Congrats to Revel and Spinasse for making Seattle Met’s list of Seattle’s 25 top spots.  Reviewer Kathryn Robinson calls the restaurants on this list places where “food dazzles with invention and intention” and the “best of the best.”

Robinson declares Revel “The single best think to happen to Seattle dining in the last year” and a “minor urban miracle” with “impossibly inventive” food.

Spinasse’s food is “impeccably, consistently thrilling,” enthuses Robinson, warning “Careful who you come with. In this dim light behind these lace curtains, beneath these wrought-iron fixtures, romance will ensue.”

The November issue of Seattle Met will be on the shelves in late October.

Lindsay Borden

This August, Spinasse is celebrating their third year on Capitol Hill! In celebrations, Jason, Carrie and team will be preparing a different, four-course tasting menu that will showcase some favorite dishes from the past three years and offer up some adventurous new ones.

These special menus are available the weeks of August 7th, August 14th and August 21st and the cost is $50 per person + tax and gratuity. A special wine pairing option will be available. Check out the menus below, but don’t delay, make a reservation at (206) 251-7673 or at online here.

August 7, Week one:

Anchovies in bagnet vert / Chicories with marinated rabbit and balsamico / zucchini in carpione

Porcini ravioli with sage and pinenuts

Quail with fresh polenta, braised basil and chanterelles

Goat cheese mousse with cherries and cocoa nib

August 14, Week two:

Geoduck with lemon, cucumber and prosciutto di Parma / crespelle filled with ricotta and summer greens / baby beets with salsa tonnata and pickled peppers

Carrot caramelle with mint and cumin

Summer Capunet: Veal and pork stuffed squash blossoms

Roasted peaches in the style of Alba

August 21, Week Three:

Marinated clams with baby fennel / potato flan with bra cheese / radishes in bagna cauda

Risotto with shigoku oysters

Roasted lamb chops with Taggiasca Olives

Caramelized white chocolate bunet with nectarines

Local food blogger, Keren Brown’s, new book has just hit the shelves! The Food Lovers’ Guide to Seattle: Best Local Specialties, Markets, Recipes, Restaurants & Events is an essential guide to everything food-related in Seattle and the surrounding area and includes Gruman & Nicoll clients Cafe Juanita, Revel, Spinasse and Dine Around Seattle (the next cycle of which is in November).

Perfect for visitors and locals, this book is a must-have for serious foodies and is available in bookstores and online at Amazon.com.

Food & Wine magazine recently did a story on Best New Chefs of years past who have gone on to open new restaurants and bars. Included in the story was our own Chef Jason Stratton (named Best New Chef in 2010).

Here’s a snippet of the piece:

‘”In Italy, there’s this hour-and-a-half before dinner when no one’s even thinking of eating, when the bars are packed,” says chef Jason Stratton. “The energy is really vibrant.” The Spinasse chef is hoping to bring that same buzz to his new bar, Artusi. The focus will be on Italian-inspired cocktails, aperitivos and simple dishes like squab in saor (fried and marinated in vinegar). Stratton painted the 43-foot-long mural for the walls. “I wanted to bring something to the place that’s a little bit playful,” he says.’

To read the article in its entirety, click here.