremont that has a great Happy Hour.

Carrello is a pricey but forgettable Italian restaurant on Capitol Hill that serves pasta as well as dim sum-style antipasti.

Raccolto is a West Seattle Italian spot from the same people behind Contadino, and the pasta is almost as good. If you can’t get a seat, try the bar.

Due’ Cucina Italiana in Capitol Hill is a counter-service spot serving grain-based pasta.

Cinque Terre is an Italian restaurant in South Lake Union that serves pasta and excellent Neapolitan pizza.

84 Yesler is an upscale restaurant in Pioneer Square that serves delicious homemade pasta, steaks, and seafood.

How To Cook A Wolf is an Italian restaurant in Queen Anne that serves great pasta.

Tavolàta is a nice Italian restaurant in Capitol Hill that serves fresh pasta.

Staple & Fancy Mercantile is an Italian restaurant in Ballard that serves a $60 tasting menu option.

Serafina is a semi-upscale Italian restaurant in Eastlake.

Grappa is a Mediterranean restaurant and wine bar in Queen Anne that serves seafood and pasta.